IRJET- Simultaneous Microgrid Voltage and Current Harmonics Compensation using Coordinated Control of Dual-Interfacing-Converters

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SIMULTANEOUS MICROGRID VOLTAGE AND CURRENT HARMONICS
COMPENSATION USING COORDINATED CONTROL OF DUAL-
INTERFACING-CONVERTERS
V. RAGHAVENDRA RAJU1, D. MAHABOOB BASHA2, P. NAGENDRA3, V. SURYA PRAKASH4
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ABSTRACT:- The growing installation of distributed
generation (DG) units in low voltage distribution systems
has popularized the concept of nonlinear load harmonic
current compensation using multi-functional DG
interfacing converters. It is analyzed in this paper that the
compensation of local load harmonic current using a
single DG interfacing converter may cause the
amplification of supply voltage harmonics to sensitive
loads, particularly when the main grid voltage is highly
distorted. To address this limitation, unlike the operation
of conventional unified power quality conditioners (UPQC)
with series converter, a new simultaneous supply voltage
and grid current harmonic compensation strategy is
proposed using coordinated control of two shunt
interfacing converters. Specifically, the first converter is
responsible for local load supply voltage harmonic
suppression. The second converter is used to mitigate the
harmonic current produced by the interaction between the
first interfacing converter and the local nonlinear load. To
realize a simple control of parallel converters, a modified
hybrid voltage and current controller is also developed in
the paper. By using this proposed controller, the grid
voltage phase-locked loop and the detection of the load
current and the supply voltage harmonics are unnecessary
for both interfacing converters. Thus, the computational
load of interfacing converters can be significantly reduced.
Simulated and experimental results are captured to
validate the performance of the proposed topology and the
control strategy.
1. INTRODUCTION
Contrasting with massive aloof filters that are highly
touchy to circuit parameters varieties, the active power
molding equipment including active power filter (APF),
dynamic voltage restorer (DVR), and brought together
power quality conditioner (UPQC) is favored due the
quick unique reaction and the great invulnerability to
system parameter changes. Then again, the high
penetration of disseminated generation (DG) unit with
power gadgets interfacing converter offers the likelihood
of power distribution system harmonic current
compensation utilizing multi-practical DG interfacing
converter. Past research for the most part centered
around the control of a single DG shunt interfacing
converter as an APF, as their power hardware circuits
have comparable topology. To understand an enhanced
active filtering objective, the conventional current
control methods for grid-tied DG interfacing converter
shall be altered. In the first place, the wide bandwidth
current controllers are utilized with the goal that the
frequencies of harmonic load current can fall into the
bandwidth of the current controller. On the other hand,
the specific frequency harmonic compensation utilizing
multi-full current controller has gotten a great deal of
weakenings, as detailed in and the miscreant controller
is produced for multiple DG units with active harmonic
filtering ability. In the neural system method is utilized
to enhance the harmonic filtering execution of DG
interfacing converters that are associated with a grid
with vast variety of grid impedance. Notwithstanding the
compensation of harmonics at low voltage distribution
arranges, the active filtering of harmonics in higher
voltage distribution system utilizing multi-level
converters is examined, as show in However, it is vital to
take note of that previously mentioned compensation
methods are fundamentally utilized in grid-tied
converter systems. In ongoing writing, the hybrid voltage
and current control is likewise created to understand a
basic voltage control for DG power direction and a
harmonic current control for nearby load harmonic
compensation. Contrasted with the previously
mentioned conventional current control methods, the
hybrid controller enables an interfacing converter to
repay harmonics in both grid-tied and islanding
micorgrids. With help of the low bandwidth
correspondences between DG units, it likewise
conceivable to achieve harmonic power sharing among
parallel DG systems.
2. DIGITAL CONTROLLER
2.1. Introduction:
The computerized pulse width modulation control of
BLDC engine will be proficient and practical. The
computerized control of the four quadrant operation of
the three phase BLDC engine is achieved with advanced
controller. This advanced controller joins the Digital
Signal Processor highlights and PIC smaller scale
controller highlights, making it flexible.
The controller has an adjusted Harvard architecture,
with a16 *16 bit working register cluster. It has two 40
bit wide aggregators. All the DSP directions are
performed in a single cycle. The three outside interrupt
sources, with eight client selectable need levels for each
interrupt source helps to get the Hall sensor inputs from

the engine. The reference speed and the required duty
cycle can be fed into the controller. The shut loop control
is achieved with the PI controller.
2.2. PI Controller:
The direction of speed is accomplished with PI
Controller. By expanding the relative gain of the speed
controller, the controller's affectability is expanded to
have quicker response for little speed direction mistakes.
This permits a superior starting following of the speed
reference by a quicker response of the current reference
issued by the speed controller. This expanded
affectability likewise lessens the speed overshooting. The
armature current decreases quicker, when the coveted
speed is achieved.
An expansion of the vital gain will enable the engine
speed to catch up with the speed reference slope
significantly quicker amid examining periods. This will in
reality enable a quicker response to little speed blunder
vital terms that happen when a signal is directed after an
incline. The controller will respond with the end goal to
diminish the speed blunder essential much quicker by
creating a slightly higher quickening torque when
following a quickening slope. Then again, too high
increment of the corresponding and basic gains can
cause flimsiness, and the controller getting to be harsh.
Too high gains may likewise result in saturation. Tuning
process is by experimentation method and the
Proportional Constant (Kp) and Integral Constant (Ki)
are 0.1 and0.03 separately.
The Proportional basic subsidiary (PID) controllers are
the most commonly utilized shut loop controllers
utilized in the business. PID parameters influence the
accompanying system elements regarding shut loop step
reaction.
• Rise time - time taken for the output to ascend past
90% of the coveted level.
• Overshoot - how much higher the pinnacle level is
contrasted with the unfaltering state level.
• Settling time - time taken by the system to merge to its
enduring state.
• Steady-state blunder - the distinction between the
unfaltering state output and the coveted output.
The impacts of the PID-control parameters Kp, Ki, Kd
can be outlined as:
• Kp diminishes the ascent time.
• Ki essentially diminishes the consistent state blunder.
• Kd diminishes the overshoot and settling time.
The indispensable parameter (Ki) nearly wipes out
unfaltering state blunder in the output. Lower Ki values
gradually push the engine speed to the normal set point,
and higher Ki values can cause hunting around the set
point speed.
The corresponding parameter (Kp) gives quick reaction
to sudden changes in load, controlling the ascent time.
This parameter is regularly much higher than Ki, so
moderately little deviations in speed are rectified while
Ki gradually moves the speed to the set point.
The subsidiary parameter (Kd) gives quick reaction to
sudden changes in engine speed. However, with basic
PID controllers, it very well may be hard to generate a
subordinate term in the output that has any critical
impact on engine speed. Therefore, PI controllers (with
subordinate parameter Kd = 0) are utilized deepest shut
loop procedures to give an equalization of intricacy and
capacity. Likewise, these controllers are more
straightforward to tune contrasted with the PID
controllers
Corresponding Integral (P-I) controller:
The Proportional-Integral (P-I) controller is one of the
conventional controllers and it has been broadly utilized.
The real highlights of the P-I controller are its capacity to
keep up a zero consistent state blunder to a step change
in reference.
1. A PI Controller (relative vital controller) is an
uncommon instance of the PID controller in
which the subordinate (D) of the blunder isn't
utilized. The controller output is given by
∫ (1)
2. Where, is the error or deviation of actual
measured value (PV) from the set point (SP).
(2)
3. A PI controller can be modeled easily in
software such as Simulink, using a "flow chart"
box involving Laplace operators:
(3)
Where,
= proportional gain
= integral gain
1. Setting a value for G is often a tradeoff between
decreasing overshoot and increasing settling time.

Fig 1 Basic block of a PI controller
The common PID tuning methods involve
manual tuning: Ziegler-Nichols tuning and Cohen Coon
tuning. In this application implementation, the PI
controller was tuned using the manual tuning method. It
involved subjecting the system to a step change in input,
measuring the output as a function of time, and using
this response to determine the control parameters.
3. EXISTING AND PROPOSED SYSTEM
3.1 Introduction:
Single interfacing converter is associated with the
principle grid and the nearby nonlinear load is set at the
output terminal of the DG unit. In this re-enactment,
some consistent state harmonic distortion is added to
the principle grid voltage and the grid voltage THD is
5.6%. When the current controller as shown in (13) is
connected to the system, the execution of the system.
Nevertheless, it is vital to emphasis that notwithstanding
when the nearby load harmonic current is legitimately
remunerated utilizing different controllers as specified
above, high quality supply voltage to neighbourhood
load can't be ensured in the meantime. This issue is
especially genuine when the DG interfacing converter is
interconnected to a powerless micro grid with nontrivial
upstream grid voltage distortions. To conquer this
impediment, the elements voltage restorer (DVR) with
series harmonic voltage compensation capacity can be
introduced in the power distribution system, as
proposed in and . Tragically, the usefulness of a DVR can
hardly be actualized in a shunt DG interfacing converter.
Utilizing an extra series power melding equipment to
guarantee low enduring state harmonic supply voltage to
nearby loads is unquestionably practical. However, it is
related with more costs which might not be
acknowledged for practical power distribution systems.
To acknowledge concurrent alleviation of the grid
current and the supply voltage harmonics, this project
report builds up a parallel-converter topology where the
neighbourhood nonlinear load is directly introduced to
the shunt filter capacitor of the primary converter.
Fig 2. Diagram of local harmonic compensation using
interfacing converter
The nearby load supply voltage quality is
enhanced by the principal interfacing converter through
harmonic voltage control. The harmonic current
delivered by the communications between the
neighbourhood nonlinear load and the principal
converter is then repaid constantly converter. To
diminish the computational load of the double converter
system, a changed hybrid voltage and current control
method is proposed for parallel interfacing converters.
With agreeable operation of two converters, the load
current and supply voltage harmonic extraction and the
phase-bolted loops are not expected to understand this
proposed comprehensive power quality control
objective. Note that this project report centers around
the compensation of supply voltage and grid current
harmonics. When there are huge unsettling influences in
the fundamental grids, such as hangs/swells and
interruptions, the shunt converter is less viable to repay
these grid issues. Thus in these cases, the protection and
the fault-ride through control schemes for a conventional
single converter can be connected to this double
converter likewise.
To acknowledge synchronous relief of the grid current
and the supply voltage harmonics, this project report
builds up a parallel-converter topology where the nearby
nonlinear load is directly introduced to the shunt filter
capacitor of the primary converter. The neighborhood
load supply voltage quality is enhanced by the main
interfacing converter through harmonic voltage control.
The harmonic current created by the cooperations
between the neighborhood nonlinear load and the
primary converter is then remunerated constantly
converter. To lessen the computational load of the
double converter system, an adjusted hybrid voltage and
current control method is proposed for parallel
interfacing converters. With agreeable operation of two
converters, the load current and supply voltage
harmonic extraction and the phase-bolted loops are not
expected to understand this proposed comprehensive
power quality control objective. Note that this project

report centers around the compensation of supply
voltage and grid current harmonics. When there are
noteworthy unsettling influences in the principle grids,
such as droops/swells and interruptions, the shunt
converter is less powerful to repay these grid issues.
Fig.3. Diagram of the proposed topology
EXISTING SYSTEM:
The current method depicts this segment quickly
surveys the control of shunt APFs for grid current
harmonic moderation and series DVRs for supply voltage
harmonic suppression. With the end goal to contrast and
the proposed parallel-converter utilizing adjusted hybrid
voltage and current controller as shown in the following
area, the surely knew twofold loop current control and
voltage control are connected to APFs and DVRs,
separately.
When an interfacing converter is connected to
remunerate shunt loads harmonic current, growing high
productivity controller to diminish the computational
load of the DG system is imperative. To understand this
assignment, the compensation without load harmonic
current extraction turns out to be exceptionally
attractive.
In the phase-bolted loop is expelled by utilizing a series
current compensator, meanwhile keeping robust
synchronization with the principle grid. In an enhanced
current controller using the frequency y specific element
of thunderous controllers was proposed to evacuate
both the load current harmonic extraction and the
phase-secured loop a single-phase DG unit. Nevertheless,
it is essential to emphasis that notwithstanding when the
nearby load harmonic current is legitimately
remunerated utilizing different controllers as made
reference to above, high-quality supply voltage to
neighbourhood load can't be ensured in the meantime.
This issue is especially genuine when the DG interfacing
converter is interconnected to a feeble microgrid with
nontrivial upstream grid voltage distortions. To defeat
this constraint, the elements voltage restorer (DVR) with
series harmonic voltage compensation capacity can be
introduced in the power distribution system, as
proposed. Tragically, the usefulness of a DVR can hardly
be executed in a shunt DG interfacing converter. Utilizing
an extra series power molding equipment to guarantee
low relentless state harmonic supply voltage to
neighbourhood loads is unquestionably doable.
However, it is related with more costs which might not
be acknowledged for financially savvy power
distribution systems
PROPOSED SYSTEM:
An epic composed voltage and current controller for
double converter system in which the neighbourhood
load is directly associated with the shunt capacitor of the
principal converter. With the configuration, the quality of
supply voltage can be enhanced through a direct shut
loop harmonic voltage control of filter capacitor voltage.
In the meantime, the harmonic current caused by the
nonlinear load and the main converter is repaid
continuously converter.
Thus, the quality of the grid current and the supply
voltage are both fundamentally made strides. To lessen
the computational load of dg interfacing converter, the
planned voltage and current control without utilizing
load current/supply voltage harmonic extractions or
phase-bolt loops is created to acknowledge to facilitated
control of parallel converters. Here builds up a parallel
converter topology where the neighbourhood nonlinear
load is directly introduced to the shunt filter capacitor of
the main converter. The nearby load supply voltage
quality is enhanced by the principal interfacing
converter through harmonic voltage control. The
harmonic current delivered by the connections between
the nearby nonlinear load and the main converter is then
repaid continuously converter. To diminish the
computational load of the double converter system, an
adjusted hybrid voltage and current Control method is
proposed for parallel interfacing converters. With
helpful operation of two converters, the load current and
supply voltage harmonic extraction and the phase-bolted
loops are not expected to understand this proposed
comprehensive power quality control objective.
4. SIMULATION RESULTS
Initially, like a single interfacing converter is
associated with the fundamental grid and the nearby
nonlinear load is put at the output terminal of the DG
unit. In this reproduction, some consistent state
harmonic distortion is added to the principle grid voltage
and the grid voltage THD is 5.6%. When the current
controller is connected to the system, the execution of
the system is shown in. As the neighborhood load
harmonic current is remunerated by the DG unit, it very
well may be seen from the second channel of that the

grid current is nearly ripple free with just 4.57% THD.
Then again, the interfacing converter line current 2 is
highly twisted for this situation. Because of the absence
of supply voltage harmonic control, the supply voltage to
the neighborhood nonlinear load is mutilated with
6.45% THD. To have a superior understanding of the
power quality of the system, the harmonic range of the
grid current and the supply voltage in are given in
separately. When the supply voltage harmonic segment
is controlled by a single interfacing converter utilizing
the hybrid voltage and current control as shown in (9),
the execution is as represented, the quality of supply
voltage for this situation is essentially enhanced with
just 1.48% THD. Nevertheless, the grid current has more
harmonics and the relating THD is 12.28%. Likewise, the
comparing harmonic range of the supply voltage and the
grid current are shown in, separately. Contrasting with
the past range examination results in and, it very well
may be obviously observed that the supply voltage
harmonic reduction is achieved to the detriment of more
grid current distortions. The concurrent supply voltage
and grid current harmonics moderation is tried by
utilizing a single DG
Fig.4. Block Diagram of Dual-Interfacing Converters
Fig. 5. Simulation results of Grid current
Fig.6. Block Diagram of the proposed interfacing
converter control strategies
Fig.7. Simulation result of Conveter current
Fig.8. Block Diagram of an LCL filter with a local
nonlinear load.
Fig.9. Simulation Results of Load current
Fig. 10. Only the local load harmonic current is
compensated
5. CONCLUSION
When a single multi-utilitarian interfacing
converter is embraced to repay the harmonic current
from nearby nonlinear loads, the quality of supply

voltage to neighbourhood load can hardly be enhanced
in the meantime, specific when the principle grid voltage
is twisted. This project report examines a novel
facilitated voltage and current controller for double
converter system in which the neighbourhood load is
directly associated with the shunt capacitor of the
principal converter. With the configuration, the quality of
supply voltage can be enhanced by means of a direct shut
loop harmonic voltage control of filter capacitor voltage.
In the meantime, the harmonic current caused by the
nonlinear load and the primary converter is repaid
continuously converter. Thus, the quality of the grid
current and the supply voltage are both essentially
moved forward. To lessen the computational load of DG
interfacing converter, the organized voltage and current
control without utilizing load current/supply voltage
harmonic extractions or phase-bolt loops is created to
acknowledge to facilitated control of parallel converters.
FUTURE SCOPE
The developing establishment of disseminated
generation (DG) units in low voltage distribution
systems has advanced the idea of nonlinear load
harmonic current compensation utilizing multi-practical
DG interfacing converters. It is broke down in this paper
that the compensation of nearby load harmonic current
utilizing a single DG interfacing converter may make the
enhancement of supply voltage harmonics delicate loads,
especially when the principle grid voltage is highly
mutilated.
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AUTHORS:
1. V. RAGHAVENDRA RAJU,
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY in POWER ELECTRONICS
to the Jawaharlal Nehru technological university
2. D. MAHABOOB BASHA,
Assistant Professor, Department of EEE.
3. P. NAGENDRA,
4. V. SURYA PRAKASH

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