Investigation of a Transformer Connected Power Amplifier for Grid Emulation
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Abstract
Power grid emulators are used extensively for the testing and validation of grid-tied applications. Currently, power amplifiers are extensively used as grid emulators because of their higher bandwidth, compact size, and ease of control. Usually, amplifiers are designed for specific output voltage ratings. For an application requiring a higher voltage level, the output voltage of the grid emulator system can be increased by adding a step-up transformer at the amplifier output terminals. However, the conjunction of the transformer at the output of the amplifier will affect the amplifier and the transformer characteristics. Thus, it is important to investigate and analyze the effect of the amplifier transformer interconnection. This paper studies the transformer connected four quadrant power amplifier for grid emulation. The proposed work characterizes the amplifier and transformer in different operating conditions considering the influence of DC offset, THD level, transformer thermal behavior, amplifier control bandwidth, and the system startup performance. The proposed analyses have been tested and validated experimentally through a 5 kW grid emulator, while it is connected to a step-up transformer.
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| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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