Use of Grid-Forming Medium-Voltage Power Electronics Hub in a Microgrid Setting

Xie, Fuhong; Roy Chowdhury, Vikram; Prabakar, Kumaraguru (ORCID:0000000229620743); Singh, Akanksha; Choi, Jongchan; Adib, Aswad; Pinto, Joao Onofre Pereira; Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan

doi:10.1109/isgt-la56058.2023.10328307

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Use of Grid-Forming Medium-Voltage Power Electronics Hub in a Microgrid Setting

Xie, Fuhong·Roy Chowdhury, Vikram·Prabakar, Kumaraguru (ORCID:0000000229620743)·Singh, Akanksha·Choi, Jongchan·Adib, Aswad·Pinto, Joao Onofre Pereira·Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan

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This paper presents the application of a new design of a multiport, modular, medium-voltage power electronics hub (M3PE-HUB) in a microgrid setting. The M3PE-HUB system was modeled in a digital real-time simulator (DRTS) and integrated into the Banshee microgrid test system. This paper presents the preliminary DRTS simulation-based results of the M3PE-HUB system connected in a test microgrid system. Verification and validation of the M3PE-HUB architecture and controls in the test microgrid setting are the primary contributions of this work. The results of the operation during the islanding and resynchronization process indicate the feasibility of the proposed architecture in a microgrid setting. This paper also presents results for a system reconfiguration use case where the M3PE-HUB was used to reconfigure the system under a fault condition.

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Xie, Fuhong, Roy Chowdhury, Vikram, Prabakar, Kumaraguru (ORCID:0000000229620743), Singh, Akanksha, Choi, Jongchan, Adib, Aswad, Pinto, Joao Onofre Pereira, Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan. 2024-09-27. Use of Grid-Forming Medium-Voltage Power Electronics Hub in a Microgrid Setting. https://doi.org/10.1109/isgt-la56058.2023.10328307

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