An advanced current control compensation scheme to improve the microgrid power quality without using dedicated compensation devices

Abstract

For grid-connected inverters (GCI), switching harmonics can be effectively attenuated through some methods. This paper present an advanced current control method for GCI of distributed generators (DGs), which responsible for the DG to controlling the power injection to the grid and the cancellation of the harmonics in Microgrid (MG) and between MG and Power Common Coupling (PCC). The current harmonics in the grid and MG are compensated without using dedicated compensation devices, such as active power filters (APFs), by the proposed current controller which is contain an advanced synchronous reference frame (ASRF) controllers. The merged control methods are proposed for the interface inverter to perform the comprehensive activity of compensating for the harmonics, such as a correction of the system imbalance and the removal of the harmonics. The simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effective performance of the proposed method.