An Improved Dynamic Control and Resonance Damping for Voltage Source Inverters in Microgrids Through a Novel Active Damping Technique

Wei Zhang; Girmaw Teshager Bitew; Dehua Zheng; Solomon Netsanet Alemu; Dan Wei; Xun Zhang

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An Improved Dynamic Control and Resonance Damping for Voltage Source Inverters in Microgrids Through a Novel Active Damping Technique

Wei Zhang, Girmaw Teshager Bitew, Dehua Zheng, Solomon Netsanet Alemu, Dan Wei, Xun Zhang

Published in American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Volume 11, Issue 1)

Received: 10 March 2022 Accepted: 29 March 2022 Published: 8 April 2022

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Abstract

Microgrids have the potential to provide customers with improved power quality and reliability. However, there are technical challenges related to the operation and control of microgrids and the distributed energy source (DERs) that constitute them. Resonance caused by the low-pass filters connected to the voltage source inverters of the DERs is one of those issues in the operation of microgrids. This paper proposes a novel technique of Active Damping Algorithm (ADA) for resonance damping and improving the dynamic stability of a microgrid composed of multiple converter-interfaced DERs. The paper considers two cases; one is where the resistor and the filter capacitor are connected in parallel, and the other is where they are connected in series. The proposed active damping method is based on output current feedback with automatically calculated and adjusted damping coefficients to suppress resonance. The proposed method was verified through simulation and experimental tests carried out using PSCAD/EMTDS and an operational microgrid in Beijing, China. The results from both the experiment and simulation analysis showed that the devised method was able to achieve the intended target; where the filter resonance is effectively surpassed and the voltage and frequency dynamic responses are quite stable and within the acceptable range during large power changes in the microgrid system.

Published in	American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Volume 11, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.epes.20221101.12
Page(s)	11-22
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Microgrid, Dynamic Control, Active Damping, DER, Filter, Resonance

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Wei Zhang, Girmaw Teshager Bitew, Dehua Zheng, Solomon Netsanet Alemu, Dan Wei, et al. An Improved Dynamic Control and Resonance Damping for Voltage Source Inverters in Microgrids Through a Novel Active Damping Technique. Am J Electr Power Energy Syst. 2022;11(1):11-22. doi: 10.11648/j.epes.20221101.12

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Wei Zhang

Microgrid R&D Centre, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Girmaw Teshager Bitew

Microgrid R&D Centre, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Dehua Zheng

Microgrid R&D Centre, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Solomon Netsanet Alemu

Microgrid R&D Centre, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Dan Wei

Microgrid R&D Centre, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
Xun Zhang

Microgrid R&D Centre, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

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