Use of Grid-Forming Medium-Voltage Power Electronics Hub in a Microgrid Setting

Fuhong Xie, Vikram Roy Chowdhury, Kumaraguru Prabakar, Akanksha Singh, Jongchan Choi, Aswad Adib, Joao Pinto, Madhu Chinthavali

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Abstract

This paper presents the application of a new design of a multiport, modular, medium-voltage power electronics hub (M3PE-HUB) in a microgrid setting. The M3PE-HUB system was modeled in a digital real-time simulator (DRTS) and integrated into the Banshee microgrid test system. This paper presents the preliminary DRTS simulation-based results of the M3PE-HUB system connected in a test microgrid system. Verification and validation of the M3PE-HUB architecture and controls in the test microgrid setting are the primary contributions of this work. The results of the operation during the islanding and resynchronization process indicate the feasibility of the proposed architecture in a microgrid setting. This paper also presents results for a system reconfiguration use case where the M3PE-HUB was used to reconfigure the system under a fault condition.
Original languageAmerican English
PublisherNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NamePresented at the 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT-LA), 6-9 November 2023, San Juan, Puerto Rico

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PO-5D00-87908

Keywords

  • grid forming
  • medium voltage power electronics
  • microgrids

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