Combined deadbeat control of a series-parallel converter combination used as a universal power filter

This paper presents the notion of combined control of a system of interconnected power electronic converters. The concept is demonstrated using a three-phase series-parallel active power filter as an example. The described active power filter consists of a series-parallel combination of two full bridge VSIs capable of arbitrarily controlling the input current and output voltage. The proposed control scheme treats the converter combination as a single unit and uses the inverse system model to generate deadbeat control response for both input current and output voltage. A full-order predictive state observer is used to reduce the number of sensors. Simulation results show better disturbance rejection characteristics of the proposed control when compared to the separately controlled converter scheme.