Control of a Three-Phase Grid-Connected

Inverter Under Non-Ideal Grid Conditions with

Online Parameter Update
Vikram Roy Chowdhury, Jonathan Kimball

Abstract— Three-phase grid-connected inverter modeling depends on the equivalent resistance and inductance between the
inverter and the grid. However, these parameters are not fixed during the operation of the inverter and vary with the operating
conditions. In this paper, a new globally stable adaptive controller is proposed to estimate these values online and update the
controller during its operation. A model reference adaptive system (MRAS) based on two fictitious quantities with no physical
significance is utilized, namely M = v . i* and N = v* × i, where v and i are the steady-state values of voltage and current in
synchronously rotating frame of reference. Detailed stability analysis of the proposed estimation technique has been presented
using a Lyapunov energy function-based approach proving the global stability of the technique. Small-signal modeling and
analysis of the proposed scheme has also been presented so as to understand the local dynamics of the system. The guidelines to
select the parameter of the proposed MRAS system along with updating the controller are elaborated in this paper. Detailed
simulation based on MATLAB/Simulink and PLECS, along with experimental studies through a Texas Instruments
TMS320F28377S microcontroller, validates the feasibility of the proposed control architecture.

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