Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies

Mobina Pouresmaeil; Amir Sepehr; Reza Sangrody; Shamsodin Taheri; Edris Pouresmaeil

doi:10.1109/PEDG51384.2021.9494249

Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies

Mobina Pouresmaeil, Amir Sepehr, Reza Sangrody, Shamsodin Taheri, Edris Pouresmaeil^*

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Abstract

Increasing integration of converter-interfaced renewable power generation challenges the stability of the frequency in the modern power systems due to the lack of inertia in this type of generators. In this regard, this paper establishes a control method for controlling multilevel converters as an interface between renewable power generation and the power grid, which enables them to operate as voltage-controlled sources, thus grid-forming capabilities like conventional synchronous generators (SGs). In fact, the proposed control technique mimics the behavior of synchronous generators in the control loop of the neutral point clamped (NPC) converter. Consequently, supportive functionalities for frequency stability i.e., inertia and frequency/power oscillation damping will be provided by the multilevel converter as a virtual synchronous generator (VSG). Simulation results in Matlab/Simulink verifies the well-designed inertia and damping features for the interfaced converter as well as appropriate performance of multilevel converter in reducing total harmonic distortion (THD).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021
Editors	Sudip K. Mazumder, Juan Carlos Balda, Lina He, Jianzhe Liu, Ankit Gupta
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-0465-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG51384.2021.9494249
Publication status	Published - 28 Jun 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems - Virtual, Online Duration: 28 Jun 2021 → 1 Jul 2021 Conference number: 12

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2329-5759
ISSN (Electronic)	2329-5767

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems
Abbreviated title	PEDG
City	Virtual, Online
Period	28/06/2021 → 01/07/2021

Keywords

Inertia emulation
neutral point clamped (NPC) converter
Oscillation damping
Renewable energy sources (RES)
total harmonic distortion (THD)

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Pouresmaeil, M., Sepehr, A., Sangrody, R., Taheri, S., & Pouresmaeil, E. (2021). Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies. In S. K. Mazumder, J. C. Balda, L. He, J. Liu, & A. Gupta (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021 Article 9494249 (IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG51384.2021.9494249

Pouresmaeil, Mobina ; Sepehr, Amir ; Sangrody, Reza et al. / Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021. editor / Sudip K. Mazumder ; Juan Carlos Balda ; Lina He ; Jianzhe Liu ; Ankit Gupta. IEEE, 2021. (IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems).

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Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies. / Pouresmaeil, Mobina; Sepehr, Amir; Sangrody, Reza et al.
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Pouresmaeil M, Sepehr A, Sangrody R, Taheri S, Pouresmaeil E. Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies. In Mazumder SK, Balda JC, He L, Liu J, Gupta A, editors, Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2021. IEEE. 2021. 9494249. (IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems). doi: 10.1109/PEDG51384.2021.9494249

Control of Multilevel Converters for High Penetration of Renewable Energies

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