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Design and implementation of an optimal and robust single-loop voltage controller is proposed for single-phase grid forming voltage source inverter (VSI). The objective of the proposed controller is to have good reference tracking and…
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Virtual inertia is an effective control approach to attenuate sudden voltage changes during transient events in low-inertia DC grids. While methods have been proposed to implement virtual inertia, its impact on DC grid stability in the…
In this work, we present new secondary regulators for current sharing and voltage balancing in DC microgrids, composed of distributed generation units, dynamic RLC lines, and nonlinear ZIP (constant impedance, constant current, and constant…
This paper presents current control method for a grid-connected partial resonant soft switching inverter. This inverter does not use an electrolytic capacitor and is capable of boosting and bucking the voltage. Grid-connected inverters are…
The integration of converter-interfaced generation introduces new transient stability challenges to modern power systems. Classical Lyapunov- and scalable passivity-based approaches typically rely on restrictive assumptions, and finding…
This paper addresses the multivariable gradient-based extremum seeking control (ESC) subject to saturation. Two distinct saturation scenarios are investigated here: saturation acting on the input of the function to be optimized, which is…
High-voltage direct current (HVDC) is an increasingly commonly used technology for long-distance electric power transmission, mainly due to its low resistive losses. In this paper the voltage-droop method (VDM) is reviewed, and three novel…
Inverter-connected resources can improve transient stability in low-inertia grids by injecting active power to minimize system frequency deviations following disturbances. In practice, most generation and load disturbances are step changes…
This paper proposes a novel strategy for the current injection based control for distributed energy resources connected to weak grids through a voltage source converter experiencing faults. The current injection controller is no longer…
This work addresses virtual resistance (VR)based control for grid-connected inverters, which enhances transient damping, reduces steady-state errors, and improves robustness to grid disturbances without requiring additional voltage sensors.…
One of the most important challenges facing an electric grid is to incorporate renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs) to the grid. Because of the associated uncertainties in power generations and peak power demands,…
This work deals with the design of a robust and decentralized passivity-based control scheme for regulating the voltage of a DC microgrid through boost converters. A Krasovskii-type storage function is proposed and a (local) passivity…
In this paper, a new Volt/Var Control (VVC) scheme is proposed to facilitate the coordination between the conventional VVC devices and the new smart PV inverters to provide an effective voltage control on a system with high PV penetration.…
Hybrid systems combine both discrete and continuous state dynamics. Power electronic inverters are inherently hybrid systems: they are controlled via discrete-valued switching inputs which determine the evolution of the continuous-valued…
This paper derives closed-form solutions for grid-forming converters with power synchronization control (PSC) by subtly simplifying and factorizing the complex closed-loop models. The solutions can offer clear analytical insights into…
This work investigates the transient and dynamical behavior of hybrid AC/DC systems using dual-port grid-forming (GFM) control. A generalized modeling framework for hybrid AC/DC networks is first introduced that accounts for converter,…
This paper presents a new control, namely additive-state-decomposition dynamic inversion stabilized control, that is used to stabilize a class of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems subject to nonparametric time-varying uncertainties…