Coordinated Control for Harmonic Mitigation of Parallel Voltage-source Inverters

The increasing use of power electronic devices can deteriorate the power quality by introducing voltage and current harmonics.In islanded microgrids,the presence of nonlinear loads can distort the point of common coupling(PCC)voltage,while the dead-time effect can also bring additional circulating current harmonics among parallel inverters.To simultaneously attenuate the PCC voltage harmonics and suppress the dead-time induced circulating current harmonics,this paper proposes a coordinated control strategy for harmonic mitigation of parallel inverters.The proposed control strategy allows inverter impedances to be properly reshaped at selective harmonic frequencies.As a consequence,the PCC voltage harmonics are filtered by the inverter operating in the harmonic compensation mode(HCM),whereas the dead-time induced circulating current harmonics are suppressed by the inverter operating in the harmonic rejection mode(HRM).Experimental results from an islanded microgrid prototype with two parallel inverters are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.

Research on Mixed Logic Dynamic Modeling and Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Multi-Inverter Parallel System

Parallel connection of multiple inverters is an important means to solve the expansion,reserve and protection of distributed power generation,such as photovoltaics.In view of the shortcomings of traditional droop control methods such as weak anti-interference ability,low tracking accuracy of inverter output voltage and serious circulation phenomenon,a finite control set model predictive control(FCS-MPC)strategy of microgrid multiinverter parallel system based on Mixed Logical Dynamical(MLD)modeling is proposed.Firstly,the MLD modeling method is introduced logical variables,combining discrete events and continuous events to form an overall differential equation,which makes the modeling more accurate.Then a predictive controller is designed based on the model,and constraints are added to the objective function,which can not only solve the real-time changes of the control system by online optimization,but also effectively obtain a higher tracking accuracy of the inverter output voltage and lower total harmonic distortion rate(Total Harmonics Distortion,THD);and suppress the circulating current between the inverters,to obtain a good dynamic response.Finally,the simulation is carried out onMATLAB/Simulink to verify the correctness of the model and the rationality of the proposed strategy.This paper aims to provide guidance for the design and optimal control of multi-inverter parallel systems.

Control of mutiple Power Inverters for More Electronics Power Systems:A Review

With the development and utilization of renewable energy,the scaling of microgrid composed of distributed generation systems and energy storing devices,e.g,photovoltaic(PV),wind power,micro gas turbine,fuel cell,are becoming much lager.Research on control of multi-inverter parallel is the focus as the key technique,which can improve the reliability of microgrids.The inverters in the microgrid operate in parallel,which not only facilitates the expansion of the microgrid but also improves the reliability of the operation of the microgrid system in off-grid mode.The key to the parallel operation of the inverter is to achieve even distribution of the load current.In this paper,a comprehensive review on the control strategies of parallel-operated inverters is presented.Also,the detailed analysis,comparison,and discussion on the existing parallel control strategies are investigated.

The Resonance Suppression for Parallel Photovoltaic Grid-connected Inverters in Weak Grid

Obvious resonance peak will be generated when parallel photovoltaic grid-connected inverters are connected to the weak grid with high grid impedance, which seriously affects the stability of grid-connected operation of the photovoltaic system. To overcome the problems mentioned above, the mathematical model of the parallel photovoltaic inverters is established. Several factors including the impact of the reference current of the grid-connected inverter, the grid voltage interference and the current disturbance between the photovoltaic inverters in parallel with the grid-connected inverters are analyzed. The grid impedance and the LCL filter of the photovoltaic inverter system are found to be the key elements which lead to existence of resonance peak. This paper presents the branch voltage and current double feedback suppression method under the premise of not changing the topological structure of the photovoltaic inverter, which effectively handles the resonance peak, weakens the harmonic content of the grid current of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter and the voltage at the point of common coupling, and improves the stability of the parallel operation of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverters in weak grid. At last, the simulation model is established to verify the reliability of this suppression method.

Optimal Power Allocation for Parallel Grid-Connected Inverters Based on Lagrangian Function Method

Two parallel grid-connected inverters can increase system capacitance effectively.In order to exert maximum efficiency of parallel grid-connected inverters,an optimal power allocation(OPA)method is proposed.Firstly,the power model of every inverter is established.Compared with the equal power allocation(EPA)method,theoretically,higher overall system efficiency can be achieved with the OPA method.Secondly,the overall system efficiency can be calculated with easily measurable electric parameters,and the online optimization realized by adopting an existing method,such as the hill-climbing method.Lastly,the feasibility of the OPA method is verified by simulation and experimentation.

Common Mode EMI Reduction through PWM Methods for Three-Phase Motor Controller

Pulse-width sequences are identified as the determining factor for common-mode(CM)voltage,which together with CM path generate CM current.This paper introduces a series of pulse-width modulation(PWM)methods,which are focusing on reducing CM noise of three-phase inverters as motor controller.Firstly,theoretic analysis and PWM reduction methods of CM voltage for general three-phase two-level inverters are introduced.Analysis results indicate that the realization of CM noise reduction should take switching frequency and loop impedance into consideration together to avoid CM resonant phenomenon.The regular three-phase two-level inverter is incapable of eliminating CM voltage because of the limitation of topology.Then,optimal PWM methods applied to for advanced topologies can be utilized to eliminate the CM voltage theoretically.Two typical typologies presented in this paper are three-level inverters and paralleled inverters.Three-level inverters can achieve zero-CM output voltage by selecting zero-CM voltage vectors at the expense of power quality.However,for paralleled inverters,zero-CM PWM method is able to achieve zero CM voltage output,as well as the improved output current harmonics and voltage balancing.

Droop Control Method to Achieve Maximum Power Output of Photovoltaic for Parallel Inverter System

In general,the power distribution of a parallel inverter is achieved by the use of droop control in a microgrid system,which consists of PV inverters and non-regeneration energy source inverters without energy storage devices in an islanded mode.If the shared load power is no more than the available maximum PV inverter output power,then there is a power waste for the PV inverter.In addition,due to the intermittency of PV sources,the system may become unstable if the shared load power is more than the available maximum power output of the PV(MPO-PV)inverter.Therefore,in order to avoid power waste and potential instability caused by insufficient PV power by traditional droop control,this paper recommends an improved droop control scheme to maximize the power output of PV units.As required by the load,the remaining power is composed of the other inverters,which can effectively improve the utilization rating of renewable energy sources and system stability.At the same time,according to the system stability analysis based on small signal modeling,it has been designed around the droop coefficients of the improved droop control loop.In the end,the simulation and experimental results show that the suggested scheme has a varied validity and robustness.

Parallel inverter control using different conventional control methods and an improved virtual oscillator control method in a standalone microgrid

Partly because of advances in power electronic converters,the share of renewable energy in power generation is steadily increasing.The main medium of interface for integrating renewable energy sources to the utility grid is the power electronic inverter.Virtual oscillator control(VOC)is a time-domain approach for controlling parallel inverters in a standalone microgrid(MG).The concept is to simulate nonlinear deadzone oscillator dynamics in a system of invert-ers to ensure a stable AC MG in the absence of communication.VOC is a time-domain and self-synchronizing control-ler that simply requires the measurement of filter current,whereas traditional droop control and the virtual synchro-nous machine(VSM)require low pass filters for active and reactive power calculations.In this work,a particle swarm optimization(PSO)-based VOC method(VOC-PSO)is proposed,in which the parameters of the VOC are designed using the PSO algorithm.The system performance using droop,VSM,VOC,and VOC-PSO controllers are investigated using MATLAB and Opal-RT real-time digital simulator platforms.The results show that the proposed VOC-PSO gives improved performance over other control strategies.The efficacy of the proposed VOC-PSO control method is also demonstrated by the experimental results.

A dual control strategy for power sharing improvement in islanded mode of AC microgrid

Parallel operation of inverter modules is the solution to increase the reliability,efficiency,and redundancy of inverters in microgrids.Load sharing among inverters in distributed generators(DGs)is a key issue.This study investigates the feasibility of power-sharing among parallel DGs using a dual control strategy in islanded mode of a microgrid.PQ control and droop control techniques are established to control the microgrid operation.P-f and Q-E droop control is used to attain real and reactive power sharing.The frequency variation caused by load change is an issue in droop control strategy whereas the tracking error of inverter power in PQ control is also a challenge.To address these issues,two DGs are interfaced with two parallel inverters in an islanded AC microgrid.PQ control is investigated for controlling the output real and reactive power of the DGs by assigning their references.The inverter under enhanced droop control implements power reallocation to restore the frequency among the distributed generators with predefined droop characteristics.A dual control strategy is proposed for the AC microgrid under islanded operation without communication link.Simulation studies are carried out using MATLAB/SIMULINK and the results show the validity and effective power-sharing performance of the system while maintaining a stable operation when the microgrid is in islanding mode.