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Remote Power Control Injection of Grid-Connected Power Converters Based on Virtual Flux

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  • Nurul Fazlin Roslan

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, 08222 Barcelona, Spain
    Electrical Technology Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute, Gombak 53100, Malaysia)

  • Alvaro Luna

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, 08222 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Joan Rocabert

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, 08222 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Jose Ignacio Candela

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, 08222 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Pedro Rodriguez

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, 08222 Barcelona, Spain
    Department of Engineering, Loyola University of Andalucia, 41014 Seville, Spain)

Abstract

Renewable Energy Source (RES)-based power plants need to control the active and reactive power at the Point of Common Connection (PCC) with the grid, in order to comply with the requirements of the Transmission System Operators (TSOs). This point is normally far away from the power converter station, and the cables and step-up transformers have a non-neglectable influence on the delivered power. In order to overcome this drawback, this paper presents a control algorithm that permits one to control remotely the power injected at the PCC, by adjusting the local controller of the Voltage Source Converters (VSCs). In this work, the synchronization with the grid is done based on the Virtual Flux (VF) concept. The results reveals that the VF estimation is able to produce a reliable estimation of the grid voltage in any point of the network, and makes it possible to calculate the necessary current reference for injecting a desired active and reactive power at a point that can be some kilometres away. In this paper the main principle for this remote power control is presented. Likewise, the simulation and experimental results will be shown in order to analyse the effectiveness of the proposed system.

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  • Nurul Fazlin Roslan & Alvaro Luna & Joan Rocabert & Jose Ignacio Candela & Pedro Rodriguez, 2018. "Remote Power Control Injection of Grid-Connected Power Converters Based on Virtual Flux," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-22, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:3:p:488-:d:133454
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