Grid Connected Inverter Behavior with an Output LC Filter under Voltage Sag Operation

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose an over current limitation and voltage control strategy for a grid connected inverter with a LC output filter used in distributed generation and in case of voltage sag. This strategy relies on the control of LC output filter voltage with a resonant controller. This controller has to control current and load voltage throughout voltage sag. Generally, resonant controller is made up of a proportional and resonance term, which contains two imaginary poles that aimed to obtain an infinite gain at the resonance frequency. State feedback structure and pole assignment approach are used to tune the proposed control strategy. Comparative results for the application of both resonant and classical PI controller in d-q frame are showed in this paper. The last part deals with the implementation of control strategies on a real time simulation environment. The effectiveness of the proposed controller under a voltage sag operation is shown by experimental results.