This repository accompanies the paper Grid-Coupled Dynamic Response of Battery-Driven Voltage Source Converters https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.11776
Abstract With the increasing interest in converter-fed islanded microgrids, particularly for resilience, it is becoming more critical to understand the dynamical behavior of these systems. This paper takes a holistic view of grid-forming converters and considers control approaches for both modeling and regulating the DC-link voltage when the DC-source is a battery energy storage system. We are specifically interested in understanding the performance of these controllers, subject to large load changes, for decreasing values of the DC-side capacitance. We consider a fourth, second, and zero-order model of the battery; and establish that the zero-order model captures the dynamics of interest for the timescales considered for disturbances examined. Additionally, we adapt a grid search for optimizing the controller parameters of the DC/DC controller and show how the inclusion of AC side measurements into the DC/DC controller can improve its dynamic performance. This improvement in performance offers the opportunity to reduce the DC-side capacitance given an admissible DC voltage transient deviation, thereby, potentially allowing for more reliable capacitor technology to be deployed.
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The file parameter_search.ipynb contains eigenvalue analysis used in the Small-signal tunning section of the results.
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The File DAE_simulation.ipynb contains the time domain simulation results relevant to the Large-signal tunning of the results.
Corresponding author: ciaranr_r@berkeley.edu