Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Output voltage and conducted EMI-based open-circuit fault detection signatures in a single-phase packed U-cell inverter

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Electrical Engineering Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The packed U-cell inverter is a new and promising multilevel topology that uses a reduced number of power semi-conductors as compared to similar multilevel topologies. Even though many control and modulation algorithms were developed in the research literature, the fault detection and isolation of this converter have not yet been addressed. This paper proposes a new open-circuit fault diagnosis method for a single-phase five-level Packed U-cell inverter (PUC) that makes use of two signatures. The first one is the modulated output voltage that enables the fault detection by verifying the existence of few particular voltage levels. Though this signature does not need a high processing effort to detect the fault, however, only two faulty active power devices can be isolated. Thereafter, a conducted EMI signature, along with the Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet Transform (MODWT), is used to isolate the faulty active power device among the remaining power semiconductors. Experimental results are given and discussed to prove that the proposed hybridization of the two signatures is useful for open-circuit fault detection and isolation in PUC inverter.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Ounejjar Y, Al-Haddad K, Gregoire L-A (2011) Packed u cells multilevel converter topology: Theoretical study and experimental validation. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 58(4):1294–1306

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Vasu R, Chattopadhyay SK, Chakraborty C (2020) Seven-level packed u-cell (puc) converter with natural balancing of capacitor voltages. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 56(5):5234–5244

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Khalid HA, Al-Emadi NA, Ben-Brahim L, Gastli A, Cecati C (2020) A novel control scheme for three-phase seven-level packed u-cell based dstatcom. Electric Power Syst Res 182:106201

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Metri J, Vahedi H, Kanaan HY, Al-Haddad K (2016) Model predictive control for the packed u-cells 7-level grid connected inverter, in. IEEE Inter Conf Ind Technol (ICIT) 2016:1214–1219

    Google Scholar 

  5. Vahedi H, Labbé P-A, Al-Haddad K (2016) Sensor-less five-level packed u-cell (puc5) inverter operating in stand-alone and grid-connected modes. IEEE Transact Ind Inform 12(1):361–370

    Google Scholar 

  6. Meraj M, Rahman S, Iqbal A, Tariq M, Lodi KA, Ben-Brahim L (2019) A new variable frequency control of 49-level cascaded packed u-cell voltage source inverter. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 55(6):7537–7548

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Makhamreh H, Sleiman M, Kükrer O, Al-Haddad K (2019) Lyapunov-based model predictive control of a puc7 grid-connected multilevel inverter. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 66(9):7012–7021

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Trabelsi M, Ghanes M, Mansouri M, Bayhan S, Abu-Rub H (2017) An original observer design for reduced sensor control of packed u cells based renewable energy system. Inter J Hydrog Energy 42(28):17910–17916

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Sahli A, Krim F, Laib A, Talbi B (2020) Model predictive control for single phase active power filter using modified packed u-cell (mpuc5) converter. Electr Power Syst Res 180:106139

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Liu C, Deng F, Heng Q, Zhu R, Liserre M, Wang Z, Chen W (2020) Fault localization strategy for modular multilevel converters under submodule lower switch open-circuit fault. IEEE Transact Power Electron 35(5):5190–5204

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Hu K, Liu Z, Tasiu IA, Chen T (2021) Fault diagnosis and tolerance with low torque ripple for open-switch fault of im drives. IEEE Transact Transport Electr 7(1):133–146

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Picas R, Zaragoza J, Pou J, Ceballos S (2017) Reliable modular multilevel converter fault detection with redundant voltage sensor. IEEE Transact Power Electron 32(1):39–51

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Anand A, B AV, Raj N, G J, George S, (2020) A generalized switch fault diagnosis for cascaded h-bridge multilevel inverters using mean voltage prediction. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 56(2):1563–1574

  14. Bi K, An Q, Duan J, Sun L, Gai K (2017) Fast diagnostic method of open circuit fault for modular multilevel dc/dc converter applied in energy storage system. IEEE Transact Power Electron 32(5):3292–3296

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Givi H, Farjah E, Ghanbari T (2018) Switch and diode fault diagnosis in non isolated dc-dc converters using diode voltage signature. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 65(2):1606–1615

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Kou L, Liu C, Cai G, wei, Zhang Z, (2020) Fault diagnosis for power electronics converters based on deep feedforward network and wavelet compression. Electr Power Syst Res 185:106370

  17. Lamb J, Mirafzal B (2017) Open-circuit igbt fault detection and location isolation for cascaded multilevel converters. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 64(6):4846–4856

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Jian-Jian Z, Yong C, Zhang-Yong C, Anjian Z (2019) Open-switch fault diagnosis method in voltage-source inverters based on phase currents, IEEE Access. 7:63 619–63 625

  19. He J, Demerdash NAO, Weise N, Katebi R (2017) A fast on-line diagnostic method for open-circuit switch faults in sic-mosfet-based t-type multilevel inverters. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 53(3):2948–2958

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Lu B, Sharma SK (2009) A literature review of igbt fault diagnostic and protection methods for power inverters. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 45(5):1770–1777

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Deng F, Chen Z, Khan MR, Zhu R (2015) Fault detection and localization method for modular multilevel converters. IEEE Transact Power Electron 30(5):2721–2732

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Shao S, Watson AJ, Clare JC, Wheeler PW (2016) Robustness analysis and experimental validation of a fault detection and isolation method for the modular multilevel converter. IEEE Transact Power Electron 31(5):3794–3805

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Xie D, Ge X (2019) A state estimator-based approach for open-circuit fault diagnosis in single-phase cascaded h-bridge rectifiers. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 55(2):1608–1618

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  24. Zhuo S, Gaillard A, Xu L, Liu C, Paire D, Gao F (2020) An observer-based switch open-circuit fault diagnosis of dc-dc converter for fuel cell application. IEEE Transact Ind Appl 56(3):3159–3167

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Poon J, Jain P, Konstantakopoulos IC, Spanos C, Panda SK, Sanders SR (2017) Model-based fault detection and identification for switching power converters. IEEE Transact Power Electron 32(2):1419–1430

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Abari I, Lahouar A, Hamouda M, Hadj Slama J, Ben Al-Haddad K (2018) Fault detection methods for three-level npc inverter based on dc-bus electromagnetic signatures. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 65(7):5224–5236

  27. Abari I, Hamouda M, Hadj Slama J Ben, Al-Haddad K. Single switch open-circuit fault detection for three-level npc inverter using conducted emissions signature, in IECON 2018 - 44th annual conference of the IEEE industrial electronics society, p. 1489–1494

  28. I. Abari, M. Hamouda, and J. Ben Hadj Slama, “Open-switch fault detection in three-phase symmetrical cascaded multilevel inverter using conducted disturbances,” In 2018 15th International multi-conference on systems, Signals Devices (SSD), 2018, pp. 77–82

  29. Abari I, Lahouar A, Hamouda M, Hadj Slama J, Ben, (2019) Clamping diodes failure identification based on the discrete wavelet decomposition of the magnetic near-field. IET Power Electron 12(7):1141–1148

  30. I. Abari, M. Sleiman, M. Hamouda, J. Ben Hadj Slama, H. Y. Kanaan, and K. Al-Haddad, “A voltage-based open-switch fault identification method for single-phase five-level packed u-cell inverter,” In: 2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon), 2020, pp. 188–193

  31. Makhamreh H, Trabelsi M, Kükrer O, Abu-Rub H (2020) An effective sliding mode control design for a grid-connected puc7 multilevel inverter. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 67(5):3717–3725

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Dutta A, Ang SS (2016) Electromagnetic interference simulations for wide-bandgap power electronic modules. IEEE J Emerg Select Topics in Power Electron 4(3):757–766

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Alves DK, Costa FB, de Araujo Lúcio, Ribeiro R, de Sousa Martins, Neto C, de Oliveira Alves Rocha T, (2017) Real-time power measurement using the maximal overlap discrete wavelet-packet transform. IEEE Transact Ind Electron 64(4):3177–3187

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. LATIS- Laboratory of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Systems, Université de Sousse, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sousse, 4023, Sousse, Tunisie

    Ibtissem Abari, Mahmoud Hamouda & Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama

  2. Ecole de Technologie Superieure, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, H3C1K3, Canada

    Mohammad Sleiman & Kamal Al-Haddad

  3. Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Faculty of Engineering-ESIB, Beirut, 1107-2050, Lebanon

    Hadi Youssef Kanaan

Authors
  1. Ibtissem Abari
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Mohammad Sleiman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Mahmoud Hamouda
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Hadi Youssef Kanaan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Kamal Al-Haddad
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ibtissem Abari.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Abari, I., Sleiman, M., Hamouda, M. et al. Output voltage and conducted EMI-based open-circuit fault detection signatures in a single-phase packed U-cell inverter. Electr Eng 105, 1141–1151 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-022-01721-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-022-01721-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation