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This paper presents the role of Distribution Static Synchronous Compensator (DSTATCOM) in the domain of reactive power sharing and harmonics mitigation in distribution systems under distorted grid condition. Extraction of reference current is done using Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) based strategy which greatly influences the performance of the DSTATCOM. A modified SRF PLL is used for unit vector...
To avoid the stability problem of grid connected inverter caused by the conventional phase locked loop (PLL), the direct power control of voltage source inverter in virtual synchronous reference frame without PLL is investigated considering grid voltage disturbance in the paper. Based on the small signal analysis methods, comparison between conventional PLL and no PLL is made. It can be found that...
Phase locked loop inverter synchronization method is the mostly used synchronization method for both single phase and three phase systems. Recent research has focused on the improvement of the performance of the phase lock loop inverter synchronization method under different grid conditions. The common phase locked loop synchronization techniques such as the Second Order Generalized Integrator based...
With the problem of existing transfer strategy's dependence on grid phase information, an on/off-grid transfer strategy with real-time phase angle difference adjustment was proposed. By calculating the corresponding phase angle difference with the reference power, the phase angle between the inverter output voltage and filter capacitor voltage was adjusted within rather a short time gap, so that the...
This paper introduces a MATLAB simulation of 3 phase grid tied inverter which synchronizes with grid as per grid requirement. The aim of this simulation is an implementation of the designed filter to effectively reduce the ripple component injected into the grid to an acceptable value. The focus is on designing inverter which will synchronize with grid. The design and analysis of the grid synchronization...
A photovoltaic (PV) source is reliable and emission free. The benefits of the micro-grid include high reliability. Therefore, a micro-grid connected PV system is a feasible source for electricity. However, nowadays the efficiency of a PV array is remains low. In the proposed MPPT algorithm, it was very simple under changing light intensity by only regulating the photovoltaic voltage. The control method...
This paper presents a hybrid Phased Locked Loop (PLL) algorithm for 500kW–1MW grid-connected Centralized inverters for large Photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Proposed Hybrid PLL with ZCD enables faster synchronization during inverter start-up and can be used in high power master-slave based centralized inverters which are being used in large PV power plant. Three phase PLL structures such as Synchronous...
In this paper, a single-phase self-synchronized inverter with current limiting capability without a dedicated synchronization unit is presented. It offers an approach for power systems to control distributed renewable energy sources. The proposed system has the capability to synchronize itself with the utility grid before connection and track the grid frequency after connection without a phase-locked...
In this paper, a fast-synchronization between grid and inverter based on virtual synchronous converter (VSCon) technique is achieved in single-phase inverter. Consequently, this technique is designed and simulated in Matlab/Simulink platform to perceive the significances during variation of grid load parameters. The VSCon is implemented for inverter output control that has a behavior of grid voltage...
The operation of grid side converters (GSC) is significant in its robust control design. Phase locked loop (PLL) algorithm is introduced to acquire synchronization and perfect operation of GSC. The control design depends on rapid and exact tracking of phase angle of grid voltage. The task of PLL is crucial condition, since grid connected system is to operate the power system under grid fault conditions...
This paper proposes single-phase power conditioning system which is capable of connecting a microgrid to an utility grid seamlessly through slew-rate control. The power conditioning system is composed of a single-phase phase-locked loop using an inverse Park transformation to detect the grid phase, a phase synchronizer using the slew-rate control, and isolated bidirectional inverter which transfers...
In this paper we propose the structure and the functioning of a photovoltaic (PV) connected to the electric distribution and transmission network, equipped with the malfunction detection blocks. The studies that were carried focused on the injection of a power of 16 KW, produced by a PV panel field, on the electrical network of medium voltage (25 KV). In order to the reliability of the injection system...
This paper proposes a bi-directional grid-tied converter with GPS capability for smart-grid applications. The novelty of this converter is that time-stamped grid voltage angle received via network communication channels has been used to synchronize the converter to the grid. Therefore, all grid-tied converters in a microgrid with this development will not require line voltage sensing and phase-locked...
The development in grid connected three phase inverter has increased the importance of achieving low distortion and high quality current waveform. This paper describes a method of reducing current ripple in a three phase grid connected inverter utilizing Proportional Resonance (PR) controller. The effectiveness of the PR current controller is demonstrated by comparing its performance with that of...
In this paper, an attempt to implement auto synchronization technique using Charge Pump Phase Locked Loop (CPPLL) for grid connected solar photovoltaic system (SPV) has been made. The main aim of this paper is to reduce the phase angle mismatch between the grid voltage and inverter voltage, which in turn would improve the quality of power delivered by eliminating the unwanted islanding condition....
Integration of renewable and non-renewable energy has been developing rapidly, due to emerging smart grid technologies and growing energy demand. This paper proposes the design of converter, to synchronize the renewable energy like PV and wind with the grid. Generally, the output from the renewable energy sources is always variable in nature. This necessitates the inclusion of an interface like the...
In this paper, control of a grid-tied converter as a voltage controlled converter is investigated for distribution level grids. Small signal model of the converter is presented and a control structure is designed to deliver desired active and reactive power. This controller is using power flow equations to control the converter as a synchronous machine and without the need for a dedicated synchronization...
Since the photovoltaic systems development is growing exponentially, the policies related to grid integration will also have to change so that more and more PV systems can be accommodated in the grid. This paper discusses existing Central Electricity Authority (CEA) technical interconnection regulations. As PV penetration increases the CEA can reevaluate the existing operating range for voltage and...
In this paper, a complete and comprehensive study has been explored on the design and performance analysis of grid side multi-level inverter in a high power renewable energy. The LCL-Filter and dq-PLL structure plus a multi-variable band-pass filter (FMVPB) must be used as the appropriate topologies to comply with the grid interconnection requirements. Details mathematical models and simulation using...
This article introduces the design of a transformer-less single-switch mode (SSM) photovoltaic grid-tie boost inverter (GTBI) with immittance conversion topology for residential applications. The proposed GTBI employs only an SSM boost inverter circuit along with a T-LCL immittance converter. As the proposed design is entirely transformer-less with SSM boost inverter, it significantly reduces the...
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