DC LINE-INTERACTIVE UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) WITH
LOAD LEVELING FOR CONSTANT POWER AND PULSE LOADS
by
Seyed Ahmad Hamidi
A Dissertation Submitted in
Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophyin Engineering
at
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
May 2017
ABSTRACT
DC LINE-INTERACTIVE UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) WITH
LOAD LEVELING FOR CONSTANT POWER AND PULSE LOADS
by
Seyed Ahmad Hamidi
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2017
Under the Supervision of Professor Dr. Adel Nasiri
Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) systems are usually considered as a backup power
for electrical systems, providing emergency power when the main power source fails. UPS
systems ensure an uninterruptible, reliable and high quality electrical power for systems
with critical loads in which a continuous and reliable power supply is a vital requirement.
A novel UPS system topology, DC line-interactive UPS, has been introduced. The new
proposed UPS system is based on the DC concept where the power flow in the system has
DC characteristic. The new DC UPS system has several advantageous with respect to the
on-line 3-phase UPS which is extensively used in industry, such as lower size, cost and
weight due to replacing the three-phase dual converter in the on-line UPS system with a
single stage single phase DC/DC converter and thus higher efficiency is expected.
The proposed system will also provide load leveling feature for the main AC/DC rectifier
which has not been offered by conventional AC UPS systems. It applies load power
smoothing to reduce the rating of the incoming AC line and consequently reduce the
installation cost and time. Moreover, the new UPS technology improves the medical
imaging system up-time, reliability, efficiency, and cost, and is applicable to several
imaging modalities such as CT, MR and X-ray as well.
A comprehensive investigation on different energy storage systems was conducted and
couple of most promising Li-ion cell chemistries, LFP and NCA types, were chosen for
further aggressive tests. A battery pack based on the LFP cells with monitoring system was
developed to be used with the DC UPS testbed.
The performance of the DC UPS has also been investigated. The mathematical models of
the system are extracted while loaded with constant power load (CPL) and constant voltage
load (CVL) during all four modes of operation. Transfer functions of required outputs
versus inputs were extracted and their related stability region based on the Routh-Hurwitz
stability criteria were found.
The AC/DC rectifier was controlled independently due to the system configuration. Two
different control techniques were proposed to control the DC/DC converter. A linear dualloop
control (DLC) scheme and a nonlinear robust control, a constant frequency sliding
mode control (CFSMC) were investigated.
The DLC performance was convincing, however the controller has a limited stability
region due to the linearization process and negative incremental impedance characteristics
of the CPL which challenges the stability of the system.
A constant switching frequency SMC was also developed based on the DC UPS system
and the performance of the system were presented during different operational modes.
Transients during mode transfers were simulated and results were depicted. The controller
performances met the control goals of the system. The voltage drop during mode
transitions, was less than 2% of the rated output voltage.
Finally, the experimental results were presented. The high current discharge tests on each
selected Li-ion cell were performed and results presented. A testbed was developed to
verify the DC UPS system concept. The test results were presented and verified the
proposed concept.
LINK ORIGINAL
https://dc.uwm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2486&context=etd