DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEURAL-NETWORKCONTROLLED UPS APPLICATION

Abstract:
UPSs are safety power sources, largely used for backing critical equipments, such as computers, automated process controllers or medical devices. Power converters of high efficiency are more and more used and, therefore, more and more non-linear electric loads appear, and more and more harmonics are generated. Hence, there is a great challenge for UPSs to maintain a quality sinusoidal output voltage, under non-linear loads. A low-cost analog neural network control scheme for the inverters of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) is proposed to achieve low total harmonic distortion (THD) output voltage and good dynamic response. Such a scheme is based on a learning control law from representative example patterns obtained from two simulation models. One is a multiple-feedback-loop controller for linear loads, and the other is a novel, idealized load-current-feedback controller specially designed for nonlinear loads. Example patterns for various loading conditions are used in the offline training of a selected neural network. When the training is completed, the neural network is used to control the UPS inverter online. A simple analog hardware is built to implement the proposed neural network controller; an optimized PI controller is built as well. Experimental results show that the proposed neural network-controlled inverter achieves lower THD and better dynamic response than the PI-controlled inverter does. This paper refers to an analogical controller with neural network for UPS invertors. Results of simulations performed for the proposed neural controller have shown that a low level for total harmonic distortions can be obtained, in conditions brought by non-linear loads. A comparison with an optimized PI controller has also been performed. Results of comparison confirmed the superior performances of the neural network controller. Reference: 1. Fodor Dan (1997) Inteligen artificial n convertoarele statice de putere, Curs, pp.2859, pp.75-118,
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