Voltage synchronisation techniques for grid-connected power converters

Standard synchronisation scheme for grid-connected power converters has been known to fail to correctly estimate the instantaneous phase angle of the grid voltages which are unbalanced and corrupted with harmonics. There are other advanced schemes which have been proposed to address this issue but a thorough comparison among the schemes is lacking. This paper presents a detailed review on five advanced grid voltage synchronisation schemes. A coherent investigation is performed to compare their merits and limitations considering a wide range of voltage distortions. This is verified through simulation and practical results.