Power sharing control of islanded ac microgrid considering droop control and virtual impedance

Microgrids appear as the key part of the future power systems that include distributed generators, renewable energy, and energy storage. In this paper a decentralized power sharing control scheme that includes droop control with virtual impedances with PI controllers for the voltage and current is proposed for an islanded AC microgrid with two voltage source inverters in parallel that share a residential load. To avoid circulating currents and unbalanced power sharing due to line impedance differences in the microgrid, virtual impedances are added. The proposed control scheme is implemented in MAT-LAB/Simulink to prove the proper operation under inductive behavior and mismatches in the line impedances of the microgrid system. © 2020 IEEE