Predictive Control of Power Converters and Electrical Drives

1.5 Contents of this Book

The book is organized in four parts. Basic information about power converters, drives, and the classical control schemes appears in the first part. A brief introduction to the basic theory behind model predictive control is also included in this first part. The second part includes several examples of the application of predictive control to different power converter topologies. The third part focuses on predictive control schemes for motor drives, considering induction machines and permanent magnet synchronous motors. The fourth part summarizes several design and implementation aspects that are not covered in the previous parts.

The contents of the subsequent chapters can be summarized as follows:

• Chapter 2 presents some of the most established control methods for current control and state-of-the-art control schemes for drives. These control schemes will be considered as a reference point for comparison of the predictive control schemes presented throughout the book.
• Chapter 3 contains the basic principles of model predictive control and the main considerations that are taken into account for its application to power converters and drives.
• Chapter 4 introduces the application of predictive control to power converters, considering one of the most common converters, the three-phase inverter.
• A three-level neutral-point clamped inverter is considered in Chapter 5. A predictive current control scheme that takes into account the special requirements imposed ...