A Backflow Power Suppression Strategy for Dual Active Bridge Converter Based on Improved Lagrange Method

Abstract

Dual-active bridge (DAB) converters are receiving increasing attention from researchers as a critical part of the power transmission of energy routers. However, the DAB converter generates a large backflow power in conventional control mode, and when the load is mutated, its output voltage takes longer to return to the reference value accompanied by large fluctuations. To solve the above problems, a hybrid strategy is proposed in this paper to optimize the converter. The mathematical models of the transmitted power and the backflow power were firstly derived through in-depth analysis of the DAB converter under extended-phase-shift (EPS) modulation, and the suppression of the backflow power was performed according to the improved Lagrange method utilized in the obtained results. Moreover, considering the poor dynamic characteristics of DAB converters under PI control, according to the state space average model of output voltage in the paper, a model prediction control equation is established to improve the dynamic response of the converter by predicting the output voltage value at the next moment. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the optimization strategy presented in the text.

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“…Control methods like EPS, DPS, and TPS are also used to reduce backflow power (reactive power) caused by voltage mismatch. In [21], an improved version of the EPS method, optimised based on the Lagrange method, has been investigated. The results show the possibility for good backflow power suppression but with a quite complicated computation of the duty cycle.…”