Synchronverter-based Control of Multi-Port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS)

Phani R.V. Marthi; Suman Debnath; Mariesa L. Crow

doi:10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236019

Synchronverter-based Control of Multi-Port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS)

Phani R.V. Marthi, Suman Debnath, Mariesa L. Crow

Power Systems Resilience

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Abstract

Control of integrated photovoltaic (PV) plants with energy storage systems (ESSs) has become an important research and development topic in recent times. In this context, a Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar (MARS) plant that integrates PV and ESS to alternating current transmission grid and high-voltage direct current (HVdc) link is studied in this paper. With penetration of power electronic based resources in the grid, the grid's capability to recover from frequency or voltage disturbances are reduced. Therefore, one of the vital objectives of any new grid integrated power electronic resource is to provide advanced control functions like voltage and frequency support to the grid during disturbances. In this research work, a detailed implementation of a synchronverter-based control algorithm of MARS is presented. The proposed control algorithm and the MARS control architecture are evaluated through simulations on PSCAD/EMTDC simulation platform to showcase the performance in different operating conditions. In addition, they are evaluated in Opal-RT offline simulation models which can also be used to perform control-hardware-in-the-loop (cHIL) tests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	5019-5026
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728158266
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236019
State	Published - Oct 11 2020
Event	12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 - Virtual, Detroit, United States Duration: Oct 11 2020 → Oct 15 2020

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Name	ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

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Conference	12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Detroit
Period	10/11/20 → 10/15/20

Funding

This paper is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Agreement Number 34019. Authors would like to thank Dr. Jiuping Pan, Dr. Jian Fu, Dr. Hariharan Krishnaswami, and Dr. John Seuss for overseeing the project developments and providing guidance.

Funders	Funder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Solar Energy Technologies Office	34019

Keywords

ESS
HVdc
PV
Synchronverter
VSG

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Marthi, P. R. V., Debnath, S., & Crow, M. L. (2020). Synchronverter-based Control of Multi-Port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS). In ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (pp. 5019-5026). Article 9236019 (ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236019

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Marthi, PRV , Debnath, S & Crow, ML 2020, Synchronverter-based Control of Multi-Port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS). in ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition., 9236019, ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 5019-5026, 12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020, Virtual, Detroit, United States, 10/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236019

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