TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient Damping Method for Improving the Synchronization Stability of Virtual Synchronous Generators
AU - Xiong, Xiaoling
AU - Wu, Chao
AU - Hu, Bin
AU - Pan, Donghua
AU - Blaabjerg, Frede
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - The virtual synchronous generator (VSG) was proposed to emulate a synchronous machine's dynamics when integrating power electronic converter-based distributed energy resources to the power grid. However, the VSG's synchronization stability during grid faults is not fully explored. The underlying mechanism of loss of synchronization (LOS) still needs to be further revealed due to VSG's nonlinear characteristics. In this paper, a step-by-step analytical method based on combining the linear and nonlinear models is proposed to analyze VSG's dynamic behaviors during a large disturbance. The relationship between the linear and nonlinear models is first brought to light, showing that the linear model is suitable for qualitative analysis to give an intuitive physical insight. Simultaneously, the latter is adopted for quantitative analysis to assess stability after a grid fault. Moreover, to avoid the conflict of the synchronization stability and the inertia response, a transient damping method is added in the active power control loop, which can simultaneously improve the synchronization stability and frequency stability. Design guidelines are also proposed to identify the parameter of the transient damping with different inertia requirements. Finally, the experimental results verify the analytical method and the theoretical analysis.
AB - The virtual synchronous generator (VSG) was proposed to emulate a synchronous machine's dynamics when integrating power electronic converter-based distributed energy resources to the power grid. However, the VSG's synchronization stability during grid faults is not fully explored. The underlying mechanism of loss of synchronization (LOS) still needs to be further revealed due to VSG's nonlinear characteristics. In this paper, a step-by-step analytical method based on combining the linear and nonlinear models is proposed to analyze VSG's dynamic behaviors during a large disturbance. The relationship between the linear and nonlinear models is first brought to light, showing that the linear model is suitable for qualitative analysis to give an intuitive physical insight. Simultaneously, the latter is adopted for quantitative analysis to assess stability after a grid fault. Moreover, to avoid the conflict of the synchronization stability and the inertia response, a transient damping method is added in the active power control loop, which can simultaneously improve the synchronization stability and frequency stability. Design guidelines are also proposed to identify the parameter of the transient damping with different inertia requirements. Finally, the experimental results verify the analytical method and the theoretical analysis.
KW - Synchronization stability
KW - transient damping
KW - virtual inertia
KW - virtual synchronous generators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098767816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TPEL.2020.3046462
DO - 10.1109/TPEL.2020.3046462
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0885-8993
VL - 36
SP - 7820
EP - 7831
JO - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IS - 7
M1 - 9303430
ER -