Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters

Prasanta Achanta; Mohit Sinha; Brian Johnson; Sairaj Dhople; Dragan Maksimovic

doi:10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters

Prasanta Achanta, Mohit Sinha, Brian Johnson, Sairaj Dhople, Dragan Maksimovic

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

7 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper describes a virtual oscillator based approach to synchronize series-connected single-phase inverters. Each inverter controller includes a digital implementation of a Van der Pol oscillator. When connected in series, such inverters synchronize automatically, without the need for a central controller, communication channels, phase locked loops, or additional hardware such as powerline communication. A linearization-based analysis is used to prove system stability of the synchronized state. The approach is experimentally verified on a 180 W system consisting of three 60 W inverters.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)	9781538655412
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975
State	Published - Sep 10 2018
Event	19th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018 - Padova, Italy Duration: Jun 25 2018 → Jun 28 2018

Publication series

Name	2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018

Other

Other	19th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Padova
Period	6/25/18 → 6/28/18

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office under Contract No. DE-EE0000-1583. The work of M. Sinha and S. Dhople was supported by the National Science Foundation under award no. 1509277.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.

Access

10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

Achanta, P., Sinha, M., Johnson, B., Dhople, S., & Maksimovic, D. (2018). Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters. In 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018 Article 8459975 (2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters. / Achanta, Prasanta; Sinha, Mohit; Johnson, Brian et al.
2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8459975 (2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Achanta, P, Sinha, M, Johnson, B, Dhople, S & Maksimovic, D 2018, Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters. in 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018., 8459975, 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 19th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018, Padova, Italy, 6/25/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

Achanta P, Sinha M, Johnson B, Dhople S, Maksimovic D. Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters. In 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. 8459975. (2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018). doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

@inproceedings{eb4a1f7a1a67481abed9062c99c996ad,

title = "Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters",

abstract = "This paper describes a virtual oscillator based approach to synchronize series-connected single-phase inverters. Each inverter controller includes a digital implementation of a Van der Pol oscillator. When connected in series, such inverters synchronize automatically, without the need for a central controller, communication channels, phase locked loops, or additional hardware such as powerline communication. A linearization-based analysis is used to prove system stability of the synchronized state. The approach is experimentally verified on a 180 W system consisting of three 60 W inverters.",

author = "Prasanta Achanta and Mohit Sinha and Brian Johnson and Sairaj Dhople and Dragan Maksimovic",

note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office under Contract No. DE-EE0000-1583. The work of M. Sinha and S. Dhople was supported by the National Science Foundation under award no. 1509277. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 19th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018 ; Conference date: 25-06-2018 Through 28-06-2018",

year = "2018",

month = sep,

day = "10",

doi = "10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975",

language = "English (US)",

isbn = "9781538655412",

series = "2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018",

publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",

booktitle = "2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters

AU - Achanta, Prasanta

AU - Sinha, Mohit

AU - Johnson, Brian

AU - Dhople, Sairaj

AU - Maksimovic, Dragan

N1 - Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office under Contract No. DE-EE0000-1583. The work of M. Sinha and S. Dhople was supported by the National Science Foundation under award no. 1509277. Publisher Copyright: © 2018 IEEE.

PY - 2018/9/10

Y1 - 2018/9/10

N2 - This paper describes a virtual oscillator based approach to synchronize series-connected single-phase inverters. Each inverter controller includes a digital implementation of a Van der Pol oscillator. When connected in series, such inverters synchronize automatically, without the need for a central controller, communication channels, phase locked loops, or additional hardware such as powerline communication. A linearization-based analysis is used to prove system stability of the synchronized state. The approach is experimentally verified on a 180 W system consisting of three 60 W inverters.

AB - This paper describes a virtual oscillator based approach to synchronize series-connected single-phase inverters. Each inverter controller includes a digital implementation of a Van der Pol oscillator. When connected in series, such inverters synchronize automatically, without the need for a central controller, communication channels, phase locked loops, or additional hardware such as powerline communication. A linearization-based analysis is used to prove system stability of the synchronized state. The approach is experimentally verified on a 180 W system consisting of three 60 W inverters.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054522992&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85054522992&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

DO - 10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8459975

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85054522992

SN - 9781538655412

T3 - 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018

BT - 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

T2 - 19th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL 2018

Y2 - 25 June 2018 through 28 June 2018

ER -

Self-synchronizing Series-connected Inverters

Abstract

Publication series

Other

Bibliographical note

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this