General Unified Integral Controller with Zero Steady-State Error for Single-Phase Grid-Connected Inverters

Current regulation is crucial for operating single-phase grid-connected inverters. The challenge of the current controller is how to fast and precisely tracks the current with zero steady-state error. This paper proposes a novel feedback mechanism for the conventional PI controller. It allows the steady-state error suppression with no need of additional complex control algorithms such as the synchronous reference frame transformation. Five alternative implementation methods are comparatively evaluated from the viewpoint of the steady-state and dynamic responses. Further, the theoretical analysis done indicates that the widely used PR (P+Resonant) control is just a special case of the proposed control solution. The time-domain simulation in Matlab/Simulink and experimental results from a TMS320F2812 DSP based laboratory prototypes are in good agreement, which verify the effectiveness of the proposed generalized method.