Synchronization of an On-Board Photovoltaic Converter Under Conditions of High Dynamic Voltage Frequency Change

Tomasz Binkowski (), Ľubomír Beňa, Dušan Medveď and Paweł Pijarski
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Tomasz Binkowski: Department of Power Electronics and Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, Al. Powstańców Warszawy 12, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
Ľubomír Beňa: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia
Dušan Medveď: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia
Paweł Pijarski: Department of Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka St. 38D, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-20

Abstract: The decarbonization of energy systems is forcing the development of renewable energy generation and consumption technologies. Photovoltaic systems are being used in almost every industry, including autonomous power systems used on ships, space vehicles, or flying platforms, where the voltage supplying specific equipment can change in an overridingly controlled manner. Feeding energy from a renewable source into a power system with highly dynamic frequency changes is not possible for traditional grid converter control strategies. This is caused by the synchronization system, which is designed for a fixed value of the grid voltage frequency, and by the proportional-resonant controllers used. In this paper, it is shown that frequency tracking correction causes deviations from the unit amplitude of synchronization signals, causing errors in the reference signals responsible for the active and reactive components of the converter current. To solve this problem, a new variable frequency adaptation system using a generalized second-order integrator was proposed. As a result, synchronization signals of unit amplitude were obtained. Due to the proposed method, the proportional-resonant controller was able to control the active and reactive components of the current even when the voltage frequency changes, adjusting the resonant frequency.

Keywords: synchronization; variable frequency; photovoltaic; proportional-resonance control (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: 2024
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