STABILIZATION OF DC-GRID VOITAGE FED SINGLE PHASE

BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTER USING HYBRID ENERGY SOURCE

ABSTRACT
Renewable power generation systems grow rapidly. By nature, renewable power is
not continuous and reliable. It will be converted into dc form and buffered with energy
storage elements. This brings dc-driving opportunities for electric appliance and equipment
which are mostly supplied with dc voltage sources. However, the distributed generation
systems require bidirectional converter to control the power flow between dc bus and ac grid,
and to regulate the dc bus to a certain range of voltages.
This paper presents dc-bus voltage control with a single-phase bidirectional inverter
for dc distribution systems. The bidirectional inverter can fulfill both grid connection and
rectification modes with power factor correction approaches. When the system is operated in
grid-connection mode, it needs a higher dc-bus voltage to prevent dramatic voltage drop
below the lower bound due to a step dc load increase. And the system requires a lower dc-bus
voltage to extend the range of voltage swing in rectification mode. In the literature, there are
some power flow controls for dc distribution system with constant-power loads, such as
general dc/dc converters. The bidirectional converter can fulfill both grid connection and
rectification with power factor correction. This method can prevent dc-bus voltage from wide
variation and improve the availability of the dc distribution systems without increasing dcbus capacitance. A power distribution system requires a bi-directional inverter to control the
power flow between dc bus and ac grid, and to regulate the dc bus to a certain range of
voltages, in which dc load may change abruptly. This will result in high dc-bus voltage
variation. In this paper, we take into account this variation and propose an on-line regulation
mechanism according to the inductor current levels to balance power flow and enhance the
dynamic performance. Additionally, for power compensation and islanding protection, the
bi-directional inverter can shift its current commands according to the specified power factor
at ac grid side. Simulated and Experimental results obtained from a 5kW single-phase bidirectional converter have verified the analysis and discussion.