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Dynamic Microgrids With Self-Organized Grid-Forming Inverters in Unbalanced Distribution Feeders
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron. Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, IEEE Journal of. 8(2):1097-1107 Jun, 2020
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Inverters
Topology
Voltage control
Microgrids
Control systems
Transient analysis
Network topology
Distributed control
dynamic microgrids (MGs)
network reconfiguration
secondary control
unbalanced system
Language
ISSN
2168-6777
2168-6785
Abstract
In contrast to conventional static microgrids (MGs), MGs with dynamic and adjustable territories (i.e., dynamic MGs) are proposed and implemented in this article. Dynamic MGs are commonly dominated by grid-forming inverters and nested in unbalanced distribution feeders. Unlike balanced systems where only positive-sequence components exist, proper operation of unbalanced dynamic MGs presents additional challenges. A distributed secondary control strategy is developed in this article for distributed generators (DGs) interfaced with grid-forming inverters in unbalanced dynamic MGs by providing coordinated regulations on both positive- and negative-sequence system models. System frequency and voltage are under constant regulation, along with voltage unbalance (VU) management for multiple critical load buses (CLBs). The proposed control strategy enables seamless system transition during unbalanced dynamic MGs reconfiguration and guarantees proportional positive- and negative-sequence power-sharing among connected DGs with respect to system topology variation. Detailed controller designs are provided and stability analyses are derived. The proposed control strategy is fully implemented in hardware controllers and validated on a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) MG testbed.