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A New Impedance-Based Modeling and Stability Analysis Approach for Power Oscillations Between Grid-Forming Inverters

Conference · · 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

This paper presents a new modeling and analysis approach to address the small-signal stability issues among interconnected grid-forming (GFM) inverters. A novel phasor domain “power impedance” model is developed to capture the terminal characteristics of GFM inverters. Based on the developed models, a sum-type impedance stability criterion is proposed to analyze the power oscillations between GFM Inverters. The developed models are validated with EMT simulations and the stability analysis results using the proposed stability criterion can match both EMT simulations and eigenvalue analysis. In addition, the application of the developed model can be extended to the stability analysis of large-scale power system with high penetration of GFM inverters.

Research Organization:
GE Research
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
EE0009024
OSTI ID:
2222582
Report Number(s):
DOE-GE-9024-1
Journal Information:
2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Conference: 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 10-14 October 2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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