Enhanced Synchronization Stability of Grid-Forming Inverters With Passivity-Based Virtual Oscillator Control

Le Kong, Yaosuo Xue, Liang Qiao, Fei Wang

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Abstract

In this article, a passivity-based virtual oscillator control strategy with enhanced synchronization stability for grid-forming inverters (GFMs) is proposed. By adopting the port-controlled Hamiltonian system theory for orbital stabilization problems, an energy pumping-and-damping block is proposed to render GFMs globally asymptotically stable with respect to the prespecified solutions of the power-flow equations from any initial condition. This allows for stable integrations of GFMs to any other globally asymptotically stable systems without their explicit knowledge, e.g., helping maintain synchronism with the bulk power system in a wide range of short-circuit-ratio conditions or under large disturbances and keeping synchronism among multiple GFMs in power systems. Both simulations and experiments are presented to demonstrate the proposed control approach.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14141-14156
Number of pages16
JournalIEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume37
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2022

Funding

This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity, Advanced Grid Modeling Program under Grant DE-AC05- 00OR22725, in part by the Engineering Research Program of the National Science Foundation and the DOE through National Science Foundation under Grant EEC1041877, and in part by the CURENT.

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CURENT
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of EnergyEEC1041877, DE-AC05- 00OR22725
U.S. Department of Energy

    Keywords

    • Grid forming inverter
    • port-Hamiltonian system
    • synchronization stability
    • virtual oscillator control

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