Mar 5, 2024 · Grid-forming inverters (GFMIs) are anticipated to play a leading role in future power systems. In contrast to their counterpart grid-following inverters, which employ phase-locked
Mar 1, 2023 · There are two types of inverters that provide such fast response capabilities: grid-following (GFL) inverters and grid-forming (GFM) inverters [10]. GFL inverters are inverters
Feb 13, 2020 · As main results it was obtained that the full activation time for a fast power reserve with penetration above 80% of inverter-based generation would need to be 100 ms or less for
The fast frequency response (FFR) of inverter-based resources is an important mitigation option for maintaining grid security under the conditions of low inertia and insufficient primary frequency response capability. However, the understanding and technical characteristics of the FFR of inverter-based resources are still unclear.
In addition to fundamental differences in fault current capability compared to traditional synchronous generators, PV inverters characteristic response to abnormal conditions is a strong function of the inverter controls implemented to protect the PV inverter itself but also to safely integrate to the interconnected grid.
This work investigates the specific response of a utility-scale PV inverter to grid voltage phase shift-type disturbances which sometimes occur during grid fault events. The role of the PV inverter’s phase-locked-loop (PLL) is identified as important to modeling the response.
Consequently, grid-supporting inverters can now play a significant role in improving the power quality and network reliability of the grid. For instance, in the case of a low voltage event, a grid-supporting inverter might participate in the network recovery by injecting additional reactive power to the grid.
Phase shifts of 15°, 30°, and 60° were subjected to the grid voltage (all three phases) after a period of normal grid operation sufficient to startup the PV inverter and have the system settle to a steady-state operating point equivalent to the conditions shown in Table 1.
The role of the PV inverter’s phase-locked-loop (PLL) is identified as important to modeling the response. Switching-level simulations of a utility-scale PV inverter with a modeled PLL show a characteristic response when phase shift disturbances require the PLL to track what appear as fast frequency changes.
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