Active Damping: An H-infinity Model Reference Approach. Articles uri icon

authors

  • PÉREZ, JORGE
  • Rodriguez Sanchez, Francisco
  • Grino, Robert
  • HUERTA SÁNCHEZ, FRANCISCO

publication date

  • August 2018

start page

  • 7260

end page

  • 7272

volume

  • 33

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0885-8993

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1941-0107

abstract

  • This paper focuses on the design of an active-damping controller that shapes the dynamics of an LCL grid connected voltage source converter (VSC) to mimic an L-filter connected VSC. This makes possible to use simpler classical proportional plus resonant or proportional plus integral controllers design methods to regulate the grid current with minimum penalties in both performance and stability margins. The active-damping design follows a model-reference approach and is synthesized through a (sub)optimal H-infinity algorithm. The controller uses the grid current and point of common coupling voltage, although it allows the selection of a different set of measurements. Effectiveness of the method is demonstrated with time- and frequency-domain experimental results.

keywords

  • power converter; current control; h-infiinty control; robustness.