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Seamless Transfer Operation Between Grid-connected and Stand-Alone Mode in the Three-phase Inverter (3상 인버터의 계통연계 및 독립운전모드 전환 연구)

  • Lee, Wujong;Jo, Hyunsik;Lee, Hak Ju;Cha, Hanju
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.2
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    • pp.201-207
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    • 2013
  • This paper propose seamless transfer operation between grid-connected and stand-alone mode in the three-phase inverter for microgrid. The inverter operates grid-connected mode and stand-alone mode. Grid-connected mode is the inverter connected to grid and stand-alone mode is to deliver energy to the load from inverter at grid fault. When conversion from gird-connected to stand-alone mode, the inverter changes current control to voltage control. When grid restored, the inverter system is conversion from stand-alone to grid-connected mode. In this case, load phase and grid phase are different. Therefore, synchronization is essential. Thus Seamless transfer operation stand-alone to grid-connected mode. In this paper, propose sealmless transfer operation between grid-connceted and stand-alome mode, and this method is verified through simulation and experiment.

Seamless Mode Transfer of Indirect Current Controlled Parallel Grid-Connected Inverters (간접전류제어방식 병렬형 계통연계 인버터의 무순단 모드절환)

  • Song, Injong;Choi, Junsoo;Lim, Kyungbae;Choi, Jaeho
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.334-341
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    • 2019
  • This study proposes the control strategy for the seamless mode transfer of indirect current controlled parallel grid-connected inverters. Under the abnormal grid condition, the grid-connected inverter can convert the operation mode from grid-connected to stand-alone mode to supply power to the local load. For a seamless mode transfer, the time delay problems caused by the accumulated control variable error must be solved, and the indirect current control method has been applied as one of the solutions. In this study, the design of control parameters for the proportional-resonant-based triple-loop indirect current controller and the control strategy for the seamless mode transfer of parallel grid-connected inverters are described and analyzed. The validity of the proposed mode transfer method is verified by the PSiM simulation results.

A Seamless and Autonomous Mode Transfer Method of Grid-connected Inverter in Microgrid (마이크로그리드에서 계통연계 인버터의 자율적이며 끊김없는 모드전환 기법)

  • Park, Sung-Youl;Kwon, Min-Ho;Choi, Se-Wan
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.349-355
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    • 2019
  • A grid-connected inverter with critical loads should be able to supply a stable voltage to critical loads at mode change and during clearing time while detecting unintentional islanding. This study proposes a mode transfer method for a grid-connected inverter with critical loads. The proposed method, which integrates the grid-connected and islanded mode control loops into one control block, provides an autonomous and seamless mode transfer from the current control to the voltage control. Therefore, the proposed scheme can supply a stable voltage to critical loads at mode change and during clearing time. Experimental results are provided to validate the proposed method.

An Output Voltage Balance Control of Grid Connected Inverter by Phase Current Control at Critical Load Unbalanced Condition (계통연계 인버터의 주요 부하 불평형 시 상전류 제어를 통한 부하 상전압 평형 제어)

  • Tae-Hyeon Park;Hag-Wone Kim;Kwan-Yuhl Cho;Joon-Ki Min;Won-Il Choi
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.22-29
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    • 2023
  • A grid-connected inverter can be used in grid-connected or stand-alone modes. Generally, a grid-connected inverter operates in a grid-connected mode, but the inverter operates in stand-alone mode if grid faults occur. In the stand-alone mode, the grid-connected inverter must supply electric power to a critical load that needs to receive stable power even though grid faults occur. Generally, three-phase loads are used as critical loads, but a single phase is configured in some cases. In these conditions, the critical load is required to unbalance the load power consumption, which makes the three-phase load voltage unbalancd. This unbalanced voltage problem can cause fatal problems to the three-phase critical loads, and thus must be addressed. Hence, this paper proposes an algorithm to solve this unbalanced voltage problem by the individual phase current control. The proposed method is verified using Psim simulation and experiments.

Mode Switching Smooth Control of Transient Process of Grid-Connected 400 Hz Solid-State Power Supply System

  • Zhu, Jun-Jie;Nie, Zi-Ling;Zhang, Yin-Feng;Han, Yi
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.2327-2337
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    • 2016
  • The mode-switching control of transient process is important to grid-connected 400 Hz solid-state power supply systems. Therefore, this paper analyzes the principle of on-grid and islanding operation of the system with or without local loads in the grid-connected process and provides a theoretical study of the effect of different switching sequences on the mode-switching transient process. The conclusion is that the mode switch (MS) must be turned on before the solid-state switch (STS) in the on-grid process and that STS must be turned off before the MS in the off-grid process. A strategy of mode-switching smooth control for transient process of the system is proposed, including its concrete steps. The strategy utilizes the average distribution of peak currents and the smooth adjustment of peak currents and phases to achieve a no-shock grid connection. The simulation and experimental results show that the theoretical analysis is correct and that the method is effective.

Grid Connected Inverter of ESS for Seamless mode Transition (분산 발전 시스템에서 계통연계 인버터의 매끄러운 모드 전환)

  • Hong, Chang-Pyo;Kim, Hag-Wone;Cho, Kwan-Yuhl
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.364-372
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, a voltage controller for the seamless transition of a grid-connected inverter for ESS is proposed. The single-phase inverter is operated as a current controller when the grid is connected and as a voltage controller in the stand-alone mode when the grid is disconnected. Generally, in the case of grid recovery, the overcurrent may flow into the system because of the mismatch phase between the inverter output and grid voltages. The proposed controller resolves the overcurrent problem through phase delay problems with initial value feed-forward control of the integrator when the grid voltage is restored. The effects of the control method are simulated through PSIM, and the usefulness of the control method is verified through experiments.

A Smooth LVRT Control Strategy for Single-Phase Two-Stage Grid-Connected PV Inverters

  • Xiao, Furong;Dong, Lei;Khahro, Shahnawaz Farhan;Huang, Xiaojiang;Liao, Xiaozhong
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.806-818
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    • 2015
  • Based on the inherent relationship between dc-bus voltage and grid feeding active power, two dc-bus voltage regulators with different references are adopted for a grid-connected PV inverter operating in both normal grid voltage mode and low grid voltage mode. In the proposed scheme, an additional dc-bus voltage regulator paralleled with maximum power point tracking controller is used to guarantee the reliability of the low voltage ride-through (LVRT) of the inverter. Unlike conventional LVRT strategies, the proposed strategy does not require detecting grid voltage sag fault in terms of realizing LVRT. Moreover, the developed method does not have switching operations. The proposed technique can also enhance the stability of a power system in case of varying environmental conditions during a low grid voltage period. The operation principle of the presented LVRT control strategy is presented in detail, together with the design guidelines for the key parameters. Finally, a 3 kW prototype is built to validate the feasibility of the proposed LVRT strategy.

Controller Design of Stand-Alone or Grid-Connected Inverter to Compensate Harmonics Caused by Nonlinear Load (비선형부하에 의해 발생하는 고조파 보상을 위한 독립형 또는 계통연계형 인버터 제어기 설계)

  • Sin, Chanho;Lim, Kyungbae;Petrus, Simatupang Desmon;Choi, Jaeho
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.440-448
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    • 2017
  • This paper proposes a controller design of a distributed source inverter in stand-alone mode or grid-connected mode to compensate the current or voltage harmonics caused by local nonlinear load. The PR-based multi loop controller has been used to improve the dynamic performance of the system and to compensate the output voltage or grid current harmonics. The multi-loop controller consists of an outer current controller and an inner voltage controller for the output voltage control in stand-alone mode. In grid-connected mode, an outer current controller is added to the output voltage controller for the grid current control. The design performance of each controller is described through the Root locus and Bode plot of the transfer functions. The validity of the proposed control algorithm and design parameters has been verified through the PSiM simulation and experimental results.

Power Sharing Method for a Grid connected Microgrid with Multiple Distributed Generators

  • Nguyen, Khanh-Loc;Won, Dong-Jun;Ahn, Seon-Ju;Chung, Il-Yop
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.459-467
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, a grid connected microgrid with multiple inverter-based distributed generators (DGs) is considered. DG in FFC mode regulates the microgrid as a controllable load from the utility point of view as long as its output is within the capacity limit. The transition mode causes a change in frequency of microgrid due to the loss of power transferred between main grid and microgrid. Frequency deviation from the nominal value can exceed the limit if the loss of power is large enough. This paper presents a coordinated control method for inverter-based DGs so that the microgrid is always regulated as a constant load from the utility viewpoint during grid connected mode, and the frequency deviation in the transition mode is minimized. DGs can share the load by changing their control modes between UPC and FFC and stabilize microgrid during transition.

Design of Modified Slip-Mode Frequency Shift Islanding Detection Method for Power Quality Improvement (Slip-Mode Frequency Shift 단독운전 검출 기법의 정상상태 전력 품질 개선)

  • Kim, Dong-Uk;Kim, Sungmin
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.539-547
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    • 2018
  • Grid-connected inverter is required to cut off the power supplied to the grid at the islanding condition, immediately. For this reason, an islanding detection is an indispensable function for grid-connected distributed generation system. Slip-Mode frequency Shift (SMS) islanding detection method is very popular method to determine the grid state. SMS method supplies the reactive power to the load according to the grid frequency. In the islanding condition of grid, this injected reactive power pulls out the grid frequency from the allowable range, then the inverter system can detect the islanding condition of the grid. The SMS method can detect the islanding state well and does not generate any harmonics of the grid current. However, the reactive power would be generated and the power quality is reduced even though the grid is not islanding condition, but normal condition. In this paper, a modified SMS method is proposed to remove the reactive power in the normal condition. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated by 600W single phase inverter experimental results.