A Small-Signal Stability Criterion for DC Microgrid Based on Extended-Gershgorin Theorem

Recent years have witnessed emerging oscillation stability issues in DC microgrid via power electronic converters. Considering the confidentiality of the parameters and structure of power electronic devices, the impedance method is widely used to study the small signal stability. However, the stability assessment based on traditional impedance model and Gershgorin Theorem have some shortcomings for multiple converters DC microgrid. This may lead to the problem that the stability analysis results are not accurate enough or the criteria cannot be applied. In this article, the system is modeled as a medium and high dimensional negative feedback system. Further, a sufficient stability criterion based on extended Gershgorin Theorem is developed through reshaping the range of eigenvalues estimation for the non-diagonal advantage system. Finally, the validity of the criterion is verified by a 6 converters system. Test results indicate the proposed method has the potential to assess the high-order system stability with low computational complexity. Moreover, its low conservatism as a sufficient criterion is helpful to guide the system design.