Offset-free Data-Driven Predictive Control for Grid-Connected Power Converters in Weak Grid Faults

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Main Authors: Kraayeveld, Ivo, de Jong, Thomas, Lazar, Mircea
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Published: 2025
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author Kraayeveld, Ivo
de Jong, Thomas
Lazar, Mircea
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de Jong, Thomas
Lazar, Mircea
contents Grid-connected power converters encounter significant stability challenges during weak grid faults, when conventional PI-based controllers exhibit an oscillatory response and poor fault-ride-through performance. This paper addresses this problem by replacing the conventional outer PI controllers that regulate DC-link and PCC voltages with an offset-free data-driven predictive controller. The developed algorithm leverages either pre-fault or fault-time data to construct input-output predictors, yielding offset-free control without the need for physics-based modelling. Simulation results show that pre-fault offset-free DPC doubles the critical equivalent grid impedance that can be handled and reduces the root mean squared error during faults by a factor of 40, while maintaining computation times comparable to conventional PI control. These findings demonstrate that the developed offset-free data predictive controller offers a simple, robust, and computationally efficient alternative to conventional control, significantly enhancing fault-ride-through capabilities of converters in weak grids.
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spellingShingle Offset-free Data-Driven Predictive Control for Grid-Connected Power Converters in Weak Grid Faults
Kraayeveld, Ivo
de Jong, Thomas
Lazar, Mircea
Systems and Control
Grid-connected power converters encounter significant stability challenges during weak grid faults, when conventional PI-based controllers exhibit an oscillatory response and poor fault-ride-through performance. This paper addresses this problem by replacing the conventional outer PI controllers that regulate DC-link and PCC voltages with an offset-free data-driven predictive controller. The developed algorithm leverages either pre-fault or fault-time data to construct input-output predictors, yielding offset-free control without the need for physics-based modelling. Simulation results show that pre-fault offset-free DPC doubles the critical equivalent grid impedance that can be handled and reduces the root mean squared error during faults by a factor of 40, while maintaining computation times comparable to conventional PI control. These findings demonstrate that the developed offset-free data predictive controller offers a simple, robust, and computationally efficient alternative to conventional control, significantly enhancing fault-ride-through capabilities of converters in weak grids.
title Offset-free Data-Driven Predictive Control for Grid-Connected Power Converters in Weak Grid Faults
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14337