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Stability Analysis and Controller Optimization of MMC in Standalone Mode

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  • Xingyu Liu

    (College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Shuguang Song

    (College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Wenzhong Ma

    (College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Yusheng Wang

    (PetroChina Planning & Engineering Institute, Beijing 100080, China)

Abstract

The modular multilevel converter (MMC) plays an important role in large-scale renewable energy integration and transmission, and it can also operate in standalone mode, powering AC passive loads. This paper focuses on the impact of load variation on the stability of the MMC. First, the impact of load variation on the MMC transfer function is analyzed in detail using the harmonic state-space (HSS) modeling method. Then, by means of the impedance-based stability analysis method, it is found that the MMC tends to become unstable with the increase in inductive loads. If the controller is not well-designed, the system may fail when loads change. Therefore, the worst-case design is used to guarantee the overall system’s stability under all load conditions. The impact of traditional proportional resonant (PR) controller parameters on the system’s stability is analyzed, revealing that the stability margin and control performance of the controller are limited. Thus, an improved controller structure with an additional series of compensators is proposed. Extensive simulation results in MATLAB/Simulink R2024a verify the analysis of this work and the effectiveness of the proposed controller.

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  • Xingyu Liu & Shuguang Song & Wenzhong Ma & Yusheng Wang, 2024. "Stability Analysis and Controller Optimization of MMC in Standalone Mode," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-21, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:21:p:5474-:d:1512130
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