Double-Vector Model-Free Predictive Current Control Method for Voltage Source Inverters with Sampling Noise Suppression

Model-free predictive current control (MFPCC) methods based on look-up tables (LUTs) have been widely applied in voltage source inverters (VSIs) due to their simple implementation and excellent robustness. However, the performance of the VSIs is affected by the voltage vector used, accuracy of current gradients and sampling noise. In order to improve these, a new double-vector MFPCC method is proposed in this paper. First, a synthetic voltage vector composed of double vectors is applied in each control period to reduce current ripples, where the durations of the double vectors are calculated using predicted current gradients. Next, an extended LUT is designed by using the current gradients of the applied synthetic voltage vectors to update all current gradients of eight basic voltage vectors, so as to increase the accuracy of current gradients. Then, the effect of the sampling noise on MFPCC is analyzed in detail and suppressed by a sliding-mode observer (SMO) for the VSIs. Finally, simulation and experimental results have verified the effectiveness of the proposed method.