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Multilevel converters control for renewable energy integration to the power grid

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  • Pouresmaeil, Edris
  • Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol
  • Montesinos-Miracle, Daniel
  • Bergas-Jané, Joan

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The paper deals with the multilevel converters control strategy for renewable energy resources integration in distribution grids. The proposed control scheme ensures the injection of the generated power in the distribution grid with fast dynamic response, while providing an additional active power filtering capability providing the required harmonic and reactive currents to the considered non-linear loads. The proposed control scheme is applicable to a general multilevel converter and to any types of the renewable energy resources. The control scheme is validated by means of simulations with a three-level diode-clamped converter which interfaces a wind power generation system to a distribution grid supplying non-linear loads. From extensive simulation results, high performance of this control strategy in renewable energy application is demonstrated with reduced total harmonic distortion, increased power factor and compensated load’s reactive powers.

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  • Pouresmaeil, Edris & Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol & Montesinos-Miracle, Daniel & Bergas-Jané, Joan, 2011. "Multilevel converters control for renewable energy integration to the power grid," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 950-963.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:36:y:2011:i:2:p:950-963
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.014
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