Disturbance Observer-Based Model Predictive Power Synchronization Control for Suppression of Synchronous Oscillation

• Grid-forming (GFM) converters can achieve self-synchronization oriented by the active power balance, which is a promising solution for the high penetration of power electronics. Unfortunately, GFM control suffers from the synchronous oscillation (SO) issue, which may result in system instability. This paper proposes a disturbance observer-based model predictive power synchronization approach to suppress SOs of GFM converters. The mechanism of SO is investigated by the small-signal model of the grid-tied GFM converter, and it is revealed that the SO is induced by the electromagnetic dynamics of the power transfer in the transmission line and the power synchronization dynamics dominate this issue. Then, a model predictive power synchronization controller is proposed for mitigating SOs. In addition, a disturbance observer is developed to compensate the influence of disturbances/uncertainties in the system to improve the performance of power tracking. The proposed control approach is verified by simulations.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Reglerteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Control Engineering (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Grid-forming converter

model predictive control

synchronous oscillation

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