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Characteristics of Parallel Inverters Applying Virtual Synchronous Generator Control

Meng Chen, Dao Zhou, Chao Wu, Frede Blaabjerg

2021IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid75 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The virtual synchronous generator (VSG) is a promising way to deal with the lack of physical inertia and damping introduced by the power-electronic-based power supply system. However, the inertia and damping characteristics may be complicated in a paralleled VSG system due to the lack of a stiff power grid and the interactions between the control system of the inverters. In this paper, the dynamics of parallel inverters with VSGs is studied. The equivalent inertia and damping characteristics are derived and analyzed in detail considering both changing of set-points and load disturbance, where the transient load sharing is also investigated. Furthermore, a better dynamics is achieved by an inertia switching strategy. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of the analysis and the proposed strategy.

Topics & Concepts

InertiaControl theory (sociology)Transient (computer programming)Permanent magnet synchronous generatorPower (physics)Generator (circuit theory)Electric power systemGridComputer scienceSet (abstract data type)Synchronous motorInverterEngineeringControl engineeringControl (management)PhysicsMathematicsElectrical engineeringOperating systemQuantum mechanicsArtificial intelligenceProgramming languageGeometryClassical mechanicsMicrogrid Control and OptimizationIslanding Detection in Power SystemsPower Systems and Renewable Energy