Mitigation of Structural Harmonic Instability in Virtual Admittance-Based Grid-Forming Inverters via Mimicking Skin Effect

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Auteurs principaux: Lee, Jaekeun, Jung, Jae-Jung, Cui, Shenghui
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author Lee, Jaekeun
Jung, Jae-Jung
Cui, Shenghui
author_facet Lee, Jaekeun
Jung, Jae-Jung
Cui, Shenghui
contents The virtual admittance-current controller (VA-CC) scheme is widely employed to emulate an equivalent inductance in front of the internal voltage source of grid-forming inverters. However, recent studies have reported harmonic instabilities associated with VA-CC, motivating the need for a more physically interpretable understanding of their origin. This letter identifies a delay-independent structural mechanism of harmonic instability in the VA-CC scheme, wherein the interaction between the filter and virtual inductances introduces a non-passive second-order transfer-function term exhibiting negative resistance. To address this issue, a simple yet effective modification is proposed by integrating a parallel virtual resistor into the VA structure. This reconfiguration enhances the passivity of VA-CC scheme across the harmonic range by mimicking the skin effect which augments damping in high-frequency range, without altering the wellestablished current controller or voltage feedforward control. Experimental results validate that the proposed method achieves robust harmonic stability, whereas the conventional approach fails under identical grid conditions.
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spellingShingle Mitigation of Structural Harmonic Instability in Virtual Admittance-Based Grid-Forming Inverters via Mimicking Skin Effect
Lee, Jaekeun
Jung, Jae-Jung
Cui, Shenghui
Systems and Control
The virtual admittance-current controller (VA-CC) scheme is widely employed to emulate an equivalent inductance in front of the internal voltage source of grid-forming inverters. However, recent studies have reported harmonic instabilities associated with VA-CC, motivating the need for a more physically interpretable understanding of their origin. This letter identifies a delay-independent structural mechanism of harmonic instability in the VA-CC scheme, wherein the interaction between the filter and virtual inductances introduces a non-passive second-order transfer-function term exhibiting negative resistance. To address this issue, a simple yet effective modification is proposed by integrating a parallel virtual resistor into the VA structure. This reconfiguration enhances the passivity of VA-CC scheme across the harmonic range by mimicking the skin effect which augments damping in high-frequency range, without altering the wellestablished current controller or voltage feedforward control. Experimental results validate that the proposed method achieves robust harmonic stability, whereas the conventional approach fails under identical grid conditions.
title Mitigation of Structural Harmonic Instability in Virtual Admittance-Based Grid-Forming Inverters via Mimicking Skin Effect
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04221