Model predictive control of a three-to-five phase matrix converter

The paper proposes model predictive control strategy to control active and reactive power simultaneously in addition to the source and load current using predictive approach for a three-phase input to five-phase output matrix converter. The proposed method selects the actuation states of the matrix converter according to the optimization algorithm of the cost function. The proposed cost function considers the active and reactive input power control to facilitate the control of source side power factor. Additionally source and load side currents are controlled to be sinusoidal. The proposed control approach offer good tracking of the reference and actual source and load current and can control the source side power factor to any value. The analytical and simulation approach is adopted in the paper.