Emerging grid-forming power converters for renewable energy and storage resources integration–A review

H Pishbahar, F Blaabjerg, H Saboori - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition from bulk and dispatchable generation to renewable and storage systems is
revolutionizing and challenging the grid. The inertia deficiency because of renewable …

Grid-forming converter and stability aspects of renewable-based low-inertia power networks: Modern trends and challenges

S Alshahrani, K Khan, M Abido, M Khalid - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2024 - Springer
The broad demonstration of grid-forming converters (GFMs) in microgrid applications has
been well documented. Following this, the idea of GFM was assessed for its potential use in …

Fault ride‐through control based on voltage prioritization for grid‐forming converters

S Dadjo Tavakoli, E Prieto‐Araujo… - IET Renewable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses that the existing grid codes on the fault ride‐through (FRT) operation
have certain complications to be implemented in the grid‐forming (GFM) converters. In …

Interconnecting power converter control role assignment in grids with multiple ac and dc subgrids

JA Soler, D Groß, EP Araujo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In emerging Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current (MT-HVDC) systems interconnecting
different Alternating Current (AC) asynchronous areas by means of Interconnecting Power …

[HTML][HTML] Improved comprehensive energy-based control for MMC-HVDC system

X Shi, R Yang, X Cai, Z Fang, P Dong, F Rao - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interconnection of two non-synchronous AC grids is one of the promising applications in
the modular multilevel converter (MMC) based high-voltage direct-current transmission …

Impact analysis of energy-based control structures for grid-forming and grid-following MMC on power system dynamics based on eigenproperties indices

J Arévalo-Soler, E Sánchez-Sánchez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the impact of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) energy control
in the system dynamics when grid-forming and grid-following control schemes are used in …

An AC fault ride through method for MMC-HVDC system in offshore applications including DC current-limiting inductors

H Ye, W Cao, W Chen, H Wu, G He… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current-limiting inductors (CLIs) are commonly used to suppress DC fault current to
safely trip DC circuit breakers in MMC-HVDC systems, but it significantly jeopardizes DC …

Systematic and optimal design of droop-controlled MMCs in MT-HVDC networks

E Sánchez-Sánchez, E Prieto-Araujo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Multi-terminal High-Voltage Direct-Current (MT-HVDC) Voltage Source Converter
(VSC) based grids are arising as an extension of point-to-point connections, aiming at …

Blackstart capability of modular multilevel converters from partially-rated integrated energy storage

Z Blatsi, PD Judge, SJ Finney… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses blackstart provision enabled by Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC)
with integrated partially-rated Energy Storage (ES) systems. It is demonstrated that ES units …

Small-signal stability and hardware validation of dual-port grid-forming interconnecting power converters in hybrid AC/DC grids

J Arévalo-Soler, M Nahalparvari, D Groß… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interconnecting power converters (IPCs) are the main elements enabling the interconnection
of multiple high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) …