Phase reshaping via all-pass filters for robust LCL-filter active damping

• Main Authors: Yao, Wenli, Yang, Yongheng, Xu, Yan, Blaabjerg, Frede, Liu, Shuyong, Wilson, Gary
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Active Damping; All-Pass Filter
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160921
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Active damping is a common way to stabilize the current control of LCL-filtered converters. In this paper, the stable region of-180° phase crossing is first identified within a predefined range of grid impedance and LCL parameter variations. Once the phase of the current control loop is in the identified region, a stabilization control can be attained. Subsequently, digital filters can be adopted to achieve active damping by reshaping the open-loop phase. Various digital filters are selected and benchmarked in this paper. It is confirmed that the all-pass filter has a unity gain and adjustable lagging phase before the Nyquist frequency, thereby being a promising solution to the phase reshaping. Therefore, the all-pass filter is employed to move the phase of the open-loop control (i.e.,-180° phase crossing) into the targeted region for active damping. Notably, the current controller and the all-pass filter-based active damping can be separately designed, indicating the easy implementation of the active damping. Experimental tests demonstrate that the proposed method can ensure the system stability over a wide range of parameter variations (e.g., grid impedance changes and LCL-filter parameter drifts) while maintaining fast dynamics with the grid-side current control.