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A Communication-independent Reactive Power Sharing Scheme with Adaptive Virtual Impedance for Parallel Connected Inverters

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Abstract

Droop control method has been widely applied to achieve equal power sharing among distributed generations in microgrids. However, the reactive power sharing performance is barely satisfactory for the absence of sharing accuracy under conditions of imbalanced line impedances. This paper proposed a communication-independent reactive power sharing scheme for parallel connected inverters. In this scheme, constant voltage control is applied to inverters, and the changing rate of virtual impedance is drooped with reactive power, hence accurate reactive power sharing could be achieved with no impact on voltage regulation performance. In addition, since the virtual impedance is adaptive to changing of reactive power, extra information from PCC voltage, line impedance or other communications is not needed in the implementation. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Niigata - ECCE Asia 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3692-3697
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9784886864055
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Oct 2018
Event8th International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Niigata - ECCE Asia 2018 - Niigata, Japan
Duration: 20 May 201824 May 2018

Publication series

Name2018 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Niigata - ECCE Asia 2018

Conference

Conference8th International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Niigata - ECCE Asia 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNiigata
Period20/05/1824/05/18

Keywords

  • adaptive virtual impedance
  • communication-independent
  • droop control
  • reactive power sharing

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