Layout and performance of the power electronic converter platform for the VSYNC project

Author

Loix, Tom ; De Breucker, Sven ; Vanassche, Piet ; Van den Keybus, Jeroen ; Driesen, Johan ; Visscher, Klaas

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper presents the power electronic platform used for the VSYNC project. In this project, inverters are controlled in such a way as to exhibit a virtual rotational inertia towards the grid, in order to limit grid frequency variations in grids containing a high share of inverter-connected DER. First the layout and operation of the platform are described in detail, showing its versatility for research purposes. Next the performance of the platform is illustrated using experimental results obtaining using a grid-connected inverter in a laboratory setup.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power convertors; power engineering computing; power grids; synchronous generators; virtual reality; VSYNC project; distributed energy resource; grid frequency variation; grid-connected inverter; power electronic converter platform; virtual rotational inertia; virtual synchronous generator; DC-DC power converters; Density estimation robust algorithm; Electronic equipment testing; Energy storage; Inverters; Laboratories; Power electronics; Power generation; Synchronous generators; Voltage control; Virtual synchronous generator; grid-connected inverter; power electronic converter; rapid prototyping platform; virtual rotational inertia;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PowerTech, 2009 IEEE Bucharest

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2234-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2235-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PTC.2009.5282160

Filename

5282160