Publication: Design of Virtual Inertia Controller for DC Microgrid Using Zero Placement Technique
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Date
2022
Authors
Swaminathan G.V.
Vasudevan K.R.
Ramachandaramurthy V.K.
Periasamy S.
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
With DC microgrids becoming popular, the concept of virtual inertia control (VIC) is gaining attention to minimize the DC bus voltage fluctuations caused by intermittent sources and loads. VIC scheme controls the power electronic converter (PEC) to achieve a smooth voltage profile. However, the intrinsic output impedance of the converter acts as an output disturbance and distorts the inertial response. An additional feed-forward controller has been used in previous works to mitigate this. However, the design proposed in this paper eliminates the additional controller while achieving a smooth voltage profile. This paper proposes a zero placement technique-based design of virtual inertia controller for a DC microgrid. Small-signal models for the system with the proposed controller designed using zero placement were developed to analyze the stability and the effect of parameter variation for optimal performance. Next, the application of the proposed design methodology is extended to a system employing two battery energy storage system units for analyzing parallel operation. Finally, the effectiveness of the controller designed using the zero placement technique was verified under different loading conditions through MATLAB/Simulink simulations and experiments carried out on the developed laboratory prototype. � 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Battery storage; Design; Electric batteries; MATLAB; Microgrids; Power converters; Battery energy storage systems; Control schemes; DC microgrid; DC-bus voltages; Microgrid; Power electronics converters; Renewable energies; Virtual inertia control; Voltage fluctuations; Voltage profile; Controllers