Since the fault dynamic of droop-controlled inverter is different from synchronous generators (SGs), protection devices may become invalid, and the fault overcurrent may damage power electronic devices and threaten th...Since the fault dynamic of droop-controlled inverter is different from synchronous generators (SGs), protection devices may become invalid, and the fault overcurrent may damage power electronic devices and threaten the safety of the microgrid. Therefore, it is imperative to conduct a comprehensive fault analysis of the inverter to guide the design of protection schemes. However, due to the complexity of droop control strategy, existing literatures have simplified asymmetric fault analysis of droop-controlled inverters to varying degrees. Therefore, accurate fault analysis of a droop-controlled inverter is needed. In this paper, by analyzing the control system, an accurate fault model is established. Based on this, a calculation method for instantaneous asymmetrical fault current is proposed. In addition, the current components and current characteristics are analyzed. It was determined that fault currents are affected by control loops, fault types, fault distance and nonlinear limiters. In particular, the influences of limiters on the fault model, fault current calculation and fault current characteristics were analyzed. Through detailed analysis, it was found that dynamics of the control loop cannot be ignored, the fault type and fault distance determine fault current level, and part of the limiters will totally change the fault current trend. Finally, calculation and experimental results verify the correctness of the proposed method.展开更多
In an autonomous droop-based microgrid,the system voltage and frequency(VaF)are subject to deviations as load changes.Despite the existence of various control methods aimed at correcting system frequency deviations at...In an autonomous droop-based microgrid,the system voltage and frequency(VaF)are subject to deviations as load changes.Despite the existence of various control methods aimed at correcting system frequency deviations at the secondary control level without any communication network,the challenges associated with these methods and their abilities to simul-taneously restore microgrid VaF have not been fully investigated.In this paper,a multi-input multi-output(MIMO)model reference adaptive controller(MRAC)is proposed to achieve VaF restoration while accurate power sharing among distributed generators(DGs)is maintained.The proposed MRAC,without any communication network,is designed based on two methods:droop-based and inertia-based methods.For the microgrid,the suggested design procedure is started by defining a model reference in which the control objectives,such as the desired settling time,the maximum tolerable overshoot,and steady-state error,are considered.Then,a feedback-feedforward con-troller is established,of which the gains are adaptively tuned by some rules derived from the Lyapunov stability theory.Through some simulations in MATLAB/SimPowerSystem Tool-box,the proposed MRAC demonstrates satisfactory perfor-mance.展开更多
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文摘Since the fault dynamic of droop-controlled inverter is different from synchronous generators (SGs), protection devices may become invalid, and the fault overcurrent may damage power electronic devices and threaten the safety of the microgrid. Therefore, it is imperative to conduct a comprehensive fault analysis of the inverter to guide the design of protection schemes. However, due to the complexity of droop control strategy, existing literatures have simplified asymmetric fault analysis of droop-controlled inverters to varying degrees. Therefore, accurate fault analysis of a droop-controlled inverter is needed. In this paper, by analyzing the control system, an accurate fault model is established. Based on this, a calculation method for instantaneous asymmetrical fault current is proposed. In addition, the current components and current characteristics are analyzed. It was determined that fault currents are affected by control loops, fault types, fault distance and nonlinear limiters. In particular, the influences of limiters on the fault model, fault current calculation and fault current characteristics were analyzed. Through detailed analysis, it was found that dynamics of the control loop cannot be ignored, the fault type and fault distance determine fault current level, and part of the limiters will totally change the fault current trend. Finally, calculation and experimental results verify the correctness of the proposed method.
文摘In an autonomous droop-based microgrid,the system voltage and frequency(VaF)are subject to deviations as load changes.Despite the existence of various control methods aimed at correcting system frequency deviations at the secondary control level without any communication network,the challenges associated with these methods and their abilities to simul-taneously restore microgrid VaF have not been fully investigated.In this paper,a multi-input multi-output(MIMO)model reference adaptive controller(MRAC)is proposed to achieve VaF restoration while accurate power sharing among distributed generators(DGs)is maintained.The proposed MRAC,without any communication network,is designed based on two methods:droop-based and inertia-based methods.For the microgrid,the suggested design procedure is started by defining a model reference in which the control objectives,such as the desired settling time,the maximum tolerable overshoot,and steady-state error,are considered.Then,a feedback-feedforward con-troller is established,of which the gains are adaptively tuned by some rules derived from the Lyapunov stability theory.Through some simulations in MATLAB/SimPowerSystem Tool-box,the proposed MRAC demonstrates satisfactory perfor-mance.
