Person: Gubía Villabona, Eugenio
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Gubía Villabona
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Publication Open Access Robust multisampled capacitor voltage active damping for grid-connected power converters(Elsevier, 2019) Samanes Pascual, Javier; Urtasun Erburu, Andoni; Gubía Villabona, Eugenio; Petri, Alberto; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate PublikoaThe derivative feedback of the capacitor voltage is one of the most extended active damping strategies, used to eliminate stability problems in grid-connected power converters with an LCL filter. This strategy is equivalent to the implementation of a virtual impedance in parallel with the filter capacitor. This virtual impedance is strongly affected by the control loop delays and frequency, creating changes in the sign of the emulated virtual resistor, and raising instability regions where the active damping is ineffective. As a consequence, the LCL resonance frequency is restricted to vary, as the effective grid inductance changes, within the active damping stability region. This is an additional restriction imposed on the LCL filter design that can compromise the achievement of an optimised design. For this reason, in this work, a different strategy is presented; by adjusting the delay in the active damping feedback path, it becomes stable within the range where the LCL resonance frequency can be located for a given filter design, achieving a robust damping. Analytical expressions are provided to adjust this delay. To widen the stability region of the capacitor voltage derivative active damping, a multisampled derivative is implemented, overcoming its limitations close to the control Nyquist frequency. Experimental and simulation results validate the active damping strategy presented.Publication Open Access Multisampled-capacitor-voltage active damping for parallel interleaved grid connected voltage source converters with LCL filter(IEEE, 2017) Samanes Pascual, Javier; Gubía Villabona, Eugenio; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate PublikoaParallel interleaved converters for high power renewable energy systems present stability issues at the LCL resonance frequency. A multisampled measurement and filtering strategy is proposed to stabilize the system based on the capacitor voltage derivative active damping, overcoming its limitations for low switching power converters. The effects of the delays on the stability of the active damping strategy would be analysed. The solution developed is robust against grid inductance variations, ensuring the fulfilment of the stringent harmonic grid codes.Publication Open Access Active damping based on the capacitor voltage positive-feedback for grid-connected power converters with LCL filter(IEEE, 2019) Samanes Pascual, Javier; Gubía Villabona, Eugenio; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de ComunicaciónThe capacitor voltage positive-feedback is a widely extended active damping strategy. It can effectively damp the LCL output filter resonant poles for low ratios of resonance to sampling frequencies. However, the existing delays in the control loop limit the applicability of the capacitor-voltage positive-feedback. For high ratios of resonance to sampling frequencies, it becomes ineffective and can even destabilize the system. This limitation is overcome in this paper by adjusting the delay in the feedback path. With the delay adjustment, a robust damping can be achieved if the delays are properly considered, including the filters, and the grid impedance variations are taken into account. Simulation results validate the proposed active damping strategy.