Synchronverter-based Control of Multi-Port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS)

Conference · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236019· OSTI ID:1712717

Marthi, Phani Ratna Vanamali  ^[1]; Debnath, Suman  ^[1]; Crow, Mariesa ^[2]

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1. ORNL
2. Missouri University of Science and Technology

Control of integrated photovoltaic (PV) plants with energy storage systems (ESSs) has become an important research and development topic in recent times. In this context, a Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar (MARS) plant that integrates PV and ESS to alternating current transmission grid and high-voltage direct current (HVdc) link is studied in this paper. With penetration of power electronic based resources in the grid, the grid’s capability to recover from frequency or voltage disturbances are reduced. Therefore, one of the vital objectives of any new grid integrated power electronic resource is to provide advanced control functions like voltage and frequency support to the grid during disturbances. In this research work, a detailed implementation of a synchronverter-based control algorithm of MARS is presented. The proposed control algorithm and the MARS control architecture are evaluated through simulations on PSCAD/EMTDC simulation platform to showcase the performance in different operating conditions. In addition, they are evaluated in Opal-RT offline simulation models which can also be used to perform control-hardware-in-the-loop (cHIL) tests.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1712717
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (IEEE ECCE) - Detroit, Michigan, United States of America - 10/11/2020 8:00:00 AM-10/15/2020 8:00:00 AM
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English