Amplitude-Phase Detection for Power Converters Tied to Unbalanced Grids With Large X/R Ratios

Amplitude-phase information of the voltage/current phasor, which is the prerequisite for grid-tied converter control and protection, can change almost instantaneously in low-voltage distribution systems with small X/R ratios. However, the equivalent impedances of high-voltage power systems are usual...

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Published inIEEE transactions on power electronics Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 2100 - 2112
Main Authors Xiong, Liansong, Liu, Xiaokang, Liu, Lei, Liu, Yonghui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.02.2022
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Algorithms
Amplitude-phase detection
Amplitudes
Circuit faults
decaying dc (DDC) component
Equivalent circuits
High voltages
Impedance
Iterative methods
Microprocessors
Phasors
Power converters
Power flow
Power system stability
Power transmission lines
Transient analysis
Unbalance
unbalanced disturbance
Voltage control
Waveforms
X/R ratio
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Summary:Amplitude-phase information of the voltage/current phasor, which is the prerequisite for grid-tied converter control and protection, can change almost instantaneously in low-voltage distribution systems with small X/R ratios. However, the equivalent impedances of high-voltage power systems are usually inductive (with large X/R ratios), and the power flow of pertinent grids generates decaying dc (DDC) components with large amplitude and long duration during large disturbances. Therefore, the X/R ratios and DDC components must be fully considered in amplitude-phase detection to achieve effective converter control and protection. To this end, the main components present in the transient voltage/current of a high-voltage power system after unbalanced disturbance are first analyzed, and the general transient model is obtained by synthesizing multimode DDC components. Then, by resorting to waveform characteristics of different components, an amplitude-phase detection algorithm is proposed based on the multicomponent parallel-detection structure. Compared to existing techniques, the detection time is reduced to half grid cycle. Finally, an iterative variable-interval integral algorithm is developed, improving the antinoise ability of detection algorithm and overcoming the computational burden issue. This enables the direct integration of algorithm into the converter's embedded processor. Experiment results verified the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed technique.
ISSN:0885-8993
1941-0107
DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2021.3104591