Simulative Calculation of the Grid-Connected Inverter Impedance for Harmonic Studies

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  • Alexander Neufeld
  • Merlin J. Alkemper
  • Nils Schäkel
  • Lutz Hofmann

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2019
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (electronic)978-1-7281-3349-2
ISBN (print)978-1-7281-3350-8
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2019
Event2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) - Bucharest, Romania
Duration: 3 Sept 20196 Sept 2019

Abstract

The issue of the harmonic stability in weak grids including a high amount of power electronic components has become a major topic in recent years. High frequency interactions between the controllers of the grid-connected voltage-source converters and the grid impedance are not only considered a power quality topic. The problem has been dealt with by applying control theory stability criteria to the converters and their controls connected to the grid. The converter is being described analytically in the frequency domain by their equivalent impedance or by means of the state space representation and eigenvalue analysis. This paper proposes a method for extracting the inverter impedance from time domain simulations that is described and applied to a grid-connected inverter. Furthermore, a recommendation for simplification of the time domain model for harmonic studies is given. The extracted impedance is used for a harmonic stability analysis using a simple example.

Keywords

    control theory stability criteria, eigenvalue analysis, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, equivalent impedance, extracted impedance, frequency domain analysis, grid-connected inverter impedance, grid-connected voltage-source converters, harmonic analysis, Harmonic analysis, harmonic stability analysis, Impedance, Inverters, invertors, power electronic components, power electronics, power generation control, power grids, power quality, power supply quality, power system harmonics, Power system harmonics, power system modelling, power system stability, Power system stability, simulative calculation, Stability criteria, state space representation, state-space methods, time domain simulations, time-frequency analysis, voltage-source converters, voltage-source convertors

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Simulative Calculation of the Grid-Connected Inverter Impedance for Harmonic Studies. / Neufeld, Alexander; Alkemper, Merlin J.; Schäkel, Nils et al.
2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2019: Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 1-5.

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Neufeld, A, Alkemper, MJ, Schäkel, N & Hofmann, L 2019, Simulative Calculation of the Grid-Connected Inverter Impedance for Harmonic Studies. in 2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2019: Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-5, 2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), Romania, 3 Sept 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/upec.2019.8893508
Neufeld, A., Alkemper, M. J., Schäkel, N., & Hofmann, L. (2019). Simulative Calculation of the Grid-Connected Inverter Impedance for Harmonic Studies. In 2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2019: Proceedings (pp. 1-5). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/upec.2019.8893508
Neufeld A, Alkemper MJ, Schäkel N, Hofmann L. Simulative Calculation of the Grid-Connected Inverter Impedance for Harmonic Studies. In 2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2019: Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 1-5 doi: 10.1109/upec.2019.8893508
Neufeld, Alexander ; Alkemper, Merlin J. ; Schäkel, Nils et al. / Simulative Calculation of the Grid-Connected Inverter Impedance for Harmonic Studies. 2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2019: Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 1-5
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