Double synchronous controller for integration of large-scale renewable energy sources into a low-inertia power grid

Abstract

Renewable energy sources are normally connected to the power grid via power electronic converters. High penetration of these energy sources into the power grid leads to high instability in voltage and frequency. This issue is caused by neglecting the inherent characteristics of synchronous generators i.e., inertia, damping and proper active and reactive power sharing in the structure of the used control technique in the control loop of the interfaced converter between power grid and renewable energy sources. This paper presents a power-based control technique based on a double synchronous controller (DSC) for interfaced converter between the renewable energy sources and the power grid, including an active-reactive power based dynamic equation. Through the proposed DSC, a decoupled control method is performed in which both active and reactive power can be injected from renewable energy sources into the power grid by the interfaced power converter with the inherent features of synchronous power generators. By using the proposed control technique, a stable operation of the power grid can be guaranteed during the integration of large-scale renewable energy sources. Stringent simulation results performed in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment verify the proficiency of the proposed control technique.