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 …

Grid-forming converters for stability issues in future power grids

SA Khan, M Wang, W Su, G Liu, S Chaturvedi - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Historically, the power system has relied on synchronous generators (SGs) to provide inertia
and maintain grid stability. However, because of the increased integration of power …

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 …

Hierarchical control for virtual oscillator based grid-connected and islanded microgrids

MA Awal, H Yu, H Tu, SM Lukic… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual oscillator control (VOC) is a nonlinear time domain controller that achieves
significantly faster primary control response in islanded microgrids, compared to droop or …

A grid-compatible virtual oscillator controller: Analysis and design

M Lu, S Dutta, V Purba, S Dhople… - 2019 IEEE Energy …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a virtual oscillator control (VOC) strategy for power inverters to
operate in either grid-connected or islanded settings. The proposed controller is based on …

Comparative transient stability assessment of droop and dispatchable virtual oscillator controlled grid-connected inverters

H Yu, MA Awal, H Tu, I Husain… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing integration of power electronics interfaced distributed generators,
transient stability assessment of grid-connected inverters subjected to large grid …

Uncovering droop control laws embedded within the nonlinear dynamics of van der pol oscillators

M Sinha, F Dörfler, BB Johnson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper examines the dynamics of power-electronic inverters in islanded microgrids that
are controlled to emulate the dynamics of Van der Pol oscillators. The general strategy of …

Control and stability of grid-forming inverters: A comprehensive review

M Mirmohammad, SP Azad - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The large integration of inverter-based resources will significantly alter grid dynamics,
leading to pronounced stability challenges due to fundamental disparities between inverter …

Grid forming inverters: A review of the state of the art of key elements for microgrid operation

S Anttila, JS Döhler, JG Oliveira, C Boström - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, inverter-integrated energy sources have experienced rapid growth,
which leads to operating challenges associated with reduced system inertia and intermittent …

Selective harmonic current rejection for virtual oscillator controlled grid-forming voltage source converters

MA Awal, H Yu, I Husain, W Yu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual oscillator control (VOC) is a nonlinear grid-forming controller that simultaneously
achieves the functionality of output voltage control and primary control layers in a power …