A new control approach to improve frequency response of Voltage Source Inverters

Author

Tavakoli, A. ; Gharehpetian, G.B. ; Moghani, Javad Shokrollahi ; Karshenas, H.M. ; Sanjari, M.J.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Amirkabir Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2013

fDate

17-18 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Various DG technologies are being integrated into power systems as alternative energy sources to improve reliability. Voltage Source Inverters (VSIs) are used as the interfaces between the DGs and the network. These inverters are controlled based on conventional droop method. This method satisfies power sharing between the inverters in steady state. Besides, it enrolls as the frequency and voltage controller in inverter-based MG. In this paper, a modified droop controller is proposed to improve the frequency behavior in MGs. This controller can regulate frequency to its nominal value. Moreover, this controller reduces the frequency drop. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated after comparison with the conventional droop method through simulations.

Keywords

distributed power generation; frequency control; frequency response; invertors; power generation control; power generation reliability; voltage control; DG technologies; VSI; alternative energy sources; conventional droop method; distribution generation; frequency controller; frequency drop reduction; frequency regulation; frequency response improvement; inverter-based MG; power sharing; power systems; reliability improvement; voltage controller; voltage source inverters; Equations; Frequency control; Impedance; Inverters; Mathematical model; Reactive power; Time-frequency analysis; Microgrid; distribution generation; droop method Introduction; parallel inverters VSIs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Smart Grid Conference (SGC), 2013

Conference_Location

Tehran

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3039-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SGC.2013.6733826

Filename

6733826