ISSN(Online) : 2319 - 8753 ISSN (Print) : 2347 - 6710 International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (An ISO 3297: 2007 Certified Organization) Vol. 4, Special Issue 6, May 2015 Copyright to IJIRSET www.ijirset.com 1244 Analysis of Grid Inverter System Using LCL Filter Based on Active and Passive Damping Methods R.Raja 1 , Dr.C.Nagarajan 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Salem College of Engineering and Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India 1 Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Muthayammal Engineering College, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India 2 ABSTRACT : The shortage of electric power is the major problem now-a-days. As the conventional energy sources are depleting at a faster rate, there is an urgent need to investigate the alternative energy sources which help to solve the problem. The Renewable Energy Sources (RES) like wind, solar, tidal, bio mass etc., serve this purpose. But these are intermittent in nature and cannot be integrated to the present utility grid directly. Thus, to overcome the above problem power electronic converters are used. These converters should be controlled in such way that the stability of the overall system is maintained. In this project, the control of grid connected inverter with LCL filter is studied. The LCL filter is an effective solution for the interconnection of the RES to the grid but suffers from the problem of resonance. To overcome the above drawback active and passive damping methods are proposed. And also a control strategy to reduce the lower order harmonics is proposed. The proposed control strategy is simulated in MATLAB SIMULINK environment. KEYWORDS : LCL filter, active and passive damping methods, shunt and series connected LCL filter, reducing low order harmonics. I. INTRODUCTION At present, there is an exponential rise in the power demand and to meet this demand the existing energy resources are not sufficient. And also these resources are depleting day- by-day. So there is an urgent need to develop the power generation from Renewable Energy Sources (RES) which provide a reliable alternative for the conventional energy sources. These also have the advantage of cleaner energy production by reducing carbon emission, thereby being environmental friendly. But the main drawback of these RES is their intermittent nature, which causes difficulty in extracting power all the time in a day. As these are the only option left to meet the increasing energy demand, they (RES) should be modeled in such a way to overcome this drawback. These RES are synchronized to the grid through a dc- link and an inverter. To ensure stable operation of the grid, the voltage and frequency of the power injected by the RES should match with that of the grid. To achieve this, perfect control of the grid-side inverter is required in spite of the intermittent nature of RES. This project presents the modeling of the grid side inverter and proposes a control strategy for better synchronization of the RES to the grid. The Renewable Energy Sources are connected to the utility grid through a power electronic converter and a filter. Fig.1 Block Diagram of Grid Connected System