• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1575-1581
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• 2019

Due to the mismatched line impedance among distributed generation units (DGs) and uncontrolled harmonic current, the droop controller has a number of problems such as inaccurate reactive power sharing and voltage distortion at the point of common coupling (PCC). To solve these problems, this paper proposes a resistive-capacitive virtual impedance control method. The proposed control method modifies the DG output impedance at the fundamental and harmonic frequencies to compensate the mismatched line impedance among DGs and to regulate the harmonic current. Finally, reactive power sharing is accurately achieved, and the PCC voltage distortion is compensated. In addition, adaptively controlling the virtual impedance guarantees compensation performance in spite of load changes. The effectiveness of the proposed control method was verified by experimental results.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.120-121
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• 2017

This paper proposes an enhanced distributed generation (DG) unit with an adaptive virtual impedance control approach in order to address the inaccurate reactive power sharing problem. The proposed method can adaptively regulate the DG virtual impedance, and the effect of the mismatch in feeder impedances is compensated to share the reactive power accurately. The proposed control strategy is fully distributed and the need for the microgrid central controller is eliminated. Furthermore, the proposed method can be directly implemented without requirement of pre-knowledge of the feeder impedances. Simulations are performed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.234-250
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• 2018

This paper presents a new load sharing control for use between paralleled three-phase inverters in an islanded microgrid based on the online line impedance estimation by the use of a Kalman filter. In this study, the mismatch of power sharing when the line impedance changes due to temperature, frequency, significant differences in line parameters and the requirements of the Plug-and-Play mode for inverters connected to a microgrid has been solved. In addition, this paper also presents a new droop control method working with the line impedance that is different from the traditional droop algorithm when the line impedance is assumed to be pure resistance or pure inductance. In this paper, the line impedance estimation for parallel inverters uses the minimum square method combined with a Kalman filter. In addition, the secondary control loops are designed to restore the voltage amplitude and frequency of a microgrid by using a combined nominal value SOGI-PLL with a generalized integral block and phase lock loop to monitor the exact voltage magnitude and frequency phase at the PCC. A control model has been simulated in Matlab/Simulink with three voltage source inverters connected in parallel for different ratios of power sharing. The simulation results demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed control method.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.282-293
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• 2017

There exists a strong coupling between real and reactive power owing to the complex impedances in droop based islanded microgrids (MGs). The existing virtual impedance methods consider improvements of the impedance matching for sharing of the voltage controlled power (VCP) (reactive power for Q-V droop, and real power for P-V droop), which yields a 1-DOF (degree of freedom) tunable virtual impedance. However, a weak impedance matching for sharing of the frequency controlled power (FCP) (real power for $P-{\omega}$ droop, and reactive power for $Q-{\omega}$ droop) may result in FCP overshoots and even oscillations during load transients. This in turn results in VCP oscillations due to the strong coupling. In this paper, a 2-DOF tunable adaptive virtual impedance method considering impedance matching for both real and reactive power (IM-PQ) is proposed to improve the power sharing performance of MGs. The dynamic response is promoted by suppressing the coupled power oscillations and power overshoots while realizing accurate power sharing. In addition, the proposed power sharing controller has a better parametric adaptability. The stability and dynamic performances are analyzed with a small-signal state-space model. Simulation and experimental results are presented to investigate the validity of the proposed scheme.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1152-1162
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• 2016

The unequal impedances of the interconnecting cables between paralleled inverters in the island mode of microgrids cause inaccurate reactive power sharing when the traditional droop control is used. Many studies in the literature adopt low speed communications between the inverters and the central control unit to overcome this problem. However, the losses of this communication link can be very detrimental to the performance of the controller. This paper proposes an improved reactive power-sharing control method. It employs infrequent measurements of the voltage at the point of common coupling (PCC) to estimate the output impedance between the inverters and the PCC and then readjust the voltage droop controller gains accordingly. The controller then reverts to being a traditional droop controller using the newly calculated gains. This increases the immunity of the controller against any losses in the communication links between the central control unit and the inverters. The capability of the proposed control method has been demonstrated by simulation and experimental results using a laboratory scale microgrid.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.81-95
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• 2015

Microgrid, which can be considered as an integration of various dispersed resources (DRs), is characterized by number of DRs interfaced through the power electronics converters. The microgrid comprising these DRs is often operated in an islanded mode. To minimize the cost, reduce complexity and increase reliability, it is preferred to avoid any communication channel between them. Consequently, the droop control method is traditionally adopted to distribute active and reactive power among the DRs operating in parallel. However, the accuracy of distribution of active and reactive power among the DRs controlled by the conventional droop control approach is highly dependent on the value of line impedance, R/X i.e., resistance to reactance ratio of the line, voltage setting of inverters etc. The limitations of the conventional droop control approach are demonstrated and a modified droop control approach to reduce the effect of impedance mis-match and improve the time response is proposed. The error in reactive power sharing is minimized by inserting virtual impedance in line with the inverters to remove the mis-match in impedance. The improved time response is achieved by modifying the real-power frequency droop using arctan function. Simulations results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the control approach.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2016년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.125-126
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• 2016

여러 분산 발전 시스템으로 구성된 마이크로그리드는 계통연계 모드에서 부하의 수요에 담당하게 되고, 계통 사고가 발생할 시 독립 운전 모드로 동작을 해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 독립운전 모드 동작 시 제어 방식 중에서 유, 무효 전력제어를 통한 적절한 전력 분담을 실현하기 위한 드룹제어 방식을 다룬다. 이 방식은 선로 임피던스가 복합 성분으로 구성되어 있거나 불 평형 일 경우 여러 문제로 유,무효 전력 분담의 오차를 발생 시킨다. 이에 대하여 가상임피던스를 추가함으로써, 복합적 불 평형 임피던스에 기인한 유,무효 전력 분담의 오차를 해결 하여, 시스템의 유,무효 전력 분담을 개선 하고자 하였다. 가상 임피던스에 따른 출력 임피던스에 대해서 연구하고 이에 따른 드룹제어를 분석하고, PSIM 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 검증하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.511-515
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• 2012

At the moment, with an interest in renewable energy sources (RES) that continue to grow its penetration will be expected to considerably increase in the future power system. However, this penetration of RES leads to new challenges to be solved in electric power systems. In this paper, optimal configuration of renewable energy resources and operation strategy is presented. By using this methodology for allocation of the optimal sizes and types, system operational efficiency and stability of the microgrid will be maximized.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2015년도 제46회 하계학술대회
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• pp.523-524
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• 2015

신재생 에너지는 발전 시 연료가 들지 않는다는 특징과 친환경적인 이유로 각광 받고 있다. 이러한 특징으로 인해 에너지 독립 계통을 구성하는 데 주요 역할을 한다. 풍력, 태양광, 에너지 저장 장치 등이 분산 전원으로서 계통을 구성하게 되는데, 낮은 효율과 높은 초기 설치비용으로 인해 디젤 발전기나 마이크로 터빈 등 소형 발전기를 예비 전력으로서 부착하는 경우가 대부분이다. 이러한 분산 전원들은 가격이 제각각이며 기존의 화석연료 발전기처럼 비용 함수 모델링이 어려워 경제적 분석이 어려웠다. 이 논문은 이러한 신재생 에너지를 사용한 독립 마이크로그리드를 경제적 관점에서 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 따라서 계통을 분석하는 가장 보편적인 방법인 최적 조류 계산(OPF, Optimal Power Flow)방법과 가격을 최소화하는 점을 찾는 경제급전(ED, Economic Dispatch)방법을 사용하였다. 두 가지 방법의 결과를 비교하여 발전 비용을 줄일 수 있는지에 대해 조사하였다. 7-Bus 가상 계통을 만들어 사용하였고, OPF와 ED의 발전 비용은 PowerFactory$^{(R)}$ 프로그램을 통해 시뮬레이션 하여 데이터를 얻었다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1278-1287
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• 2017

Inverters are widely used in distributed power generation and other applications. However, their lack of inertia and variable impedance may cause system instability and power transfer inaccuracy. This paper proposes a control scheme for a single phase voltage-controlled inverter with some grid-friendly characteristics. The proposed control algorithm enables the inverter to function as a voltage source with an inner output impedance in both the islanded and grid-connected modes. Virtual inertia and rotor equations are embedded in the PLL part. Thus, the frequency stability can remain. The inner output impedance can be adjusted freely, which helps to accurately decouple and transmit the output active and reactive power. The proposed inverter operates like a traditional synchronous generator. Simulations and experiments are designed and carried out to verify the proposed control strategy.