TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive control system for multi-parallel grid-connected inverters with LCL filter in weak grid condition
AU - Akhavan, Ali
AU - Mohammadi, Hamid Reza
AU - Guerrero, Josep M.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Active damping methods are used for resonance damping in grid-connected inverters with LCL filter. In microgrids, parallel grid-connected inverters are coupled due to grid impedance introducing multiple resonances. In general, such coupling effect is not taken into account for modeling and controller design. For single grid-connected inverter, despite good performance, the system tends to become instable with parallel connection of other inverters. Moreover, the grid injected current can be distorted by the grid voltage harmonics. In traditional control system, grid voltage is used as a feedforward signal to achieve harmonic rejection capability by boosting the inverter output impedance. However, this method introduces negative phase angle which could lead to control system instability. In this paper, the control system design for multi-parallel grid-connected inverters using active damping is clarified. Inverters with different characteristics are also modeled in a weak grid as a multivariable system while coupling effect with a wide variation of grid impedance is taken into account. An improved grid voltage feedforward method is proposed to eliminate negative aspects of the traditional method. The simulation results in MATLAB/SIMULINK software demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control system.
AB - Active damping methods are used for resonance damping in grid-connected inverters with LCL filter. In microgrids, parallel grid-connected inverters are coupled due to grid impedance introducing multiple resonances. In general, such coupling effect is not taken into account for modeling and controller design. For single grid-connected inverter, despite good performance, the system tends to become instable with parallel connection of other inverters. Moreover, the grid injected current can be distorted by the grid voltage harmonics. In traditional control system, grid voltage is used as a feedforward signal to achieve harmonic rejection capability by boosting the inverter output impedance. However, this method introduces negative phase angle which could lead to control system instability. In this paper, the control system design for multi-parallel grid-connected inverters using active damping is clarified. Inverters with different characteristics are also modeled in a weak grid as a multivariable system while coupling effect with a wide variation of grid impedance is taken into account. An improved grid voltage feedforward method is proposed to eliminate negative aspects of the traditional method. The simulation results in MATLAB/SIMULINK software demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control system.
KW - Active damping
KW - Coupling effect
KW - Grid voltage feedforward method
KW - LCL filter
KW - Multi-parallel inverters
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U2 - 10.1016/j.epsr.2018.06.015
DO - 10.1016/j.epsr.2018.06.015
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85049554326
SN - 0378-7796
VL - 163
SP - 288
EP - 300
JO - Electric Power Systems Research
JF - Electric Power Systems Research
IS - Part A
ER -