Lyapunov-Krasovskii passivity based stability analysis of grid-tied inverters

• Published in: International journal of electrical power & energy systems 2022-12, Vol.143, p.108460, Article 108460
• Main Authors: Debnath, Rajdip, Gupta, G.S., Kumar, Deepak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: dSPACE’s Micro-LabBox; Grid impedance variation; Grid-connected inverters; Lyapunov-Krasovskii passivity; Resonance destabilization
• ISSN: 0142-0615; 1879-3517
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.108460

•Developing and validating the L-KP modeling framework for the controller in a systematic way for the VSC’s.•Formulation of generalized storage functions for mathematical analysis and controller design based on L-KP theory.•Derivation of passivity properties of total input and control output admittances.•L-KP based dynamic controller design and damping strategy.•Real time experimental validation of the proposed controller using dSPACE MicroLab box(DS1104). The non-linear dynamics of a grid-interfaced inverter (GII) in a distributed generation system results in dynamic instability and power quality issues. The conventional linear methods depend on parametric variations in controller parameters hence, tuning should be proper. Also, linearization of dynamical states around steady-state operating point works only if the controllers operate around a fixed operating point thus, only ensuring local stability. The feedback and feedforward damping methods can address some of the above challenges but requires additional sensors and also incapable of maintaining robustness against grid impedance variations and system parametric changes. To address aforementioned issues, this journal presents a non-linear Lyapunov Krasovskii Passivity (LK-PBC) based dynamic controller for Grid-interfaced Voltage Source Converters (VSCs). A generalized admittance model is derived which is used to calculate Non-passive regions of the VSC where the output admittance will have a negative real part. The damping provided by the proposed controller also eliminates the resonance instability issues in the concerned frequency scale regardless of the admittance seen at the inverter terminals. It also takes care of time delay and norm-bounded state uncertainties. The evaluation of the theoretical studies and efficacy of the proposed LK-PBC controller is confirmed by hardware in loop analysis on a laboratory experimental setup.