A Virtual Impedance Scheme for Voltage Harmonics Suppression in Virtual Oscillator Controlled Islanded Microgrids

Hui Yu, M. A. Awal, Hao Tu, Yuhua Du, Srdjan Lukic, Iqbal Husain

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Abstract

Virtual oscillator control (VOC) is a promising nonlinear grid-forming control for AC microgrids that has gained increasing interest. This paper unveiled the strong harmonics rejection capability of VOC. However, due to the inverter filter and feeder impedance, the voltage at the point of common coupling will still be distorted when feeding nonlinear loads. To resolve this issue, this paper proposes a frequency adaptive virtual impedance scheme that is compatible with VOC. The proposed control scheme can effectively attenuate the voltage harmonics across the microgrid distribution network and ensure proper harmonic power sharing. The theoretical analysis is validated by Opal-RT based hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAPEC 2020 - 35th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages609-615
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728148298
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event35th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2020 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: 15 Mar 202019 Mar 2020

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
Volume2020-March

Conference

Conference35th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period15/03/2019/03/20

Keywords

  • AC microgrids
  • frequency adaptive
  • virtual impedance
  • virtual oscillator control
  • voltage harmonics

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