Distributed Secondary Control of Grid-Forming Inverters and AC Microgrids: Impacts of Voltage Feedback Choices

Ganesh Marasini; Zhihua Qu; Soumyadeep Nag; Ying Xu

doi:10.1109/NAPS56150.2022.10012222

Distributed Secondary Control of Grid-Forming Inverters and AC Microgrids: Impacts of Voltage Feedback Choices

Ganesh Marasini^*
, Zhihua Qu
, Soumyadeep Nag
, Ying Xu

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Central Florida

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Abstract

In this paper, the operational choices in distributed secondary control are examined, and their impacts on grid-forming (GFM) inverters and grid operation are investigated. In particular, the effects of feedback voltage choices, either average voltage feedback (AVF) or terminal voltage feedback (TVF), are studied with respect to reactive power sharing, voltage regulation, and grid-forming operation during black start. The secondary control used is a subgradient-based distributed cooperative control, and it provides the voltage, angle, and frequency references to the GFM inverters and their primary tracking controls. The overall control architecture employs multi-rate sampling such that the secondary control is slower than the primary control. The operational choices and their control performance are illustrated using a four-GFM-inverter microgrid in MATLAB/SIMULINK. The results show the effectiveness of the secondary controller, and several conclusions are drawn on the voltage feedback signals as the design choices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665499217
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS56150.2022.10012222
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022 - Salt Lake City, United States Duration: 9 Oct 2022 → 11 Oct 2022

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Name	2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022

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Conference	2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Salt Lake City
Period	9/10/22 → 11/10/22

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Keywords

Cooperative Control
Grid Forming Inverters
Microgrid
Secondary Control

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Marasini, G, Qu, Z, Nag, S & Xu, Y 2022, Distributed Secondary Control of Grid-Forming Inverters and AC Microgrids: Impacts of Voltage Feedback Choices. in 2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022. 2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022, Salt Lake City, United States, 9/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS56150.2022.10012222

Distributed Secondary Control of Grid-Forming Inverters and AC Microgrids: Impacts of Voltage Feedback Choices. / Marasini, Ganesh; Qu, Zhihua; Nag, Soumyadeep et al.
2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (2022 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2022).

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