Implementation of Modular Active Cell (MAC) Control on Multi-Port Home Energy Routers

Yang X, Stöcklein N, Schwanninger R, Wunder B, Lorentz V, März M (2026)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2026

Original Authors: Xiaotian Yang, Niklas Stöcklein, Raffael Schwanninger, Bernd Wunder, Vincent Lorentz, Martin Maerz

Event location: Xi'an CN

DOI: 10.1109/ICDCM67837.2026.11594553

Abstract

This paper investigates a recently proposed novel decentralized control, namely modular active cell (MAC) control on a multi-port home energy router, which is essentially a Multi-Active Bridge (MAB) converter consisting of multiple full bridges connected to a multi-winding transformer. The proposed control reacts to the change of power flow demand by slightly varying the switching frequency of each cell automatically, instead of setting the phase-shift for each cell. Simulation is performed for home energy routers consisting of typical sources and loads and results indicate excellent control performance when subjected to load changes and thus demonstrates its applicability on energy router applications. Considerations of implementing the control on practical converters will be discussed and the control will be tested on a dual-active bridge (DAB) converter prototype.

Authors with CRIS profile

Niklas Stöcklein Lehrstuhl für Leistungselektronik (LEE) Raffael Schwanninger Lehrstuhl für Leistungselektronik (LEE) Martin März Lehrstuhl für Leistungselektronik (LEE)

Involved external institutions

Universität Bayreuth DE Germany (DE) Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie (IISB) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Yang, X., Stöcklein, N., Schwanninger, R., Wunder, B., Lorentz, V., & März, M. (2026). Implementation of Modular Active Cell (MAC) Control on Multi-Port Home Energy Routers. In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE Eighth International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM). Xi'an, CN.

MLA:

Yang, Xiaotian, et al. "Implementation of Modular Active Cell (MAC) Control on Multi-Port Home Energy Routers." Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE Eighth International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM), Xi'an 2026.

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