Virtual synchronous machine-based controller for multiple fast charging stations in grid stability support
• The proposed controller is combined with the battery SOC feedback input to the virtual synchronous motor (VSM) controller. As known, the VSM control is a controller which generates clean signal without any harmonics effect for PWM generation. This controller is for PCC stability in terms of voltage or frequency during charging condition and it works of the stability boundary control respond. • Generally, the battery SOC is been combined with different rated value of SOC to show the different rating of charging stations. This is to show if the controller can respond to several charging stations located near to PCC. • The controllers have been compared with the conventional Proportional Integral (PI) control structure without using the VSM strategies as the inner loop control and with the proposed controller by the authors. The results show that SOC-VSM controller is able to respond more faster on voltage stability at the PCC and the frequency can be respond more faster than others. Ancillary based controller is an emerging concept for efficient power flow, voltage regulation, and frequency response stability, crucial for grid support at the point of common coupling (PCC) during EV battery charging process. This paper introduces an improved virtual synchronous machine (i-VSM) control concept using state-of-charge (SOC) voltage feedback as a key parameter to generate a virtual flux model within the fast-charging station (FCS) based rectifier converter. The i-VSM was modelled using VSM reactive power loop and the SOC-driven charging voltage as a reference input to the VSM. Through this approach, the i-VSM adjusts the virtual 's field excitation to produces the electromagnetic force fed to the pulse generator, which generates the switching signals to control the rectifier converter output to match grid response deviation during FCS operation. The i-VSM model was tested across 150 kW and 300 kW -rated multiple FCS setups. The comparison of the i-VSM with a conventional VSM-PI controller-based FCS, demonstrated the i-VSM's superior performance in accurately maintaining a steady power response flow, voltage tracking and frequency regulation at the rated values at PCC. The detailed voltage output variable response, stability analysis (Bode diagram) and current total harmonic distortion comparison are included in this paper. Conclusively, the i-VSM model showcase its advantages in plant stability, dynamic response tracking capacity and reactive power injection regulation, marking it as a robust alternative to VSM-PI based controller in grid-to-vehicle charging scenarios.
Authors
- Félix Rafael Segundo Sevilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9562-3547)
- Petr Korba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5408-7653)
- A Ibáñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6721-2572)
- Shamsul Aizam Zulkifli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0012-763X)
- Kabir Momoh
- Arif Nur Afandi
Publication Details
- Journal
- e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering Electronics and Energy
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prime.2025.100925
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Microgrid Control and Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.43
Funders
- Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften