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Virtual Impedance Control for Load Sharing and Bus Voltage Quality Improvement in Low-Voltage AC Microgrid
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid IEEE Trans. Smart Grid Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on. 15(3):2447-2458 May, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Impedance
Microgrids
Harmonic analysis
Cyberattack
Voltage control
Power harmonic filters
Resilience
AC microgrid
adaptive virtual impedance
power sharing
distributed control
Language
ISSN
1949-3053
1949-3061
Abstract
Due to the mismatched feeder impedances in a resistive feeder AC microgrid, it’s challenging to accurately share harmonic and active power while promising a low bus voltage distortion rate. To address this issue, this paper proposes a distributed philosophy-based virtual impedance modulation strategy. The proposed method regulates the fundamental and harmonic impedance at the desired value by exchanging information with its adjacent inverters. Notably, the proposed method benefits from resilience against communication delay, failure, and cyber-attacks. Moreover, it significantly reduces the communication burden. The proposed method’s effectiveness is validated through experiments conducted in various cases, including different communication scenarios and plug-and-play operations.