Pelican Optimization Algorithm Based-PI Controller Tuning of Voltage Oriented Control in AC/DC Bi-directional Converter for Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid
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Hybrid AC/DC microgrids ensure high power quality by combining renewable energy sources (RES) and battery storage systems (BSS), which requires concurrent power sharing and sophisticated power management. In order to accomplish these goals, bidirectional power converters (BPC) are essential. To make power converters more reliable tuning the PI controller parameters using optimization techniques is very important that improves bidirectional operation of AC/DC converter and system performance. This work primarily focuses on voltage-oriented control (VOC) combined with active damping (AD) and an inner current control loop (ICCL), utilizing the Pelican Optimization Algorithm for tunning the parameters of a PI controller to develop a grid-connected bidirectional AC/DC converter (BADC). The suggested 21 kVA system modeled in MATLAB/SIMULINK. The system provides 7.06% less total harmonic distortion (THD) in case of without optimization technique that makes it a reliable and effective solution for hybrid AC/DC microgrid with RES and BSS.References
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