Robust state feedback controller for photovoltaic inverter system using unbundled smart meter

Abstract

The paper proposes the integration of photovoltaics into distribution power system through inverter control and optimally managing the power flow based on smart energy meter data. The concept of Unbundled Smart Meter (USM) is used which to optimally integrate the inverter control logic with in the Smart meter which requires the construction of SMX (Smart Meter Extension) library. The proposed approach is adapted to make the design more robust and dynamic. State feedback controller has been designed to control the power flow to and from between the inverter and grid through USM and hence provide additional services to support grid operations. The proposed system gives the flexibility of adding numerous functionalities in the installed smart meter without the fuss of firmware change and hence integration of renewables to grid becomes more efficient as the meter’s instantaneous data are used in the dynamic control of the system. The validation of the proposed scheme is achieved by time domain simulations on MATLAB/Simulink R2018a platform along with Arduino programming on Proteus 8.1 software. These results are further assessed through Hardware experiment observations.