This article addresses the problem of controlling DC-DC interleaved boost converters associated to fuel cell energy generators. The fuel cell-interleaved boost converter association powers a possibly unknown and time-varying resistance load; furthermore, interleaved boost converter parallel cells are not equipped with current sensors. The control objective is twofold: (1) the interleaved boost converter output voltage must be tightly regulated and (2) the total current carried by the interleaved boost converter must be equally shared between the different parallel branches. The complexity of the control problem lies in (i) the system non-linearity and instability of system zero dynamics with respect to output voltage, (ii) load uncertainty, and (iii) inaccessibility to measurements of all currents. The instability of the output voltage zero dynamics is addressed by reformulating all control objectives in terms of current regulation in the different converter cells. The resulting current regulation problem is dealt with by developing an adaptive output feedback controller including a collection of adaptive current regulators and estimators. Parameter adaptation is used for compensation of load uncertainty. It is shown that the proposed output feedback adaptive controller meets its objectives. This theoretical analysis is confirmed by numerical simulations and experimental tests showing additional robustness features.


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    Title :

    Adaptive Output Feedback Control of Interleaved Parallel Boost Converters Associated with Fuel Cell




    Publication date :

    2015




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    53.33 / 53.33 Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe



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