In order to gain the same amplitude、frequency and phase between the output voltage of the inverter and the grid voltage, the phase-locked loop (PLL) technology is widely used in grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) generating system, which is normally used to obtain instantaneous phase information to achieve the grid-connected purpose of PV inverter. The detective accuracy of frequency and phase of the grid voltage is directly affected by the PLL. Two software PLL technologies are compared by using the simulation analysis which is based on the d-q transformation. To provide the basis for the design of grid-connected inverter, the advantages and disadvantages of two software PLL technologies are analyzed under different grid failure conditions, such as one phase voltage dropped, two of three phase voltage (TPV) dropped, grid frequency mutated, and grid voltage offset, etc. Particularly, the appropriate PLL technology can effectively improve the grid-connected ability of PV inverter under the grid voltage offset or unbalance conditions.
A novel phase locked loop scheme for grid voltage synchronisation using the energy operator