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Sequence Impedance Characteristics of Grid-Forming Converter Controls

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Authors

  • Marc Dokus
  • Axel Mertens

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages413-420
Number of pages8
ISBN (electronic)9781728169903
ISBN (print)978-1-7281-6989-7, 978-1-7281-6991-0
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event11th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020 - Dubrovnik, Croatia
Duration: 28 Sept 20201 Oct 2020

Abstract

In this paper, the sequence impedance-based small-signal modelling is exemplarily applied to the synchronverter control approach with three different inner control setups and compared against other popular grid-forming concepts, namely droop control and the virtual synchronous generator (VSG). The synchronverter variations differ in terms of whether an inner dual loop voltage control (DLVC), a single loop voltage control (SLVC) or an open loop voltage control (OLVC) concept is utilised. These models are derived in a common sequence impedance framework which is a suitable approach to analyse the robustness of different converter controls in a generalised form. First, impedance models are derived, which do not only reveal the existence of a mirrored frequency as an image of the disturbance frequency shifted by two times the fundamental frequency, but also predict the effect of the different grid-forming control variations on the system stability. These models are evaluated against other control methods and validated by time-domain simulations and experimental results. The applicability of the models is confirmed by a close correlation between sequence impedance model, time-domain simulations, experimental results as well as based on a case study.

Keywords

    converter cluster, grid-forming controls, harmonic stability, microgrid, small-signal sequence impedance

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Sequence Impedance Characteristics of Grid-Forming Converter Controls. / Dokus, Marc; Mertens, Axel.
2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 413-420 9244356.

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Dokus, M & Mertens, A 2020, Sequence Impedance Characteristics of Grid-Forming Converter Controls. in 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020., 9244356, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 413-420, 11th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28 Sept 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244356
Dokus, M., & Mertens, A. (2020). Sequence Impedance Characteristics of Grid-Forming Converter Controls. In 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020 (pp. 413-420). Article 9244356 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244356
Dokus M, Mertens A. Sequence Impedance Characteristics of Grid-Forming Converter Controls. In 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. p. 413-420. 9244356 doi: 10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244356
Dokus, Marc ; Mertens, Axel. / Sequence Impedance Characteristics of Grid-Forming Converter Controls. 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 413-420
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