{"title":"Improved Droop Controller for Distributed Generation Inverters in Islanded AC Microgrids","authors":"Mohamed Islam Grairia, Riad Toufouti","doi":"10.3311/ppee.21886","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Stability in island microgrids is crucial for efficient power distribution among distributed generation (DG) inverters. Conventional droop control, while effective in power sharing, poses challenges with voltage stability due to frequency and voltage deviations resulting from changing load power. Such deviations can lead to system instability, impacting power flows within each inverter. Therefore, this paper introduces a proposed droop control approach that effectively tackles the issues of frequency and voltage deviation, aiming to restore them to their rated values and significantly enhance transient response in power flows among inverters. The novel method incorporates integrating controllers for frequency and voltage, coupled with the utilization of virtual impedances. These virtual impedances, comprising virtual positive/negative-sequence impedance (VPI/VNI) loops at the fundamental frequency and a virtual harmonic impedance (VHI) loop at harmonic frequencies, play a crucial role in overcoming mismatched line impedance conditions, ultimately improving overall system performance. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and outstanding performance of inverters operating in parallel within an island AC microgrid. The proposed approach ensures stable voltage and frequency levels in all operational states, regardless of varying load conditions.","PeriodicalId":37664,"journal":{"name":"Periodica polytechnica Electrical engineering and computer science","volume":"30 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Periodica polytechnica Electrical engineering and computer science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppee.21886","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Computer Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Stability in island microgrids is crucial for efficient power distribution among distributed generation (DG) inverters. Conventional droop control, while effective in power sharing, poses challenges with voltage stability due to frequency and voltage deviations resulting from changing load power. Such deviations can lead to system instability, impacting power flows within each inverter. Therefore, this paper introduces a proposed droop control approach that effectively tackles the issues of frequency and voltage deviation, aiming to restore them to their rated values and significantly enhance transient response in power flows among inverters. The novel method incorporates integrating controllers for frequency and voltage, coupled with the utilization of virtual impedances. These virtual impedances, comprising virtual positive/negative-sequence impedance (VPI/VNI) loops at the fundamental frequency and a virtual harmonic impedance (VHI) loop at harmonic frequencies, play a crucial role in overcoming mismatched line impedance conditions, ultimately improving overall system performance. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and outstanding performance of inverters operating in parallel within an island AC microgrid. The proposed approach ensures stable voltage and frequency levels in all operational states, regardless of varying load conditions.
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The main scope of the journal is to publish original research articles in the wide field of electrical engineering and informatics fitting into one of the following five Sections of the Journal: (i) Communication systems, networks and technology, (ii) Computer science and information theory, (iii) Control, signal processing and signal analysis, medical applications, (iv) Components, Microelectronics and Material Sciences, (v) Power engineering and mechatronics, (vi) Mobile Software, Internet of Things and Wearable Devices, (vii) Solid-state lighting and (viii) Vehicular Technology (land, airborne, and maritime mobile services; automotive, radar systems; antennas and radio wave propagation).