Fault current limitation control of multiple distributed renewable generations under unbalanced conditions

Abstract

For multiple distributed generation units (DG unit) parallel system, excessive fault current has adverse effects on the safe and stable operation of the utility grid. As a result, a fault current limitation control of multiple DG units is developed in this paper to limit the fault current of related fault branch and ride through the associated fault conditions. The injection fault current amplitude and phase angle of each DG unit for grid-side converter are controlled through the point of common coupling (PCC) voltage support and fault current limitation to limit the total current amplitude at the corresponding fault location. The validity of the proposed control strategy has been verified by simulation and hardware-in-loop (HIL) experiment results.

Keywords

• Fault ride-through (FRT)
• Fault current limitation
• Distributed renewable generation
• Voltage support