Phase shift control and controller area network assisted proportional resonant control for grid integration of single phase voltage source inverters

Abstract

Grid integration of inverters using renewable sources of energy is essential for providing a secure and clean source of power supply. Many techniques developed so far control the grid current to realize the regulation of power flow to the power grid. However, implementation of communication assisted synchronization methods for single-phase full-bridge inverters is not found to be discussed in the literature. The focus of this research is to conceptualize, simulate, and implement two control techniques, namely Phase Shift Control (PSC) and Controller Area Network Assisted Proportional Resonant Control (CANAPRC) for single-phase inverters. In the PSC method, the inverter injects the desired real power into the grid by controlling the phase angle between converter and grid voltages. A low complexity synchronization procedure was adopted using single-phase PLL to generate a reference voltage signal using the PSC method. In contrast, the CANAPRC method outputs a current reference created by the resonant controller using a communication network. The inverter can pump the required real and reactive power to the grid with reduced harmonics, enhanced power-sharing and transient stability using the two strategies. Simulations in MATLAB R2016a analyze the two models out effectively. Prototype models validate the proposed control strategies.