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Decentralized Circulating Currents Suppression for Paralleled Inverters in Microgrids Using Adaptive Virtual Inductances

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  • Jiawei Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Complex System Safety and Control, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
    College of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China)

  • Shuaicheng Hou

    (College of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China)

  • Xiang Li

    (College of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China)

Abstract

Droop-controlled inverters, which are the main interfaces between distributed generators (DGs) and grid AC bus, are widely adopted in today’s microgrids. Because the DGs are usually dispersed along with the microgrids, which may spread out in a wide area, the impedances of transmission lines that connect different DGs and the point of common coupling (PCC) may be different. Large circulating currents among paralleled inverters would be induced eventually, which not only results in decreased system efficiency, but also makes some DGs impossible to operate at their rated power. In this paper, the relationship between circulating current and line impedances among paralleled inverters with conventional droop control is analyzed in detail. To mitigate the circulating current, an adaptive virtual output inductance control method for the DG inverter is proposed. With the help of the added adaptive virtual inductances, huge reduction on the circulating currents can be obtained regardless of the differences in line impedances. The implementation details of the proposed method and the optimum design rules for system parameters are elaborated, which are swiftly followed by the operational principle and stability analyses. Because neither communications nor global signals are needed in the proposed method, it is a total discrete approach, which evidently indicates high flexibility and scalability. The validity of the proposed method is finally verified by simulations and experiments.

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  • Jiawei Chen & Shuaicheng Hou & Xiang Li, 2018. "Decentralized Circulating Currents Suppression for Paralleled Inverters in Microgrids Using Adaptive Virtual Inductances," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-16, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:7:p:1725-:d:155607
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    1. Anna Rita Di Fazio & Mario Russo & Sara Valeri & Michele De Santis, 2016. "Sensitivity-Based Model of Low Voltage Distribution Systems with Distributed Energy Resources," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-16, October.
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    2. Monica Purushotham & Kowsalya Muniswamy, 2019. "Reinforced Droop for Active Current Sharing in Parallel NPC Inverter for Islanded AC Microgrid Application," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-27, August.

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