# Research on a Novel AC/DC Hybrid Microgrid Based on Silicon Controlled Converters and Polarity Reversal Switches

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new AC/DC hybrid microgrid design using SCCs and PRSs to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance stability.

## Contribution

A novel AC/DC hybrid microgrid structure using SCCs and PRSs for bidirectional power flow and low-cost control.

## Key findings

- The proposed structure enables bidirectional power flow and provides a low-cost control solution.
- Simulation analysis confirms the feasibility of the new microgrid structure under various PRS states.
- The new design outperforms traditional structures in economics, efficiency, and stability.

## Abstract

In order to reduce the economic costs, enhance the efficiency, and improve the structural stability of microgrids, this paper proposes a novel AC/DC hybrid microgrid structure. This structure, based on Silicon Controlled Converters (SCCs) and Polarity Reversal Switches (PRSs), enables bidirectional power flow and provides a low-cost and straightforward control solution. This paper elaborates on the overall control strategy of the microgrid under different states of the PRS and introduces the control logic of the Current Reversible Chopper (CRC) circuit. For typical daily scenarios across the four seasons, where wind and photovoltaic (PV) power generation outputs and load demands vary, this study combines sampled data to investigate the coordinated configuration scheme of wind energy, PV energy, and energy storage within the microgrid, and analyzes the state changes in the PRS. Furthermore, this paper conducts simulation analysis of the microgrid under different states of the PRS and during the switching process of the PRS, verifying the feasibility of the proposed new structure. Finally, this paper compares the proposed structure with traditional microgrid structures in terms of economics, system efficiency, and structural stability, and analyzes the impact of this structure on the frequency, inertia, and multi-energy interaction of the system.