Droop control in LV-Grids.pdf

1Droop control in LV-Grids Alfred Engler, Nikos Soultanis Abstract— Remote electrification with island supply systems, the increasing acceptance of the microgrids concept and the penetration of the interconnected grid with DER and RES require the application of inverters and the development of new control algorithms. One promising approach is the implementation of conventional f/U-droops into the respective inverters, thus down scaling the conventional grid control concept to the low voltage grid. Despite contradicting line parameters, the applicability of this proceeding is outlined and the boundary conditions are derived. Index Terms— droops, low voltage grids, micro grids, control, distributed generation, DER, RES, VSI. I. INTRODUCTION REMOTE electrification with island supply systems, theincreasing acceptance of the microgrids concept [1] and the penetration of the interconnected grid with DER and RES require the application of inverters and the development of new control algorithms. One promising approach is the implementation of con- ventional f/U-droops into the respective inverters, thus down scaling the conventional grid control concept to the low voltage grid. By this methodology a superior system architecture is en- abled, providing redundancy, enabling expandable distributed systems and avoiding vast communication expense. With the development of the control algorithm selfsyncTM the operability of droops in inverters has been proven. Being based on conventional droops this control concept can be derived from inductive coupled voltage sources. A voltage source combined with an inductance represents a high voltage line with a stiff grid or a synchronous machine (generator). Here the reactive power is related with the voltage and the active power with the phase shift or respectively with the frequency. This changes with the low voltage line and its resistive character, where reactive power is related with the phase shift and active power with the voltage. N