Control of Power Inverters for Smart Grids
Qing-Chang Zhong
The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Qing-Chang Zhong is the Chair Professor in Control and Systems Engineering at University of Sheffield, UK, and a Specialist recognised by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Power Electronics Society and the UK Representative to European Control Association and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of US NSF FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State University and the Rolls-Royce UTP Board in Power Electronics Systems. He (co-)authored three research monographs, including Control of Power Inverters in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2013), and proposed the architecture for next-generation smart grids (CAPS) based on the synchronisation mechanism of synchronous generators. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE TPEL/TIE/TCST/Access and European Journal of Control.
Abstract
Smart grids have become one of the main enablers to address energy and sustainability issues worldwide. Arguably, the integration of renewable and distributed energy sources, energy storage and demand-side resources into smart... [ view full abstract ]
Smart grids have become one of the main enablers to address energy and sustainability issues worldwide. Arguably, the integration of renewable and distributed energy sources, energy storage and demand-side resources into smart grids, often via inverters, is the largest “new frontier” for smart grid advancements. Inverters, which convert DC electricity from sources such as batteries, solar panels, or fuel cells to AC electricity, are the common interface to integrate renewable energy and distributed generation into smart grids. Inverters are also widely used in uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), induction heating, high-voltage DC (HVDC) transmission, variable-frequency drives, electric vehicle (EV) drives, air conditioning, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) etc. and, hence, have become a key device for many energy-related applications. There are several important control problems associated with inverters, e.g. power quality control, power flow control, grid-friendly integration of inverters, parallel operation of inverters and synchronisation. This tutorial will focus on presenting advanced control strategies, accompanied with experimental results, to systematically address these problems, based on the research monograph entitled Control of Power Inverters in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration recently published by Wiley-IEEE Press.
Session
Tue-2b » Tutorial, Zhong (13:30 - Tuesday, 24th June, ENG2002)
