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1980 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, VOL. 28, NO. 4, APRIL 2013 A New Droop Control Method for the Autonomous Operation of Distributed Energy Resource Interface Converters Chia-Tse Lee, Student Member, IEEE, Chia-Chi Chu, Member, IEEE, and Po-Tai Cheng, Senior Member, IEEE Abstract—Microgrid is widely accepted as an effective mean of droop are adopted as the decentralized control strategies in integrating various distributed energy resources DERs through these DICs [3]–[11]. With the P –f droop control, an accurate their interface converters to provide electric power of high qual- real power sharing can be achieved among these DICs. How- ity and reliability. These distributed resources interface converters can operate in an autonomous fashion without any communication ever, the reactive power sharing under the Q–V droop control for enhanced system reliability and reduced complexity. Conven- is highly dependent on the DICs’ output ?lter impedances and tionally, the real power-frequency droop control and the reactive the power line impedances. The equivalent transmission line power-voltage magnitude droop are adopted as the decentralized impedances could be unequal due to the different distances control strategies in these DERs interface converters for the au- among these DICs [12]. The unequal DICs’ output ?lters are tonomous power sharing operations. However, the reactive power sharing of Q–V droop control often deteriorates due to its depen- caused by the different output-side impedance of LCL-?lters, ˙ because the design of these LCL-?lters are various with dif- dence on the line impedances. In this paper, a Q–V droop control ˙ ferent system conditions and design considerations [13]–[15]. method with V restoration mechanism is proposed to improve re- active power sharing. Its operation principle and control method Therefore, the autonomous load sharing performance of Q–V are explained and analyzed. Sim