Frontiers in Energy Research (Apr 2023)

A sigmoid-based adaptive inertia control strategy for grid-forming inverter to enhance frequency stability

  • Renzhi Huang,
  • Chen Dong,
  • Zaijun Wu,
  • Xiangjun Quan,
  • Zichen Wang,
  • Tiankui Sun,
  • Kai Hou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1095610
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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Introduction: This paper proposes a sigmoid-based adaptive inertia control strategy for grid-forming (GFM) inverter to enhance frequency stability.Methods: Firstly, the frequency response characteristics under different disturbances are analyzed theoretically. Then, to solve the problem that fixed inertia leads to a contradiction between the maximum frequency deviation and the setting time, a non-linear inertia regulator is investigated. This non-linear inertia regulator, which is based on an improved sigmoid function, is applied to achieve real-time inertia by the frequency deviation. Moreover, the full-order small-signal model of the system containing the nonlinear inertia regulator is established and thus the stability of the proposed strategy is analyzed.Result and Discussion: The proposed control strategy is implemented without derivative action, which may suffer from high-frequency noises. Finally, the hardware-inthe-loop (HIL) results verify the remarkable performance of the proposed control strategy.

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