A novel WDOB-based strategy endows droop-controlled grid-forming converters better dynamic and static performance in DC microgrids

Abstract

The droop control strategy is popularly employed in DC microgrids. However, its virtual resistance will cause voltage deviation and reduce transient response. The DOB-based method is proven to improve transient response in literature. However, it is analyzed in this study that this method will negatively influence the current sharing when employed in droop control. A weakened disturbance observation (WDOB) is proposed in this work to improve the drawbacks. To employ the proposed method, the equivalent models of the droop controller and the physical system are separately established, and several transformations are conducted. An auxiliary compensation is added and the current loop is considered as a whole to be transmitted into the control plant, making the traditional DOB method successfully adopted. It is obvious that the dynamic performance is improved, but it disabled virtual resistance in the steady-state. And the current sharing cannot be achieved in a multi-converter parallel system. The reason for this problem is analyzed from the control process and transfer function, and the WDOB solution is finally proposed. Through the proposed method, both aims of improving dynamic response and current sharing can be achieved, and the steady voltage deviation is much less than that of the traditional droop controller.