Active and reactive power ripple minimization in direct power control of matrix converter-fed DFIG

Despite the advantages of matrix converters (MCs) compared with standard voltage source converters (VSCs), all of the direct power control (DPC) strategies for doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) reported in the literature, only utilize VSCs. In this paper, the influence of MC voltage vectors on active and reactive powers variation is investigated. Compared with VSCs, MCs generate higher number of voltage vectors. Using this inherent advantage of MC, the main contribution of this paper is to reduce large active and reactive power ripples which is one of the main drawbacks of conventional DPC method. Utilizing a wide range of voltage vectors with different amplitudes, a new switching table is derived which using this table, not only large power ripple is compensated but also, a close to unity input power factor for MC can be achieved. In the other word, the presented scheme adds the advantages of MC and DPC together. Moreover, Owing to the operation of MC in direct ac-ac form, the presented scheme effectively eliminates the need for the grid side converter used in conventional DPC, which has a complicated control method is eliminated. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method and have a reasonable correspondence with theoretical and mathematical analysis. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.