Control stability of inverters with series-compensated transmission lines: analysis and improvement

With the rapid development of renewable energy, large amounts of power need to be transmitted to load centers, and series-capacitor compensation (SCC) plays an important role in renewable power transmission. However, it has been pointed out that SCC interacts with inverters and threatens system stability. This paper investigates the influence of SCC on inverter control, and proposes strategies for enhancing system stability based on the instability mechanism. First, the impacts of SCC on inverter current control and synchronization control are analyzed. A current control model is established by a system transfer function, and a synchronization control model focusing on transient stability is established based on the traditional synchronous reference frame phase-locked loop (SRF-PLL). Bode and nonlinear analysis methods are utilized in the stability analysis of both current control and synchronization control. It is found that SCC has little effect on inverter current control. However, it seriously affects synchronization control. SCC reduces the stability range of synchronization control, and causes system instability when there is a large frequency disturbance. In order to improve system stability, two approaches have been proposed. These approaches are optimizing a PI controller, and designing a band-pass filter (BPF) inside the PLL. Finally, simulations and experiments are presented to verify the correctness of theories.