Evaluation of a digital control system for a high-efficiency battery charger/UPS

Author

Schuch, L. ; Rech, C. ; Hey, H.L. ; Grundling, Hilton A. ; Pinheiro, H. ; Pinheiro, J.R.

Author_Institution

Power Electron. & Control Res. Group, Univ. Fed. de Santa Maria, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

9-11 June 2003

Firstpage

956

Abstract

This paper develops a comparison between two control strategies, one well-known analog control system and one digital control system, applied to a battery ZVT bi-directional charger for UPS´s. The analog control system is implemented with various dedicated IC´s whereas the digital control system, based on digital redesign approach, is implemented with a low cost single chip DSP controller. A prediction algorithm is used to minimize the computation time delay, and an algorithm to determine the sampling instants is developed to obtain the average values of the variables of interest, without noise caused by switching transitions. Experimental results based on a 580 W prototype have been obtained to verify the performance of these control systems.

Keywords

battery chargers; delays; digital control; digital signal processing chips; electrical conductivity transitions; prediction theory; uninterruptible power supplies; 580 W; DSP controller; UPS; ZVT bidirectional charger; analog control system; battery charger; computation time delay; digital control system; digital redesign approach; prediction algorithm; switching transitions; uninterruptible power supply; Analog integrated circuits; Batteries; Bidirectional control; Control systems; Costs; Digital control; Digital integrated circuits; Digital signal processing chips; Prediction algorithms; Uninterruptible power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2003. ISIE '03. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7912-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2003.1267951

Filename

1267951