Voltage Grid Supporting by Using Variable Structure Adaptive Virtual Impedance for LCL-Voltage Source Converter DG Converters

Thales Queiroz Fonseca*, Ricardo L.A. Ribeiro, Thiago De Oliveira Alves Rocha, Flavio Bezerra Costa, Josep M. Guerrero

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Abstract

This article proposes a voltage grid supporting applied for DGs based on LCL-VSC to control the delivered power flow and improve the point of common coupling (PCC) voltage regulation. A variable structure adaptive virtual impedance (VS-AVI) imposes the required DG impedance for achieving the system voltage requirements, considering the power rating of the DG converter. Differently of the solutions presented in the literature, the proposed VS-AVI employs adaptive piecewise linear droop function and dead zone for emulating the virtual capacitance for shaping the equivalent grid impedance and achieves the required PCC voltage regulation. Simulation and experimental results validate the proposed VS-AVI and demonstrate its effectiveness.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8902197
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume67
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)9326-9336
Number of pages11
ISSN0278-0046
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020

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Keywords

  • Adaptive virtual impedance
  • distributed generation (DG)
  • droop control
  • LCL-VSC

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