Coordinated control between a grid forming inverter and grid following inverters suppling power in a standalone microgrid

Battery energy storage systems,fuel cells,and photovoltaic generators are being adopted in distribution networks to achieve CO;emission reduction.These power sources require inverters to connect to AC networks.However,sub-networks,such as a microgrids containing inverter power sources,may be disconnected from the utility network and operated in a standalone mode during extended blackouts.This study focuses on a standalone microgrid supplied by inverter power sources without a synchronous generator and proposes a new microgrid inverter control.In this inverter control,a single grid forming inverter is operated as a master power source to determine frequency and voltage,and other inverters,called grid following inverters,are operated as subordinate power sources with active and reactive power control.The necessary functions in the energy management system are examined,and the coordinated operation of all inverters in the microgrid is demonstrated via simulation.

Centralized-local PV voltage control considering opportunity constraint of short-term fluctuation

This study proposes a two-stage photovoltaic(PV)voltage control strategy for centralized control that ignores short-term load fluctuations.In the first stage,a deterministic power flow model optimizes the 15-minute active cycle of the inverter and reactive outputs to reduce network loss and light rejection.In the second stage,the local control stabilizes the fluctuations and tracks the system state of the first stage.The uncertain interval model establishes a chance constraint model for the inverter voltage-reactive power local control.Second-order cone optimization and sensitivity theories were employed to solve the models.The effectiveness of the model was confirmed using a modified IEEE 33 bus example.The intraday control outcome for distributed power generation considering the effects of fluctuation uncertainty,PV penetration rate,and inverter capacity is analyzed.

Online Learning Control for Harmonics Reduction Based on Current Controlled Voltage Source Power Inverters

Nonlinear loads in the power distribution system cause non-sinusoidal currents and voltages with harmonic components.Shunt active filters(SAF) with current controlled voltage source inverters(CCVSI) are usually used to obtain balanced and sinusoidal source currents by injecting compensation currents.However,CCVSI with traditional controllers have a limited transient and steady state performance.In this paper,we propose an adaptive dynamic programming(ADP) controller with online learning capability to improve transient response and harmonics.The proposed controller works alongside existing proportional integral(PI) controllers to efficiently track the reference currents in the d-q domain.It can generate adaptive control actions to compensate the PI controller.The proposed system was simulated under different nonlinear(three-phase full wave rectifier) load conditions.The performance of the proposed approach was compared with the traditional approach.We have also included the simulation results without connecting the traditional PI control based power inverter for reference comparison.The online learning based ADP controller not only reduced average total harmonic distortion by 18.41%,but also outperformed traditional PI controllers during transients.

Sizing of a Filter (<i>L-C</i>) for a 180°Control Inverter Connected to a Medium Voltage Network

This paper studies the design and sizing of a filter (L-C) for an inverter with 180° control in Medium voltage (MV), based on formulas of the capacitance of the capacitor C and the inductance L of the filter (L-C) of an SPWM inverter. These formulas were obtained by minimizing two parameters: the reactive power of the capacitor (capped at 5% of the apparent power of the load) and the ripple of the current flowing through inductance L (capped at 10% of the current supplying the load). The application of these formulas for the calculation of the filter (L-C) of the 180° control inverter in MV is not conclusive. Studies have been carried out to make them applicable. The results show that limiting the current ripple in the inductor to 10% of the load current is a valid assumption and that limiting the reactive power of the capacitor to 5% of the apparent power of the load presents shortcomings. The results also show that setting the inductance L of the filter to Lmaxi and the capacitor C from 35 × Cmaxi to 400 × Cmaxi gives voltage and current THDs that meet the 519 IEEE-2014 standards.

Solar Energy System with Digital Controller for Grid Connected Systems

The solar photovoltaic （PV） module output voltage changes according to the variation of light intensity and temperature. This paper presents the implementation of an automatic digital controller of a DC-DC boost converter without batteries for a solar cell module by using a peripheral interface controller, which forms a closed loop, to control the ON-OFF period of the switching pulse. The output of DC-DC converter is maintained by automatically increasing or decreasing the pulse width. To produce the pulse width modulation （PWM）, the microcontroller is programmed according to the required duty cycle for the power switch. The PWM ON period is increased with the decrease in the PV voltage and vice-versa. The input voltage to the inverter is maintained constantly and is converted into an AC signal by using the metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor （MOSFET） H-bridge operated in the sinusoidal pulse width modulation mode by using a PIC （peripheral interface controller） microcontroller. The generated AC signal can be connected to the AC grid or to the AC load. The simulated results by using Proteus 8 and hardware implemented results verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller.

Enabling Inverter-based Resource Stability Control in Power Systems with High Renewable Penetration

This rapid communication provides the author’s viewpoints on the need to develop grid stability functions for inverter-based resources,in particular,controls to enhance system stability.This discussion will be focused on transient stability and frequency regulation.Some future research directions are also presented.

Transient Angle Stability of Inverters Equipped with Robust Droop Control

Transient angle stability of inverters equipped with the robust droop controller is investigated in this work.At first,the conditions on the control references to guarantee the existence of a feasible post-disturbance operating point are derived.Then,the post-disturbance equilibrium points are found and their stability properties are characterized.Furthermore,the attraction regions of the stable equilibrium points are accurately depicted by calculating the stable and unstable manifolds of the surrounding unstable equilibrium points,which presents an explanation to system transient stability.Finally,the transient control considerations are provided to help the inverter ridethrough the disturbance and maintain its stability characteristics.It is shown that the transient angle stability is not a serious problem for droop controlled inverters with proper control settings.

Transmission line protection challenges influenced by inverter-based resources:a review

High penetration of renewable energy sources(RES)leads to new challenges for protection devices.Protection schemes are typically designed according to the dynamic behavior of rotating machines as generation sources,while the RES dynamic response,mainly governed by inverters,is not considered.Consequently,some relevant algorithms of transmission line protection are experiencing challenges because of the fact that magnitude and phase angle com-parison,amount of negative-sequence,and short-circuit current level are affected by the RES.Therefore,an in-depth study of this issue is necessary,one which considers the main causes and new methodological criteria solutions.This work presents an extensive literature review of the evaluation of electrical protection performance and the effects of RES connected to a power grid through inverters.Bibliographic data on many representative publications related to this topic are obtained to show the current research lines and their proposed solutions.In addition,this work identi-fies the main protection functions affected and describes the new protection schemes that consider RES.Finally,an analysis and discussion of the selected bibliography are presented.

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.