Work

Impedance Characteristics and Stability Enhancement of Sustainable Traction Power Supply System Integrated with Photovoltaic Power Generation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The integration of electric railways with renewable energy sources is crucial for advancing sustainable transportation and building clean, low-carbon, and efficient energy systems in alignment with global sustainable development goals. However, the application of photovoltaic (PV) integration into railway traction power supply systems may exacerbate resonance phenomena between electric locomotives and the traction network. It is therefore necessary to study the impedance frequency characteristics (IFCs) of traction networks to minimize harmonic resonance overvoltage. In this paper, a harmonic impedance model of the sustainable traction power supply system (STPSS) is established, and an impedance analysis method is adopted to reveal the influence law of grid-connected PV inverters on the IFCs of STPSSs. Additionally, to improve the stability of STPSSs, a multi-parameter co-tuning method based on an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed. This method constructs a multi-objective function that includes resonance frequency, impedance magnitude, and filtering cost, thereby realizing the automatic optimization of the control parameters and filtering parameters of PV inverters. The results demonstrate a 56% reduction in the maximum impedance magnitude within the 0–5 kHz frequency range and a 10.8% cost reduction in the LCL filter implementation, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed optimization model. Results show that the maximum impedance magnitude of the optimized system in the frequency range of 0–5 kHz can be reduced by 56%. Moreover, the cost of LCL filters can be reduced by 10.8% through component value optimization. These findings validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su172210055