Grid forming inverter modeling, control, and applications

DB Rathnayake, M Akrami, C Phurailatpam… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper surveys current literature on modeling methods, control techniques, protection
schemes, applications, and real-world implementations pertaining to grid forming inverters …

Grid forming converters in renewable energy sources dominated power grid: Control strategy, stability, application, and challenges

H Zhang, W Xiang, W Lin, J Wen - Journal of modern power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The renewable energy sources (RESs) dominated power grid is an envisaged infrastructure
of the future power system, where the commonly used grid following (GFL) control for grid …

Foundations and challenges of low-inertia systems

F Milano, F Dörfler, G Hug, DJ Hill… - 2018 power systems …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The electric power system is currently undergoing a period of unprecedented changes.
Environmental and sustainability concerns lead to replacement of a significant share of …

Overview of power converter control in microgrids—Challenges, advances, and future trends

J Hu, Y Shan, KW Cheng, S Islam - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the electronic interfaces between distributed energy resources and the electrical network,
power converters play a vital role in voltage stabilization and power conversion. So far …

Modeling of grid-forming and grid-following inverters for dynamic simulation of large-scale distribution systems

W Du, FK Tuffner, KP Schneider… - … on Power Delivery, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Historically, distribution system planning studies mainly focused on steady state and quasi-
steady state analysis, with limited attention paid to dynamic analysis. This paper develops …

Virtual inertia: Current trends and future directions

U Tamrakar, D Shrestha, M Maharjan, BP Bhattarai… - Applied sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The modern power system is progressing from a synchronous machine-based system
towards an inverter-dominated system, with large-scale penetration of renewable energy …

The role of inertia for grid flexibility under high penetration of variable renewables-A review of challenges and solutions

P Makolo, R Zamora, TT Lie - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Several studies show that grid-integrated renewable energy (RE) sources have the potential
to replace conventional synchronous generators in the network. This means the grid will …

Consensus control for coordinating grid-forming and grid-following inverters in microgrids

A Singhal, TL Vu, W Du - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a 100% inverter-based microgrid, both grid-forming (GFM) and grid-following (GFL)
inverters will have a crucial role to play in frequency/voltage regulation and maintaining …

Unified virtual oscillator control for grid-forming and grid-following converters

MA Awal, I Husain - IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A unified virtual oscillator controller (uVOC) is proposed, which enables a unified analysis,
design, and implementation framework for both grid-forming (GFM) and grid-following (GFL) …

Droop-free distributed control for AC microgrids

V Nasirian, Q Shafiee, JM Guerrero… - … on Power Electronics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A cooperative distributed secondary/primary control paradigm for AC microgrids is
proposed. This solution replaces the centralized secondary control and the primary-level …