Implementation of Active Damping Control Methodology on Modular Multilevel Converter(MMC)-Based Arbitrary Wave Shape Generator Used for High Voltage Testing

In order to damp the resonance in the MMC-based Arbitrary Wave shape Generator (AWG) used for high voltage testing, an active damping control methodology is proposed in this paper instead of the passive damping with an arm resistor. It is vital to ensure the system’s stability when such an active damping closed loop control is implemented....

Resetting Velocity Feedback: Reset Control for Active Damping

As the age of digitization evolves rapidly, there is an ever-increasing demand for improving precision and decreasing production times for industrial automation in general, and semiconductor manufacturing in particular. As these complex machines incorporate flexure-based elements to overcome friction and backlash, structural vibrations pose a...

Comparative study of implementing filters in a permanent magnet synchronous machine

Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine have found their way into more applications due to their high power and torque density and high efficiency. The PWM schemes used to generate the voltage signals for the machine consist of high frequency trapezoidal signals, when not filtered. These high frequency signals when directly applied to the machine...

A comparative study on distributed active damping of flexible systems

As systems become more lightweight, to satisfy inertia and size requirements, vibration becomes a prominent factor in their dynamics. This vibration is undesirable and various suppression methods exist such as passive, semi-active, and active. In this thesis, active control methods are explored for this purpose. The present technology utilizes...

Development of a disturbance compensation controller for an active damping system

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is developing its own active suspension system designed as a single unit per corner to optimize the dynamic behavior of a vehicle. The innovative active damper design integrates all the essential components into one damper unit, with the aim to facilitate implementation. This master thesis in cooperation with ZF...

Attitude Control of Flexible Spacecraft: Design, implementation and evaluation of control strategies targeting flexible structures in the space domain, based in an analytical modeling of these structures

During the last decades, large deployable structures are starting to be seen as a plausible configuration to multiple space missions, such as solar sailing, LEO (Low Earth Orbit) deorbiting missions or solar power generation. Technological advances in key areas, such as thin film solar cells or new deployment methods, as well as the...