• DocumentCode
    3596546
  • Title

    A new control method for improving transient response of parallel VSIs in islanded microgrids

  • Author

    Khodadoost Arani, A.A. ; Gharehpetian, G.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Amirkabir Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Recently voltage source inverters have played an important role in stability of Microgrids (MGs). These inverters are controlled by droop control method. This method has several advantages such as using of local signals and satisfying steady state behavior of VSIs. But in transient, inverters have unbalanced power sharing and consequently circulating current flows between them. This current without feeding load flows and causes losses. In this paper for eliminating these problems, a new method based on conventional droop method is presented. This new method uses absolute value of current signal only and replacing LPF by a DC Mean Block. To compare two methods, a system with two parallel inverters is simulated in MATLAB. Comparison between Results of two methods shows effectiveness of proposed method in improvement of VSIs´ behavior in transient response.
  • Keywords
    distributed power generation; invertors; load flow control; power distribution control; power generation control; power grids; power system transient stability; power system transients; circulating current flow; droop control method; islanded microgrid stability; parallel VSI control; steady state behavior; transient response; unbalanced power sharing; voltage source inverters; Frequency control; Impedance; Inverters; Mathematical model; Microgrids; Reactive power; Voltage control; Circulating current; Conventional droop method; Microgrid (MG); Power sharing; Voltage source inverter (VSI);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Smart Grid Conference (SGC), 2014
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-8313-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SGC.2014.7151039
  • Filename
    7151039