Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (9): 3434-3443.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2025.0191

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Modeling and stability analysis of grid-forming energy storage converter connected to AC power grid

Zijun BIN1(), Xiangping KONG1, Yunhui HUANG2(), Jixiang WANG2, Beibei QI1, Hao JIANG2   

  1. 1.Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co. , Ltd. , Nanjing 211103, Jiangsu, China
    2.Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
  • Received:2025-03-03 Revised:2025-04-25 Online:2025-09-28 Published:2025-09-05
  • Contact: Yunhui HUANG E-mail:binzijun@gmail.com;h.yunhui@whut.edu.cn

Abstract:

To meet the practical demand for safe and stable operation of new power systems, it is important to study the control strategy and stability mechanism of grid-forming (GFM) energy storage converters. This study establishes a small-signal impedance model of a GFM energy storage system connected to an AC power grid based on droop control. The impedance model expression in complex vector form is used to simplify the modeling process, and the dynamic characteristics of the active power loop are analyzed. The impedance model is verified through frequency sweep and time-domain simulations. Subsequently, the small-signal stability of the GFM energy storage system connected to the grid is analyzed using the generalized Nyquist criterion, with theoretical results consistent with time-domain simulation analysis. The results indicate that as the active power droop coefficient and short-circuit ratio increase, system stability deteriorates. This finding is further validated on a physical experimental platform.

Key words: grid-forming energy storage converter, impedance model, stability analysis, generalized Nyquist criterion

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