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Improved Virtual Inertia Based Control of a Grid Connected Voltage Source Converter with Fault Ride-Through Ability
Proceedings of the 48th North American Power Symposium (2016, Denver, CO)
  • Subhajyoti Mukherjee
  • Pourya Shamsi, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Mehdi Ferdowsi, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

This paper modifies the virtual inertia control of a grid connected converter and proposes a hybrid control technique to control a grid connected converter under grid unbalanced conditions. To limit fault currents and support fault ride-through, the control technique is changed from the virtual inertia control to the conventional current control during grid unbalances. With the mitigation of the grid unbalance the control is changed back to the virtual inertia control. The paper analyzes the advantages of doing so and introduces a control scheme to achieve the proposed transfer. Simulation results are presented to evaluate the proposed control.

Meeting Name
48th North American Power Symposium (2016: Sep. 18-20, Denver, CO)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Electric Current Control,
  • Control Techniques,
  • Conventional Currents,
  • Fault Ride-Through,
  • Grid-Connected Converters,
  • Synchronous Machine,
  • Unbalanced Condition,
  • Virtual Inertia,
  • Voltage Source Converters,
  • Power Converters,
  • Current Control,
  • Grid Connected Converter,
  • Virtual Synchronous Machine,
  • Fault Ride Through
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1509032709; 978-1509032716
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Publication Date
01 Sep 2016
Citation Information
Subhajyoti Mukherjee, Pourya Shamsi and Mehdi Ferdowsi. "Improved Virtual Inertia Based Control of a Grid Connected Voltage Source Converter with Fault Ride-Through Ability" Proceedings of the 48th North American Power Symposium (2016, Denver, CO) (2016) p. 1 - 5
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pourya-shamsi/34/