Design and control of utility grid-tied bipolar DC microgrid
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Satish Reddy Dodda
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Srinivasa Rao Sandepudi
Abstract
This paper explains in detail the design and control of a utility grid-connected bipolar DC microgrid, which consists of a solar photovoltaic system (SPV), a wind energy conversion system (WECS), a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the DC bus, and a three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) converter to connect the DC microgrid to the utility grid. A three-level bidirectional DC–DC converter at the battery energy storage system (BESS) is controlled with model predictive current control (MPCC), and a three-level NPC converter is controlled with a voltage-oriented control based proportional resonant (VOC-PR) controller. The proposed MPCC scheme for the three-level bidirectional DC–DC converter and the VOC-PR control scheme for the three-level NPC converter coordinate with each other to balance and regulate the voltage at the bipolar DC microgrid, control the power flow to the loads at the DC microgrid and the load at the point of common connection (PCC), and also inject or draw power from the utility grid and BESS based on the availability of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). Simulation and experimental results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed MPCC control scheme.
Acknowledgment
We would like to extend our gratitude to the Government of India (No. EMR/2016/006225) for providing financial support through the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: All authors have collectively agreed to take responsibility for the content of this submitted manuscript and have given their consent for its submission.
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Competing interests: The authors confirm that there are no conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.
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Research funding: We would like to express our gratitude to the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India (No. EMR/2016/006225) for providing financial support.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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