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Ride-through of PMSG Wind Power System Under the Distorted and Unbalanced Grid Voltage Dips

  • Sim, Jun-Bo;Kim, Ki-Cheol;Son, Rak-Won;Oh, Joong-Ki
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.898-904
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents a ride-through skill of PMSG wind turbine system under the distorted and unbalanced grid voltage dips. When voltage dips occur in the grid, pitch control and generator speed control as well as a parallel resistor of DC-link help to keep the turbine's safety. Modern grid code requires a wind turbine to supply reactive currents to help voltage recovery after grid faults clearance. In order to supply reactive currents to the grid in case of the distortedly unbalanced grid voltage dips, a special PLL is needed to control the grid side converter and to regulate the grid voltages symmetrically. The proposed method is applied to 2MW multi-pole PMSG wind turbine system, and verified by simulation.

Grid Voltage Estimation Scheme without Phase Delay in Voltage-sensorless Control of a Grid-connected Inverter (전압센서를 사용하지 않는 계통연계 인버터의 제어 및 위상지연을 개선한 계통전압 추정 기법)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sou;Kim, Kyeong-Hwa
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2017
  • This study proposes a grid voltage estimation scheme without a phase delay in the voltage-sensorless control of a grid-connected inverter to enhance its economic feasibility, such as manufacturing cost and system complexity. The proposed scheme estimates grid voltages using a disturbance observer (DOB)-based current controller to control the grid-connected inverter without grid-side voltage sensors. The proposed voltage-sensorless control scheme can be applied successfully to grid-connected inverters, which should be operated with synchronization to the grid, considering the phase angle of the grid can be effectively detected through estimating the grid voltages by DOB. However, a problem associated with the phase delay in estimated grid voltages remains because the DOB has dynamic behavior similar to low-pass filter. Hence, the estimated grid voltages are compensated by a phase lead compensator to overcome the limitation. The effectiveness of the proposed control and estimation schemes is proven through simulations and experiments using a 2 kVA prototype inverter.

A Detection Method of Grid Voltage for Grid Support Operation of an Inverter-based Renewable Energy Generation System (인버터 기반 신재생 에너지 발전 시스템의 계통 지원 운전을 위한 계통 전압 검출 방법)

  • Ahn, Hyun-Chul;Song, Seung-Ho
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2013
  • The Grid code is being strengthen as increase of renewable energy ratio. Especially, the grid connection regulations are continuously being updated for stable operation of power grids. Static grid support and Dynamic grid support must make an accurate measure at Grid connected point because they needs control algorithm individually. It has to exactly measure voltage including switching ripple at the output of the inverter generating system. In addition, it is necessary to have an accurate voltage measurement when the situation rapidly changing the grid impedance is caused by the input of serial impedance of transformer and line impedance as well as Grid Fault Device. In this paper, We propose a new detection method of grid voltage to calculate accurately the r.m.s voltage of the grid connection point along the standard required by the low voltage regulation. We verified performance through simulation grid fault device.

PLL Control Strategy for ZVRT(Zero Voltage Ride Through) of a Grid-connected Single-phase Inverter (계통연계형 단상 인버터의 ZVRT(Zero Voltage Ride Through)를 위한 PLL 제어 전략)

  • Lee, Tae-Il;Lee, Kyung-Soo
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.169-180
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    • 2019
  • Grid codes for grid-connected inverters are essential considerations for bulk grid systems. In particular, a low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) function, which can contribute to the grid system's stabilization with the occurrence of voltage sag, is required by such inverters. However, when the grid voltage is under zero-voltage condition due to a grid accident, a zero-voltage ride-through (ZVRT) function is required. Grid-connected inverters typically have phase-locked loop (PLL) control to synchronize the phase of the grid voltage with that of the inverter output. In this study, the LVRT regulations of Germany, the United States, and Japan are analyzed. Then, three major PLL methods of grid-connected single-phase inverters, namely, notch filter-PLL, dq-PLL using an active power filter, and second-order generalized integrator-PLL, are reviewed. The proposed PLL method, which controls inverter output under ZVRT condition, is suggested. The proposed PLL operates better than the three major PLL methods under ZVRT condition in the simulation and experimental tests.

A Smooth LVRT Control Strategy for Single-Phase Two-Stage Grid-Connected PV Inverters

  • Xiao, Furong;Dong, Lei;Khahro, Shahnawaz Farhan;Huang, Xiaojiang;Liao, Xiaozhong
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.806-818
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    • 2015
  • Based on the inherent relationship between dc-bus voltage and grid feeding active power, two dc-bus voltage regulators with different references are adopted for a grid-connected PV inverter operating in both normal grid voltage mode and low grid voltage mode. In the proposed scheme, an additional dc-bus voltage regulator paralleled with maximum power point tracking controller is used to guarantee the reliability of the low voltage ride-through (LVRT) of the inverter. Unlike conventional LVRT strategies, the proposed strategy does not require detecting grid voltage sag fault in terms of realizing LVRT. Moreover, the developed method does not have switching operations. The proposed technique can also enhance the stability of a power system in case of varying environmental conditions during a low grid voltage period. The operation principle of the presented LVRT control strategy is presented in detail, together with the design guidelines for the key parameters. Finally, a 3 kW prototype is built to validate the feasibility of the proposed LVRT strategy.

Improved Phase and Harmonic Detection Scheme using Fast Fourier Transform with Minimum Sampling Data under Distorted Grid Voltage (최소 샘플링의 고속푸리에 변환을 이용한 비정상 계통의 향상된 위상추종 및 고조파 검출 기법)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sou;Kim, Kyeong-Hwa
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.72-80
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    • 2015
  • In distributed generation systems, a grid-connected inverter should operate with synchronization to grid voltage. Considering that synchronization requires the phase angle of grid voltage, a phase locked loop (PLL) scheme is often used. The synchronous reference frame phase locked loop (SRF-PLL) is generally known to provide reasonable performance under ideal grid voltage. However, this scheme indicates performance degradation under the harmonic distorted or unbalanced grid voltage condition. To overcome this limitation, this paper proposes a phase and harmonic detection method of grid voltage using fast Fourier transform (FFT). To reduce the calculation time of FFT algorithm, minimum sampling data is taken from the voltage measurement to determine the phase angle and the magnitude of harmonic components. An experimental test setup for a grid-connected inverter system has been constructed. By comparative simulations and experiments under various abnormal grid voltage conditions, the proposed scheme has been proven to effectively track the phase angle of the grid voltage.

DC offset Compensation Algorithm with Fast Response to the Grid Voltage in Single-phase Grid-connected Inverter (단상 계통 연계형 인버터의 빠른 동특성을 갖는 계통 전압 센싱 DC 오프셋 보상 알고리즘)

  • Han, Dong Yeob;Park, Jin-Hyuk;Lee, Kyo-Beum
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.7
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    • pp.1005-1011
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes the DC offset compensation algorithm with fast response to the sensed grid voltage in the single-phase grid connected inverter. If the sensor of the grid voltage has problems, the DC offset of the grid voltage can be generated. This error must be resolved because the DC offset can generate the estimated grid frequency error of the phase-locked loop (PLL). In conventional algorithm to compensate the DC offset, the DC offset is estimated by integrating the synchronous reference frame d-axis voltage during one period of the grid voltage. The conventional algorithm has a drawback that is a slow dynamic response because monitoring the one period of the grid voltage is required. the proposed algorithm has fast dynamic response because the DC offset is consecutively estimated by transforming the d-axis voltage to synchronous reference frame without monitoring one cycle time of the grid voltage. The proposed algorithm is verified from PSIM simulation and the experiment.

Grid Current Control Scheme at Thee-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter Under Unbalanced and Distorted Grid Voltage Conditions (계통전압 왜곡 및 불평형시 3상 계통연계인버터의 계통전류제어 기법)

  • Tran, Thanh-Vu;Chun, Tae-Won
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.11
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    • pp.1560-1565
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    • 2013
  • This paper proposes the control method for compensating for unbalanced grid current and reducing a total harmonic distortion (THD) of the grid current at the three-phase grid-connected inverter systems under unbalancd and distorted grid voltage conditions. The THD of the grid current caused by grid voltage harmonics is derived by considering the phase delay and magnitude attenuation due to the hardware low-pass filter (LPF). The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality theory is used in order to search more easily for a minimum point of THD. Both the gain and angle of a compensation voltage at the minimum point of THD of the grid current are derived. The negative-sequence components in the three-phase unbalanced grid voltage are cancelled in order to achieve the balanced grid current. The simulation and experimental results show the validity of the proposed control methods.

Voltage Feedforward Control with Time-Delay Compensation for Grid-Connected Converters

  • Yang, Shude;Tong, Xiangqian
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.1833-1842
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    • 2016
  • In grid-connected converter control, grid voltage feedforward is usually introduced to suppress the influence of grid voltage distortion on the converter's grid-side AC current. However, owing to the time-delay in control systems, the suppression effect of the grid voltage distortion is seriously affected. In this paper, the positive effects of the grid voltage feedforward control are analyzed in detail, and the time-delay caused by the low-pass filter (LPF) in the voltage filtering circuits and digital control are summarized. In order to reduce the time-delay effect on the performance of the feedforward control, a voltage feedforward control strategy with time-delay compensation is proposed, in which, a leading correction of the feedforward voltage is used. The optimal leading step used in this strategy is derived from analyzing the phase-frequency characteristics of a LPF and the implementation of digital control. By using the optimal leading step, the delay in the feedforward path can be further counteracted so that the performance of the feedforward control in terms of suppressing the influence of grid voltage distortion on the converter output current can be improved. The validity of the proposed method is verified through simulation and experiment results.

An Improvement in Synchronously Rotating Reference Frame-Based Voltage Sag Detection under Distorted Grid Voltages

  • Sillapawicharn, Yutthachai;Kumsuwan, Yuttana
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.1283-1295
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    • 2013
  • This study proposed an improvement in synchronously rotating reference frame-based voltage sag detection under distorted grid voltages. In the past, the conventional synchronously rotating reference frame (CSRRF)-based voltage sag detection was generally used in the voltage sag compensation applications. Its disadvantage is a long delay of detection time. The modified synchronously rotating reference frame (MSRRF)-based voltage sag detection is able to detect the voltage sag with only a short delay in detection time. However, its operation under distorted grid voltage conditions is unavailable. This paper proposed the improvement of modified synchronously rotating reference frame (IMSRRF)-based voltage sag detection for use in distorted grid voltages with very fast operation of voltage sag detection. The operation of the proposed voltage sag detections is investigated via simulations and experimentations to verify the performance of the IMSRRF-based voltage sag detection.