Research Article

Operation of Parallel Inverters in Microgrid Using New Adaptive PI Controllers Based on Least Mean Fourth Technique

Table 8

Comparative analysis of proposed controller with other linear/adaptive/nonlinear controllers.

ParametersProposed
Adaptive
Controller
Regular
PI Controller
Single-Neuron
Adaptive PI
Recursive Least Square Adaptive PISMC

Average steady-state error (%)< 0.5 %< 1 %< 0.5 %2 %1 %

Average settling time (s)0.5 s1 s1 s1.5 s1 s

overshoot (%)at the start of microgrid operation32 %34 %32 %34 %Large for short time
undershoot (%)7 %4 %4 %8 %0 %

Variation of controller performance with operating conditions (at time= 0 s and time = 2.5 s)Small - almost same optimum performanceLarge - optimum performance is not guaranteedMedium - almost same optimum performanceMedium - performance differ from one to anotherSmall - almost same performance