Comparative Analysis of Control Techniques for PWM Rectifiers in Grid Connected Distributed Generation Systems Based on VOC and DPC

Abstract

This paper presents Virtual flux based and Voltage based control schemes for PWM rectifiers in grid connected distributed generation systems from renewable sources are presented. In particular, the so-called Voltage Oriented Control (VOC), Direct Power Control (DPC), two DPC based techniques to minimize the Common Mode (CM) emissions called DPC-EMC1 and DPC-EMC2 set up by the authors and their versions based on virtual flux. All the described techniques have been implemented using MATLAB/Simulink® (Classic version 8.2 Release name (R2013b)) and compared with each other. Theoretical background with results of simulations is provided. The advantages and disadvantages of the individual control strategies are documented.