Smart Motor Drive Providing Inertia Support for the Grid by Applying Virtual Synchronous Generator Control

  • Daisuke Terazono
  • , Jia Liu
  • , Yushi Miura
  • , Toshifumi Ise

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Abstract

The increasing penetration rate of inverter-interfaced distributed generators (DGs) will lead to the inertia decrease of the grid. To solve it, virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control, which enables inverter-interfaced DGs to have inertia like synchronous generators (SGs), has been proposed. However, VSG control requires extra energy storage to emulate kinetic energy fluctuation in rotating mass of SGs. In this study, kinetic energy of motors existing in the grid as loads is temporarily utilized to absorb disturbance in the grid so that the cost of energy storage is minimized. Furthermore, as a large portion of loads in the grid consists of motors, large inertia support can be expected. To achieve it, VSG control is applied to grid side converter of back-to-back ac-dc-ac converter in a motor drive system, and coordinated control between VSG control and motor speed control is proposed. The effectiveness of suppression of grid frequency fluctuation by the proposed control system is shown through simulation results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages493-499
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9788957083130
StatePublished - May 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 27 May 201930 May 2019

Publication series

NameICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period27/05/1930/05/19

Keywords

  • Distributed generator
  • Inertia support
  • Motor drive
  • Virtual synchronous generator

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