Synchronverter with the Capability of Damping Enhancement for the Suppression of Power and Frequency Oscillations in Inverter-Based Micro-Grids

Nowadays, due to the advances made in power electronics and the desire to use renewable energy resources, micro-grids have been developed considerably. One of the challenging operation modes of Micro-grids is named islanded mode, where the control of power and frequency is a challenging problem. Many distributed energy resources are operated based on electronic power converters and these converters have no inertia unlike synchronous generators, as a result, the issue of power and frequency control in micro-grids is considered as a serious problem. This issue will cause severe frequency fluctuations following to power changes which can lead to system instability. In this paper, first a sample micro-grid is simulated and modeled in synchronous reference frame then using the idea of inertia in synchronous machines, a novel control method with the capability of damping enhancement during system transients is proposed. The control scheme utilizes the idea of virtual inertia injection during the power and frequency fluctuations based on the synchronverter model. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified using a set of the time domain simulations carried out in Matlab/Simulink software in an inverter based multi-source micro-grid operating in the island mode, and the results are compared with the vector control method implemented in the rotating reference frame under different scenarios.