Modified Instantaneous Power Control With Phase Compensation and Current-Limited Function Under Unbalanced Grid Faults

In distributed generation systems, power quality is one of the main concerns during short-term unbalanced grid voltage faults. However, for the most common three-phase three-wire grid-connected inverter-based power systems, there may be a tradeoff between power oscillations and current harmonics during the unbalanced grid fault ride-through control, which has a crucial impact on the installed inverters for different applications. In this article, a modified instantaneous power control-based voltage phase compensation control strategy is proposed to enhance the inverter current quality, while, at the same time, mitigating the active/reactive instantaneous power oscillations. Moreover, a simplified peak current-limited control strategy is developed to improve the reliability of the grid-connected system, and it does not need the extraction of the grid voltage and/or current fundamental positive/negative sequence components, which significantly reduce the computation burden. Finally, the experimental tests based on dSPACE-DS1007 and MATLAB/Simulink are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.

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This article proposes an improved control strategy to enhance the inverter current quality and mitigate active/reactive instantaneous power oscillations. A simplified peak current-limited control strategy is also developed to improve the reliability of the grid-connected system and reduce computation burden. Experimental tests are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy using dSPACE-DS1007 and MATLAB/Simulink.