Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Interfaces for Inverter-Based Microgrid Experiments Including Transitions

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Abstract

Microgrids continue to proliferate, particularly those that rely on inverter-based resources as the microgrid's voltage and frequency leader. Hardware-in-the-loop simulations can de-risk microgrid deployments, and therefore we need power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) interfaces for grid-forming (GFM) inverters to enable simulations of seamless transitions between islanded and grid-connected operation. Such interfaces are particularly challenging when the inverters need to switch modes, i.e., between grid-following (GFL) and GFM as the microgrid transitions between grid-connected and islanded operation. This paper presents two PHIL interfaces for such microgrids and the preliminary experimental results.
Original languageAmerican English
PublisherNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NamePresented at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 29 October - 2 November 2023, Nashville, Tennessee

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PO-5D00-87865

Keywords

  • experiments
  • inverter-based
  • islanded
  • microgrid
  • power-hardware-in-the-loop interfaces
  • transitions

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