DOUBLE NETWORK CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR A MODULAR SOLID STATE TRANSFORMER

Cassiano Rech

Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM

Cassiano Rech received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil, in 1999, 2001, and 2005, respectively. From 2005 to 2007, he was with the Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, IjuĂ­, Brazil. From 2008 to 2009, he was with the Santa Catarina State University, Joinville, Brazil. Since 2009, he has been with the UFSM, where he is currently a Professor. Since 2014, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Power Electronics Journal. His research interests include multilevel converters, renewable energy sources, distributed generation, and modeling and digital control techniques.

Abstract

This paper presents a control architecture consisting of two communication networks to improve the communication modularity among power modules of a solid state transformer. The communication structure is based on a two... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Tadeu Vargas (Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM)
  2. Ademir Toebe (Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM)
  3. Cassiano Rech (Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM)

Topic Areas

Multilevel and Matrix Power Converters , Solid State Tranformers , Power Distribution and Control

Session

PS-2 » Poster Session II (16:00 - Monday, 30th November, Foyer)