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Abstract The injection of energy into the grid by investors is a Phase, amplitude and frequency of the utility voltage are
recent and attractive issue due to the new energy reforms that critical information for the operation of the grid-connected
have been made in recent years, which is why it is necessary to systems. The grid voltage monitoring is used to ensure that the
use, research and develop Systems interconnected to the electric performance of a grid-connected system comply with the
grid with a control scheme such as the one proposed in this work standard requirements for operation under comon utility
Due to the dynamics in the mathematical model of the inverter,
distortions In such applications, an accurate and fast detection
there are constant variations in the parameters of the plant,
therefore, to apply a control scheme that works robustly requires of the phase angle of the utility voltage is essential to assure
a control with a system able to adapt to these variations in the the correct generation of the reference signals. Thus,
time. It is therefore necessary to use two types of control phaselocked loop topologies must handle distorted utility
primarily in the design of an inverter, one in charge of voltages if they are intented to applications that required the
maintaining good voltage regulation at the output and another, a tracking of the utility voltage vector. The Phase-Locked Loop
control loop that is able to follow the frequency and phase of the (PLL) structure is a feedback control system that
low network Conditions of distortion in the wave. automatically adjusts the phase of a locally generated signal to
match the phase of an input signal.
For correct operation of inverter control, it is necessary that the
inverter is properly synchronized with the mains. This is
With the increasing demands for high-quality power sources, a
achievable by using a PLL. A PLL scheme used in three-phase
systems is based on the use of a synchronous frame of reference pulse-width modulated (PWM) inverter has been used as a key
(SRF). For single-phase systems, the direct application of an element for a high-performance power conversion system for
SRF, It is possible, but it is possible to generate a quadrature critical loads such as computers, medical equipment and
component with the voltage sign and to be able to apply the communication systems. A single-phase PWM inverter is
inverse Park transform. One way of producing quadrature generally used in low-power applications. To obtain a high-
components is implementing a delay, which is responsible for quality output, the PWM inverter should provide tight output
introducing a phase shift of 90 with respect to the fundamental voltage regulation, low total harmonic distortion (THD) and
frequency of the Input signal. low output impedance against load variations. Moreover, an
accurate reference tracking capability is also important
because modern power conversion systems are connected to
I. INTRODUCTION the utility and are operated in parallel for increasing usability
and reliability
In the design of an inverter connected to the grid to inject
energy, it is crucial to design a control loop[1] that made me II. PLLCONCEPTS BASICS
measure the frequency and phase of the electric grid to make
the inverter follow this instruction. The PLL circuit is a feedback system whose purpose Principal
principle in the generation of an output signal with fixed
The latter, a control loop called the PLL phase tracking loop, amplitude and frequency coincident with that of Input, within
is responsible for executing this task. a certain range
Figure 4A shows the basic model for a PLL. The PLL can
be analyzed as a negative feedback system using Laplace
Transform theory with a forward gain term, G(s), and a
feedback term, H(s), as shown in Figure 4B. The usual Fig. 5. Popular implementation of a Phase Frequency Detector (PFD).
equations for a negative feedback system apply.
Consider now how the circuit behaves if the system is out B. Preescalers
of lock and the frequency at +IN is much higher than the state the units for each quantity that you use in an equation.
frequency at IN, as shown in Figure 5A. Since the frequency
at +IN is much higher than that at IN, the UP output spends In the classical Integer-N synthesizer, the resolution of the
most of its time in the high state. The first rising edge on +IN output frequency is determined by the reference frequency
sends the output high and this is maintained until the first rising applied to the phase detector. So, for example, if 200 kHz
edge occurs on IN. In a practical system this means that the spacing is required (as in GSM phones), then the reference
output, and thus the input to the VCO, is driven higher, frequency must be 200 kHz. However, getting a stable 200
resulting in an increase in frequency at IN. This is exactly kHz frequency source is not easy. A sensible approach is to
what is desired. If the frequency on +IN were much lower than take a good crystal-based high frequency source and divide
on IN, the opposite effect would occur. The output at OUT it down. For example, the desired frequency spacing could
would spend most of its time in the low condition. This would be achieved by starting with a 10 MHz frequency reference
have the effect of driving the VCO in the negative direction and dividing it down by 50.
and again bring the frequency at IN much closer to that at
+IN, to approach the locked condition.