Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This thesis addresses the design of adaptive current controllers applied for voltagesource grid-connected converters with LCL-filter. Due to the grid equivalent impedance uncertainty and/or variation at the point of connection, the current controller of such converters may become unstable or have a poor performance with fixed-gain controllers because the grid impedance is part of the dynamic model. So, adaptive control techniques are proposed to ensure stability and performance of current controllers for grid-connected converter with LCL-filter even without knowledge of the grid equivalent impedance. Continuous time adaptive control, from the theoretical point of view, is a well established control technique. However, in this application, a discrete-time current controller is implemented. There are some differences between discrete-time and continuous-time adaptive controllers. When the controlled variable is the converter current, a model reference adaptive state feedback is proposed. The adaptation algorithm, responsible to update the gains in real-time, consists on a recursive least-squares (RLS) algorithm. When the controlled variable is the grid current, a model reference adaptive state feedback is also used. However, the RLS algorithm has some modifications to keep the controller robust under unmodeled dynamics. The RLS algorithm is used because it has better parametric convergence characteristics compared to other algorithms. The grid voltage disturbance is rejected making some small modifications on the controller structure. Simulation results are validated by experimental results in a 5,5kW three-phase grid-connected converter, which shows good convergence and steady state stability of the adaptive controllers. Finally, some comparisons with fixed gain current controllers are presented to show de advantages and disadvantages of each controller. / Esta tese trata do projeto de controladores adaptativos aplicados a conversores estáticos alimentados em tensão conectados à rede elétrica através de filtro LCL. Devido às características incertas e/ou variantes da impedância equivalente da rede no ponto de conexão de conversores estáticos, o controle da corrente de tais conversores pode se tornar instável ou o desempenho pode ser degradado com a utilização de controladores com ganhos fixos, pois a característica da rede faz parte do modelo dinâmico. Com base nisso, é proposto o uso de técnicas de controle adaptativo para garantir a estabilidade e o desempenho do controlador de corrente de conversores conectados à rede mesmo sem o conhecimento da sua impedância equivalente. Controle adaptativo em tempo contínuo, no ponto de vista teórico, é uma técnica de controle bem consolidada. No entanto, na aplicação em questão, o controlador de corrente é implementado em tempo discreto. Controle adaptativo em tempo discreto apresenta algumas diferenças quanto aos controladores em tempo contínuo. Quando a variável de controle é a corrente do conversor, é proposta a utilização de uma retroação de estados adaptativa por modelo de referência cujo adaptador, responsável por atualizar os ganhos em tempo real, consiste em um algoritmo recursivo por mínimos quadrados (RLS). Quando a variável de controle é a corrente da rede, também é utilizada uma retroação de estados adaptativa por modelo de referência, porém o algoritmo RLS apresenta modificações para torná-lo robusto à dinâmicas não modeladas. O algoritmo RLS é utilizado por ter melhores características de convergência paramétrica se comparado a outros algoritmos. O distúrbio de tensão da rede é rejeitado fazendo-se algumas modificações na estrutura da lei de controle. Os resultados de simulação são validados através de resultados experimentais em um conversor de potência nominal de 5,5kW, os quais mostram as características promissoras dos controladores de corrente adaptativos. Por fim, são apresentadas comparações com controladores de corrente de ganhos fixos, mostrando as vantagens e desvantagens de cada uma dos controladores.

Applications of power electronics in power systems are growing very rapidly and changing the power system infrastructure in terms of operation speed and control. Even though applications of power electronics are wide spread, the cost and reliability of power electronics are the issues that could hinder their penetration in the utility and industrial systems. The demand for efficient and reliable converter controllers gave rise to modularized converter and controller design. The objective of this dissertation is to determine the appropriate partitioning and interface requirements between the system and application control layers for power electronic converters so that the minimum set of system layer to application layer control interfaces is compatible across all power electronic controllers. Previous work, using the Open System Architecture (OSA) concept has shown that there is a set of common functions shared by different converters at the low-level control layers. It has also shown that, depending on the application, there is a variation in control functions in application/middle control layers. This functional variation makes it difficult to define system functionality of power converters at upper control layers and further complicates the investigation into the partition requirements of system to application control layer. However, by analyzing the current or voltage affected by a converter in terms of orthogonal components, where each component or group of components is associated with a power-converter application, and the amount of required DC bus energy storage, a common functionality can be observed at the application control layer. Therefore, by establishing common functionality in terms of affected current or voltage components, a flexibility of operation can be realized at upper control layers that will be a major contribution towards standardizing the open system architecture. In order to a construct functional flexible power converter control architecture, the interface requirements to the system control layer and the partitioning between the system control layer and application control layer need to be explored. This will provide flexibility of system design methodology by reducing the number of constraints and enabling system designers to explore possible system architectures much more effectively.