Development of a Novel Control Scheme for Grid-Following Converter under Asymmetrical Faults

Muhammad Abubakar (), Herwig Renner and Robert Schürhuber
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Muhammad Abubakar: Institute of Electrical Power Systems, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 18, 8010 Graz, Austria
Herwig Renner: Institute of Electrical Power Systems, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 18, 8010 Graz, Austria
Robert Schürhuber: Institute of Electrical Power Systems, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 18, 8010 Graz, Austria

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: With the increasing penetration of converter-based power sources into the power system, the performance of the converter has become a key factor for enhancing grid reliability, especially during asymmetrical faults. To meet the low voltage ride-through requirements, the converter should feed the reactive power to the grid for voltage support while ensuring the maximum current limitation for the converter’s safety. For such injections, the grid codes are defined. This paper presents a novel and simplified reference current generation scheme to fulfill the requirement of recent grid codes, ensure the current limit of the converter and confirm better utilization of the converter’s current capacity during asymmetrical faults. Moreover, it also discusses the new sequence extraction scheme based on the delay sample method in the stationary reference frame and the control modifications for the negative sequence current injection. The proposed scheme was tested for different priority injection schemes. Its performance was also compared with other control schemes. Detailed simulation studies, in MATLAB/Simulink, were presented to confirm the performance of the proposed scheme under different faulty conditions. The results confirmed the supremacy of the proposed scheme over the available schemes for better utilization of the converter’s current capacity during asymmetrical faults. It also ensured the peak current limitation of the converter while fulfilling the recent grid code requirements. Moreover, the results showed that the new scheme has 10% more current capacity compared to the other schemes due to better incorporation of the angle between the positive and negative phase sequences of the voltage.

Keywords: asymmetrical faults; reference current generation; peak current limitation; priority injection schemes; voltage support; low voltage ride-through; grid connection; recent grid codes; sequence extraction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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