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Frequency stabilization is the premise of guaranteeing grid-friendly integration of virtual synchronous generator (VSG). Based on that premise, this article, focused on frequency stability, establishes the small signal model of grid-forming VSG system. At first, the mechanism of frequency oscillation occurring in system of active- and reactive-power coupling is analyzed by the defined feedback effect factor in this article. Besides, a new dynamic model is established for identifying dynamic interaction of voltage magnitudes and frequency by means of feedback effect. The analytical results of established models agree with that of eigenvalue analysis. Furthermore, a new virtual inductance control strategy is proposed to mitigate the unstable oscillation of frequency and powers, enhance damping performance, and improve stability margins. Unlike the conventional virtual inductance control, which is reliable on dual-loop control framework, the proposed virtual inductance control in this article is based on principle of energy conservation and can be applicable for the grid-forming inverter without inner dual-loop control structure. Finally, the proposed modeling as well as virtual inductance control method is experimentally verified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Inertia and damping are the core index of the estimation of power system stability. Existing analysis to the support of inertia and damping are focused on the improvement of system stability as well as parameters tuning of virtual inertia and virtual damping but rarely involved in the quantitative calculation of level of inertia and damping under a certain condition. Based on this background, this article puts forward a unified calculation method to identify the equivalence of inertia and damping under various ratios of Rg/Xg. In addition, the quantity of improved inertia and damping support enabled by virtual inductance control are estimated by the derived calculation model of equivalence. The calculated mathematical model of equivalence of inertia and damping is well verified by the overlapped eigenvalues distribution. Besides, the negative synchronous power will inevitably influence the aperiodic loss of synchronization (ALoS) of power system caused by the large virtual inductance. Therefore, a solution should be derived to make a compromise between oscillation damping and ALoS by tuning the value of virtual inductance. Finally, the simulation and experiment results in various cases verify the effectiveness of the proposed equivalent damping and inertia calculation method as well as virtual inductance control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This letter proposes a generalized stabilizer-oriented design method for grid-forming virtual synchronous generator (GFVSG) attached to weak-stiffness power networks, where a rate of change of frequency feedforward control strategy (RoCoF-FCS) is put forward to improve frequency stability, enhance damping performance, and avoid aperiodic loss of synchronization (ALoS). In addition, the feedback analytical framework, which connects RoCoF and rate of change of voltage (RoCoV), is proposed to identify both wideband oscillation and ALoS. Finally, the proposed method is validated by time-domain simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research proposes a new perspective for identification of wideband stability in virtual synchronous generator (VSG) with virtual impedance control strategy. At first, the drawback of magnitude-phase-motion-equation (MPME) of grid-forming VSG system is briefly discussed. Then, based on the derived MPME model, a RoCoF-FD framework, which includes two most important indices of frequency performance, e.g., rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) and frequency nadir/deviation (FN/FD), is established to illustrate the interaction between RoCoF and FD based on feedback effect. Moreover, the vector analysis can quantitatively sketch the dynamics of RoCoF impacted by the FD via the loop of feedback effect. In addition, the secure operation regions are defined for the VSG system. It is found that system has a higher risk of oscillation instability when ratio of grid resistance divided by grid inductance gets smaller. However, greater ratio will lessen grid strength/stiffness, which will trigger aperiodic loss of synchronization. To cope with such issues, an adjustable-parameter virtual impedance control strategy (APVICS), based on principle of energy conservation, is proposed to dampen oscillation as well as avoid loss of synchronization of the system, thereby enhance damping behaviors and grid stiffness. Finally, theoretical analysis is validated experimentally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Virtual synchronous generator (VSG) has been a grid-friendly integration control technique for the integration of grid-connected inverters. However, the emulated inertia and damping of VSG control technique can also be used in the field of dc systems. In this article, a virtual synchronous control is proposed to dampen the wideband oscillation of dc voltage in a dc microgrid. The proposed control strategy contributes to maintaining the synchronous operation of dc converter with the network. Besides, the relationships among damping, inertia, wideband oscillation, rate of change of voltage (RoCoV) as well as DC voltage nadir (DCVN) are studied. It is concluded that the RoCoV and DCVN are similar as the oscillation frequency and fluctuation ranges of poorly-damped oscillation, respectively. A unified concept is proposed by connecting the oscillation-related stability with the inertial transient response originated from the imbalanced powers/mismatched currents. Besides this, the inertia plays the same role as damping because the inertia contributes to maintaining the original state and damping to impeding further change. A new feedback analytical method is proposed to clarify the important role of RoCoV and DCVN on the motion of dc voltage. Finally, the theoretical results are compared with simulations and experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Virtual synchronous generator (VSG), recognized as a grid-friendly control technique, contributes to providing inertia and damping support from the grid-tied power electronic systems. However, similar to the conventional synchronous generator, the VSG is vulnerable to wideband oscillations and can even become unstable when the system is subjected to a variety of disturbances. To tackle this issue, this article proposes a magnitude-phase motion equation (MPME) for grid-forming VSG attached to a weak grid. Besides, a feedback analytical method is introduced to identify the frequency dynamic stability, judged by the sign of (dω/dt)/δω. Besides, the rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) and frequency nadir (FN) are evaluated by the two indices, i.e., dω/dt and δω. In addition, the relationship between the low-inertia-RoCoF-FN-related stability and the weak-damping-oscillation-related stability is illustrated by the feedback analysis. Moreover, in the framework of MPME, a reactive-power feedforward (RPFF) decoupling control strategy is proposed for the enhancement of stability and robustness performance of the VSG system. Finally, the proposed modeling and the RPFF decoupling control strategy are demonstrated with the experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]