A Wide Range and Precise Active and Reactive Power Flow Controller for Fuel Cell Power Conditioning Systems

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dc.contributor.authorPark, Sung Yeulen
dc.contributor.committeechairLai, Jih-Shengen
dc.contributor.committeememberBaumann, William T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCenteno, Virgilio A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWang, Fei Freden
dc.contributor.committeememberNelson, Douglas J.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:15:11Zen
dc.date.adate2009-08-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:15:11Zen
dc.date.issued2009-07-27en
dc.date.rdate2009-08-20en
dc.date.sdate2009-08-13en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation aims to present a detailed analysis of the grid voltage disturbance in frequency domain for the current control design in the grid-tie inverter applications and to propose current control techniques in order to minimize its impact and maximize feasibility of the power conditioning system in distributed generations. Because the grid voltage is constantly changing, the inverter must be able to response to it. If the inverter is unable to respond properly, then the grid voltage power comes back to the system and damages the fuel cell power conditioning systems. A closed-loop dynamic model for the current control loop of the grid-tie inverter has been developed. The model explains the structure of the inverter admittance terms. The disturbance of the grid voltages has been analyzed in frequency domain. The admittance compensator has been proposed to prevent the grid voltage effect. The proposed lead-lag current control with admittance compensator transfers current properly without system failure. In order to get rid of the steady-state error of the feedback current, a proportional-resonant controller (PR) has been adopted. A PR control with admittance compensation provides great performance from zero power to full power operation. In addition, active and reactive power flow controller has been proposed based on the PR controller with admittance compensation. The proposed active and reactive power flow control scheme shows a wide range power flow control from pure leading power to pure lagging power. Finally, the proposed controller scheme has been verified its feasibility in three phase grid-tie inverter applications. First of all, a half-bridge grid-tie inverter has been designed with PR controller and admittance compensation. Then three individual grid-tie inverters has been combined and produced three phase current to the three phase grid in either balanced condition or unbalanced condition. The proposed control scheme can be applied not only single phase grid-tie inverter application, but also three phase grid-tie inverter application. This research can be applicable to the photovoltaic PCS as well. This technology makes renewable energy source more plausible for distributed generations.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-08132009-160401en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08132009-160401/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28645en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartSupark_Dissertation.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectProportional-Resonant Controlen
dc.subjectAdmittance Compensatoren
dc.subjectGrid-Tie Inverteren
dc.subjectPower Conditioning Systemen
dc.subjectSolid Oxide Fuel Cellen
dc.subjectActive Poweren
dc.subjectReactive Poweren
dc.titleA Wide Range and Precise Active and Reactive Power Flow Controller for Fuel Cell Power Conditioning Systemsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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