Harmonic suppression of active disturbance rejection control for virtual synchronous generators

Abstract

SummaryVirtual synchronous generators (VSGs) are comprised of an outer power loop and inner cascaded control loops. The dynamic performance of the output interface is severely degraded when microgrid loads exhibit variability and nonlinearity. Therefore, robustness against load disturbances must be possessed by any voltage control scheme. In this paper, a proportional resonance‐linear active disturbance rejection control (PR‐LADRC) scheme based on an improved linear extended state observer (ILESO) is proposed for VSG voltage control. In comparison with the traditional linear extended state observer (LESO), the differential state variable of the output voltage is utilized to increase the observation bandwidth; consequently, the proposed ILESO can effectively overcome the disadvantage of phase lag when tracking disturbances. Additionally, a proportional resonance controller is incorporated into the LESO feedforward channel to suppress voltage harmonics. The proposed scheme enhances the disturbance observation bandwidth compared to traditional strategies, resulting in a substantial improvement in both the disturbance observation capability of LADRC and the harmonic suppression ability of the VSG system. Theoretical analysis and simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed PR‐LADRC approach.