Abstract
This paper demonstrates how three-phase distribution networks composed of voltage-source inverters can be modeled as a single unified equivalent-circuit network realized with familiar circuit elements. Such a model is derived by representing all physical- and control-subsystem dynamics as equivalent circuits. Two versions are put forth: the first captures averaged dynamics; while the second is a steady-state version of the first and it captures the power-flow solution in sinusoidal steady state. The main challenge in undertaking such an effort is presented by the fact that inverters are composed of subsystems (filters, pulse width modulators, phase-locked loops, controllers, direct-quadrature reference-frame transformations) that belong to multiple domains (physical and control). We demonstrate how all these constituent subsystems can be transcribed as equivalent circuits which then promote a single and unified circuit model that captures network physical- and control-layer dynamics. Numerical simulations for a representative distribution network compare results from the averaged model and the steady-state model with high-fidelity switch-level simulations. The results establish the validity of the circuit-based models and the computational benefits of the proposed approach.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021 |
Editors | Tung X. Bui |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
Pages | 3242-3251 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780998133140 |
State | Published - 2021 |
Event | 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Jan 4 2021 → Jan 8 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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Volume | 2020-January |
ISSN (Print) | 1530-1605 |
Conference
Conference | 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 1/4/21 → 1/8/21 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This material is based upon work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Agreement Number EE0009025. Brian Johnson was also supported by the Washington Research Foundation.
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