Positive-Mode-Damping Stability Criterion Application and Damping Solutions in Microgrid-Integrated Transmission Grids

Stability problems are increasing in current power systems with a large number of electronic converters, such as microgrids (MGs) and microgrid clusters (MGCs). Frequency-domain methods, commonly used to analyse traditional power system stability, can also be extended to MGs. In particular, the posi...

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Main Authors: Oriol Cartiel, Pablo Horrillo-Quintero, Juan-José Mesas, Pablo García-Triviño, Raúl Sarrias-Mena, Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez, Luis Sainz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/12/3089
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Summary:Stability problems are increasing in current power systems with a large number of electronic converters, such as microgrids (MGs) and microgrid clusters (MGCs). Frequency-domain methods, commonly used to analyse traditional power system stability, can also be extended to MGs. In particular, the positive-mode-damping (PMD) stability criterion is a simple and practical method to evaluate the stability of multi-terminal power electronics-based systems, making it a powerful tool for addressing stability issues in MGCs. This paper extends the application of the PMD stability criterion to assess stability in MGC-integrated transmission grids. Moreover, it presents two bandpass filter-based active and passive damping compensators and examines their effectiveness in mitigating instabilities in MGCs. A modified IEEE three-bus power system integrating an MGC is used to conduct a small-signal harmonic stability study and apply active and passive damping solutions with the PMD stability criterion. The modified IEEE three-bus power system is implemented in real-time simulations using a hardware-in-the-loop setup with OPAL-RT4512 to validate the results obtained from MATLAB/Simulink R2022a simulations.
ISSN:1996-1073