Distributed Harmonic Power Sharing with Voltage Distortion Suppression in Islanded Microgrids Considering Non-linear Loads

In contemporary power grids or microgrids,harmonic distortion has emerged as one of the critical power quality issues for utility power grids,which has escalated especially due to the high penetration of power-electronic-converter-interfaced distributed generation(DG).This paper first illustrates the prevalent dispute revolving around the harmonic power sharing and distortion restraint,and subsequently proposes a consensusbased framework that facilitates an accurate sharing of harmonics among multi-DGs connected in parallel,with an effective suppression of the output voltage distortion.Compared with the majority of existing studies addressing the issue of voltage harmonics at the point of common coupling(PCC),our method primarily emphasizes on the output voltage distortion since the power quality requirement for certain local critical loads is often known to be high.With the help of adaptive regulation,the overall distortion produced at the output terminals of DGs can be retained within an acceptable range.The working principle of the proposed control method,which is not only easy to implement but also independent of model parameters,is further described in detail.Employing the small-signal dynamic model,the system stability and robustness are analyzed.The hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)simulations aid in determining the outcome of the proposed strategy in microgrid control.

On-Load Voltage Distortion Compensation Method Using Disturbance Observer for SPM Machines with Closed Slot

This paper proposes an on-load voltage distortion compensation method,in which the voltage distortion is mainly produced in the surface-mounted permanent magnet machines having closed slot.Apart from the voltage distortions caused by the inverter,such as dead time and inverter non-linearity,the on-load voltage distortion has relatively large magnitude dependent of machine speed.As a result,it causes a significant distortion of current waveforms and deteriorates control performance.Hence,a voltage disturbance compensation method using a disturbance observer is proposed and implemented.Based on the machine model,the disturbance observer is chosen which helps to observe a voltage disturbance,while the error between measured and estimated currents is minimized.The disturbance observer only compensates the sixth-multiple harmonic components of the inverter voltage in synchronous reference frame.The harmonic compensator with multiple narrow-band pass based adaptive filter is proposed and implemented in the feedback loop with current controllers.The observed voltage disturbances are compensated to the reference voltages.In addition,robust performance of the proposed method is shown against the parameter uncertainties.The effectiveness of the proposed compensation scheme is validated by the experiments.

Comparison of resonant current regulators for DFIG during grid voltage distortion

We investigate two different kinds of resonant current regulators for a doubly fed induction generator(DFIG) under distorted grid voltage conditions: proportional integral resonant(PIR) regulator with traditional resonant part and vector proportional integral(VPI) regulator with VPI resonant part. Based on the mathematical model of DFIG under distorted grid voltage, the transfer function and frequency response characteristics of the two current regulators are analyzed and compared. The superiority of the VPI current regulator over the PIR regulator is pointed out, and the influence of discretization methods on the performance of the resonant current regulator is studied. All the results are validated by MATLAB simulation and experiments.

Examination for Experimental Verification of Improvement of Power Quality in Distribution System by PCS

In the future, the power quality will decrease by the introduction of a lot of renewable energy sources. The topic of this research is a new method of operation of PCS （power conditioning systems） in the future distribution system. The purpose of this research is development of PCS with a function of improvement of the distribution system. Therefore, the authors propose a method of the power quality improvement of the distribution system by PCS. In addition, the authors construct the control logic to use in PCS The control logic suggests adding harmonic restraint function to conventional control. These were verified by simulation and an experiment. As the results, we confirmed that basic operation of PCS being carried out, harmonics were restrained, and power quality had improved.

Multiple target implementation for a doubly fed induction generator based on direct power control under unbalanced and distorted grid voltage

This paper presents a multiple target implementation technique for a doubly fed induction generator （DFIG） under unbalanced and distorted grid voltage based on direct power control （DPC）. Based on the mathematical model of DFIG under unbalanced and distorted voltage, the proportional and integral （PI） regulator is adopted to regulate the DFIG average active and reactive powers, while the vector P1 （VPI） resonant regulator is used to achieve three alternative control targets： （1） balanced and sinusoidal stator current; （2） smooth instantaneous stator active and reactive powers; （3） smooth electromagnetic torque and instantaneous stator reactive power. The major advantage of the proposed control strategy over the conventional method is that neither negative and harmonic sequence decomposition of grid voltage nor complicated control reference calculation is required. The insensitivity of the proposed control strategy to DFIG parameter deviation is analyzed. Finally, the DFIG experimental system is developed to validate the availability of the proposed DPC strategy under unbalanced and distorted grid voltage,

Power quality improvement using fuzzy logic controller for five-level shunt active power filter under distorted voltage conditions

In this paper, a five-level inverter is used as a shunt active power filter （APF）, taking advantages of the multilevel inverter such as low harmonic distortion and reduced switching losses. It is used to compensate reactive power and eliminate harmonics drawn from a thyristor rectifier feeding an inductive load （RL） under distorted voltage conditions. The APF control strategy is based on the use of self-tuning filters （STF） for reference current generation and a fuzzy logic current controller. The use of STF instead of classical extraction filters allows extracting directly the voltage and current fundamental components in the a-fl axis without phase locked loop （PLL）. The MATLAB fuzzy logic toolbox is used for implementing the fitzzy logic control algorithm. The obtained results show that the proposed shunt APF controller has produced a sinusoidal supply current with low harmonic distortion and in phase with the line voltage.