Advanced Control of Power Converters Course

Design and tune advanced converter controls using state-space models, predictive and nonlinear methods, grid-forming functions and digital implementation.

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Advanced Control of Power Converters Course

Training Outlines

Introduction

High-performance power converters require control systems that remain stable across operating points, grid strengths and switching constraints. Conventional loops provide a foundation, but demanding applications increasingly rely on decoupling, predictive, nonlinear and grid-forming techniques.

This advanced course develops converter-control design from dynamic models through digital implementation. Participants will derive control plants, tune cascaded loops, compare modern algorithms, address weak-grid interactions and validate robustness using simulation and frequency-domain evidence.

Objectives

Derive averaged and state-space converter models
Design cascaded current and voltage controllers
Apply reference-frame decoupling and feedforward
Evaluate predictive and nonlinear control methods
Design grid-following and grid-forming functions
Analyse stability under weak-grid conditions
Implement controls with digital constraints
Validate robustness through simulation and testing

Course Outlines

Day 1: Dynamic Modelling and Control Architecture

Switching and averaged converter models
State-space representation and linearisation
Small-signal transfer functions
Reference-frame transformations
Control objectives and loop hierarchy
Plant uncertainty and operating points

Day 2: Classical Multiloop Control

Inner current-loop design
Outer voltage and power loops
PI tuning and bandwidth separation
Decoupling and feedforward compensation
Anti-windup and saturation handling
Frequency-response validation

Day 3: Predictive and Nonlinear Methods

Finite-control-set model predictive control
Continuous-control-set predictive methods
Deadbeat and repetitive control
Sliding-mode control principles
Observer and estimator design
Algorithm comparison and trade-offs

Day 4: Grid-Connected and Grid-Forming Control

PLL dynamics and synchronisation
Active and reactive power control
Virtual impedance and droop
Grid-forming voltage-source behaviour
Weak-grid and resonance interactions
Fault ride-through and current limiting

Day 5: Digital Implementation and Robustness

Sampling, delay and discretisation
PWM update and computational timing
Sensor noise and filtering
Parameter sensitivity and robust design
Hardware-in-the-loop validation
Advanced controller tuning workshop

Training Locations

This Advanced Control of Power Converters Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Jakarta

Indonesia

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Osaka

Japan

Tokyo

Japan

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Malé

Maldives

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Abuja

Nigeria

Lagos

Nigeria

Port Harcourt

Nigeria

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Incheon

South Korea

Seoul

South Korea

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Lanka

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

Taipei

Taiwan

Ankara

Turkey

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Schedule

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