Optimal current controller in a three-phase grid connected inverter with an LCL filter

Author(s):  
Kui-Jun Lee ◽  
Nam-Ju Park ◽  
Dong-Seok Hyun
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayaz Ahmad ◽  
L. Rajaji ◽  
A. Iqbal

AbstractDistributed generators are playing a vital role in supporting the grid in ever-increasing energy demands. Grid code regulation must be followed when integrating the photovoltaic inverter system to the grid. The paper investigates and analyzes a controller model for grid-connected PV inverters to inject sinusoidal current to the grid with minimum distortion. To achieve better tracking and disturbance rejection, a DSP-based current controller is designed with LCL filter. The controller gets the current feedback from the grid, compares it with reference current, and calculates duty cycle to generate PWM pulses to trigger H-bridge converters. The grid voltage is loaded to the initial value in proposed PR controller to ensure the initial inverter voltage to match the grid voltage. The paper presents a novel current controller algorithm for grid-connected inverter system, and simulation is done. A detailed analysis has been carried out to validate the proposed design algorithm. Experimental implementation of the current controller in the DC/AC converter circuits with an LCL filter is done for 5.4 kW to validate and match the simulation model.


2013 ◽  
Vol 732-733 ◽  
pp. 1261-1264
Author(s):  
Zhi Lei Yao ◽  
Lan Xiao ◽  
Jing Xu

An improved control strategy for three-phase grid-connected inverters with space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) is proposed. When the grid current contains harmonics, the d-and q-axes grid currents is interacted in the traditional control method, and the waveform quality of the grid current is poor. As the reference output voltage cannot directly reflect the change of the reference grid current with the traditional control strategy, the dynamic response of the grid-connected inverter is slow. In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the d-and q-axes grid currents in the decoupled components of the grid current controller are substituted by the d-and q-axes reference grid currents, respectively. The operating principles of the traditional and proposed control methods are illustrated. Experimental results show that the grid-connected inverter with the improved control strategy has high waveform quality of the grid current and fast dynamic response.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 176-182
Author(s):  
D. Manikanta Swamy ◽  
M. Venkatesan ◽  
M. Subbarao

In recent years, a Multilevel Inverter (MLI) topology is highly preferred in the various renewable energy applications for converting power due to their merits. In this paper, a three-phase inverter has been designed for grid-connected applications using Proportional Integral (PI) current controller scheme. To generate a sequence, the Level shift (LS) and Phase Shift (PS) Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) methodologies are adapted. This topology has been designed with two stages: the DC-DC conversion stage and DC-AC conversion stage. The DC-DC conversion stage is used to enrich input DC voltage which is obtained from the solar PV array. The PI current controller has been designed to regulate the grid current with park transformation. The performances of the inverter have been examined in terms of Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) using different PWM techniques and also investigated with existing research works. The developed results are verified using MATLAB/ Simulink.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 5613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Kalmbach ◽  
Christian Dirscherl ◽  
Christoph M. Hackl

The paper presents a controller design for grid-connected inverters (GCI) with very small dc-link capacitance that are coupled to the grid via an LCL filter. The usual controller designs would fail and result in instability. The proposed controller has a cascaded structure with a current controller as inner control loop and an outer dc-link voltage controller. The controller design is performed in discrete time and it is based on a detailed stability analysis of the dc-link voltage controller to determine the controller parameters which guarantee stability for all operating points. The inner loop is a state-feedback current controller that is designed based on the discrete linear-quadratic regulator (DLQR) theory. An additional integral error feedback assures steady-state accuracy of the current control loop. The simulation and experimental results validate performance and stability of proposed controller design.


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