A Robust High-Quality Current Control with Fast Convergence for Three-Level NPC Converters in Microenergy Systems

Three-level neutral-point-clamped (3L-NPC) power converters are necessary interfaces to form micro-energy systems. Naturally, designing a suitable control scheme, featuring superior dynamics, strong robustness, and simple structure, is a promising solution to guarantee more efficient operation of the converter. This article proposes a robust high-quality current control strategy for the 3L-NPC power converter in the stationary α β frame. A super-twisting algorithm coupled with a Luenberger observer current controller is proposed to deal with the poor sinusoidal current tracking issue due to the existing inductance/grid frequency deviations and the disturbance of the sinusoidal dynamic nature. Additionally, an extended sliding mode disturbance observer-based proportional control is built to dramatically enhance the voltage regulation performance, in the case of capacitance deviations and unknown dc-loads. Experimental data confirm the effectiveness of the proposed solution outperforms the conventional proportional-resonant/-integral control in terms of accurate tracking current/voltage, antidisturbance, and grid current total harmonic distortion.