An Active Voltage Stabilizer for a DC Microgrid System

Autor: Vishnu Mahadeva Iyer, Srinivas Gulur, Subhashish Bhattacharya, Jun Kikuchi, Srikanthan Sridharan, Ke Zou, Chingchi Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 9, Pp 86786-86800 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3087543
Popis: This paper analyzes the low-frequency stability challenges that exist in a complex DC microgrid (MG) system. The converters that belong to a DC MG are categorized into different groups based on their control approach. The small-signal model of the DC MG is presented, and the conditions for system stability are derived. In some DC MG applications, there is the possibility of installing off-the-shelf converters with little flexibility and access for controller auto-tuning. To tackle this, a hardware-based active voltage stabilizer solution is proposed to stabilize the DC MG. The active stabilizer’s functionality, based on an isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter, is elucidated, and a suitable control strategy is proposed. The active stabilizer and its associated control configuration involve only local voltage sensing and are non-intrusive. A dual active bridge (DAB) converter-based active stabilizer is implemented, and hardware-based steady-state and transient experimental results from a DC MG test-bench are provided to validate the functionality and effectiveness of the proposed active stabilizer.
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