Open AccessCoordinated virtual resistance and capacitance control scheme for accurate reactive power sharing and selective harmonic compensation in islanded microgrid
Author(s) -
Pham MinhDuc,
Lee HongHee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet generation, transmission and distribution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.92
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1751-8695
pISSN - 1751-8687
DOI - 10.1049/iet-gtd.2020.0581
Subject(s) - microgrid , total harmonic distortion , ac power , harmonic , control theory (sociology) , electrical impedance , compensation (psychology) , capacitance , distributed generation , output impedance , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering , voltage , electrical engineering , control (management) , physics , renewable energy , psychology , electrode , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis
Line impedance mismatch and unregulated harmonic currents cause serious problems for an islanded microgrid, such as inaccurate reactive power sharing and voltage distortion at the point of common coupling (PCC). To overcome these issues, a coordinated virtual resistance and capacitance are introduced together with its control scheme for parallel distributed generation (DG) in an islanded microgrid. The proposed coordinated virtual impedance control scheme directly modifies the DG output impedance at the fundamental frequency to realise accurate current sharing among DG units. In addition, a variable harmonic impedance control loop is proposed for each DG to absorb the non‐linear load harmonic current. Thanks to the proposed control scheme, the PCC harmonic voltage distortion is successfully compensated and power‐sharing among DG units is accurately achieved. The stability of the microgrid system was analysed in detail to verify the feasibility of the coordinated virtual impedance control scheme. Experiments on a laboratory prototype microgrid are performed to validate the performance of the proposed control scheme.