scholarly journals Fuzzy-Based Distributed Cooperative Secondary Control with Stability Analysis for Microgrids

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 399
Author(s):  
Mahmuda Begum ◽  
Mohsen Eskandari ◽  
Mohammad Abuhilaleh ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Jianguo Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Cooperative Control ◽  
Dynamic Behaviour ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Secondary Control

This research suggests a novel distributed cooperative control methodology for a secondary controller in islanded microgrids (MGs). The proposed control technique not only brings back the frequency/voltage to its reference values, but also maintains precise active and reactive power-sharing among distributed generation (DG) units by means of a sparse communication system. Due to the dynamic behaviour of distributed secondary control (DSC), stability issues are a great concern for a networked MG. To address this issue, the stability analysis is undertaken systematically, utilizing the small-signal state-space linearized model of considering DSC loops and parameters. As the dynamic behaviour of DSC creates new oscillatory modes, an intelligent fuzzy logic-based parameter-tuner is proposed for enhancing the system stability. Accurate tuning of the DSC parameters can develop the functioning of the control system, which increases MG stability to a greater extent. Moreover, the performance of the offered control method is proved by conducting a widespread simulation considering several case scenarios in MATLAB/Simscape platform. The proposed control method addresses the dynamic nature of the MG by supporting the plug-and-play functionality, and working even in fault conditions. Finally, the convergence and comparison study of the offered control system is shown.

scholarly journals Vector Control of VSC HVDC System under Single Line to Ground Fault Condition

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Prabodha Kumar Rath ◽  
Kanhu Charan Bhuyan
Keyword(s):  
Vector Control ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Method ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Voltage Source Converter ◽  
Control Loop ◽  
Hvdc System ◽  
Ground Fault

<span lang="EN-US">This paper proposes a model of a VSC (voltage source converter) based Back to Back HVDC system and its control technique under fault condition. From the mathematical model of the system relationship between the controlling and the controlled variables is determined to control the system parameters. An appropriate vector control technique is used to control active and reactive power and to maintain DC link voltage. The proposed controlling unit consists of outer control loop and inner control loop which effectively damped out the system oscillation and maintains the system stability. The validity of the model and the feasibility of the control method have been proved by the simulation results. In this paper the system performance is studied under fault condition is studied.</span>

scholarly journals Distributed Adaptive Virtual Impedance for Reactive Power Sharing in Microgrid

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Harini M and Dr.S.Chitra
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Environment Simulation ◽  
Control Stability ◽  
Virtual Impedance

The concept of microgrid has been developed to realize flexible coordination control among Distributed Generation (DG) units, improve the power quality supplied to customers. The problem such as the power quality and the system stability due to the intermittency of the renewable energy sources and the fluctuating load profile. The reactive power sharing done by droop control method but reactive power is not accurately shared if there is a local load at each DG. In this paper adaptive virtual impedance control is used to improve the power control stability and sharing performance of real and reactive power sharing is compared by using MATLAB/Simulink environment. Simulation results shows the effectiveness of the proposed method is achieving load reactive power sharing and the voltage restoration is settles in less time.

scholarly journals Secondary Control for Storage Power Converters in Isolated Nanogrids to Allow Peer-to-Peer Power Sharing

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva González-Romera ◽  
Enrique Romero-Cadaval ◽  
Carlos Roncero-Clemente ◽  
Mercedes Ruiz-Cortés ◽  
Fermín Barrero-González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Hierarchical Control ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Primary Control ◽  
Secondary Control ◽  
Control Loops ◽  
Energy Interchange

It is usual in literature that power sharing among grid-forming sources of an isolated microgrid obeys their energy rating, instead of economic agreements between stakeholders, and circulating energy among them is usually avoided. However, these energy interchanges make strong sense and classical power sharing methods must be reformulated in the context of prosumer-based microgrids. This paper proposes a secondary control method for a prosumer-based low-voltage nanogrid that allows for energy interchange between prosumers, where storage systems, together with PV generators, are the controllable grid-forming sources. A power flow technique adapted to islanded microgrids is used for secondary control algorithm and the whole hierarchical control strategy for the prosumer converter is simulated and validated. This hierarchical control consists of three stages: tertiary control plans the energy interchange among prosumers, secondary obtains different voltage and power setpoints for each of the grid-forming sources, and, finally, primary control guarantees stable voltage and frequency values within the nanogrid with droop rules. Inner control loops for the power converter are also defined to track setpoints and assure stable performance. Simulation tests are carried out, which prove the stability of the proposed methods and the accuracy of the setpoint tracking.

scholarly journals Consensus Control for Reactive Power Sharing Using an Adaptive Virtual Impedance Approach

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed S. Alsafran ◽  
Malcolm W. Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Rate Of Convergence ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Triangle Mesh ◽  
Secondary Control ◽  
Consensus Control ◽  
Communication Topology ◽  
Virtual Impedance

Reactive power sharing among distributed generators (DGs) in islanded microgrids (MGs) presents control challenges, particularly in the mismatched feeder line condition. Improved droop control methods independently struggle to resolve this issue and centralized secondary control methods exhibit a high risk of collapse for the entire MG system under any failure in the central control. Distributed secondary control methods have been recently proposed to mitigate the reactive power error evident in the presence of mismatched feeder lines. This paper details a mathematical model of an adaptive virtual impedance control that is based on both leaderless and leader-followers consensus controls with a novel triangle mesh communication topology to ensure accurate active and reactive power sharing. The approach balances an enhanced rate of convergence with the anticipated implementation cost. A MATLAB/Simulink model with six DG units validates the proposed control performance under three different communication structures: namely, ring, complete, and triangle mesh topologies. The results suggest that leaderless consensus control is a reliable option with large DG systems, while the leader-followers consensus control is suitable for the small systems. The triangle mesh communication topology provides a compromise approach balancing the rate of convergence and the expected cost. The extensibility and scalability are advantages of this topology over the alternate ring and complete topologies.

scholarly journals Analysis of Cross-Connected Half-Bridges Multilevel Inverter for STATCOM Application

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1898
Author(s):  
Yuan Li ◽  
Muhammad Humayun
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Multilevel Inverter ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Static Synchronous Compensator ◽  
Passive Element ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
In Series ◽  
Proportional Integral Controller

This paper suggested a single-phase cross-connected half-bridges multilevel inverter (cchb-mli) topology for static synchronous compensator (statcom) applications. The proposed mli structure consists of cross-connected multilevel cells connected in series with a more optimized number of devices to synthesize a higher number of voltage steps. Each cell in the structure consists of a set of switches and a dc-capacitor. Typically, when several dc-capacitors are used in an inverter, the dc voltages fluctuation occurs due to tolerance between passive element and asymmetric switch losses. A dual-loop control technique has been proposed with level-shifted pulse width modulation pwm to overcome these issues. The proposed methodology balances the dc-voltages using a proportional-integral controller by adjusting the switch duty cycle. The control method helps offset the issue of aggravated fluctuation while preserving the delivered reactive power distributed equally among the dc-capacitors at the same time. A thorough comparison is made between the proposed inverter concerning the number of components and efficiency to demonstrate the effectiveness of previous topologies. Moreover, a simulation model built in simulink and experimental results take from laboratory prototype to confirm the effectiveness of proposed structure and its control technique.

Research into the Variable Speed Pump Control System for Driving the Cutter Head of Shield Tunneling Machine

2009 ◽  
Vol 628-629 ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Xing
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Closed Loop Control ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Shield Tunneling ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Cutter Head

The cutter head drive hydraulic system of φ1.8m simulate shield machine is introduced in this article, which has the variable speed pump control technique and the closed loop control method. The AMESim simulation model of the hydraulic system is built up, and the efficiency of the hydraulic system, speed control performance by open loop and closed loop control are analyzed. The result of the simulation shows that the variable speed pump control system has higher efficiency than the variable displacement pump control system about 4%-26% in the same condition when the cutter head speed is at the range of 0.5-4r/min, and the hydraulic system has good dynamic characteristics in closed-loop PID control.

scholarly journals Modeling of Multiple Master–Slave Control under Island Microgrid and Stability Analysis Based on Control Parameter Configuration

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haifeng Liang ◽  
Yue Dong ◽  
Yuxi Huang ◽  
Can Zheng ◽  
Peng Li
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Power ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Parameter Configuration ◽  
Islanded Mode ◽  
Virtual Impedance

The stable operation of a microgrid is crucial to the integration of renewable energy sources. However, with the expansion of scale in electronic devices applied in the microgrid, the interaction between voltage source converters poses a great threat to system stability. In this paper, the model of a three-source microgrid with a multi master–slave control method in islanded mode is built first of all. Two sources out of three use droop control as the main control source, and another is a subordinate one with constant power control which is also known as real and reactive power (PQ) control. Then, the small signal decoupling control model and its stability discriminant equation are established combined with “virtual impedance”. To delve deeper into the interaction between converters, mutual influence of paralleled converters of two main control micro sources and their effect on system stability is explored from the perspective of control parameters. Finally, simulation and analysis are launched and the study serves as a reference for parameter setting of converters in a microgrid.

scholarly journals A Cooperative Control Scheme for AC/DC Hybrid Autonomous Microgrids

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanxing Sheng ◽  
Yinqiu Hong ◽  
Ming Wu ◽  
Yu Ji
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Control ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Secondary Control ◽  
Hybrid Microgrid ◽  
Bidirectional Converter ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Droop Characteristic ◽  
High Flexibility

The AC/DC hybrid microgrid (MG) has been widely promoted due to its high flexibility. The capability to operate in islanding mode is an appealing advantage of the MG, and also sets higher requirements for its control system. A droop control strategy is proposed on account of its distinguishing feature of automatic power sharing between distributed generations (DGs), but it introduces some drawbacks. Therefore, distributed cooperative secondary control is introduced as an improvement. In order to optimize the active power sharing in AC/DC hybrid microgrids, a number of cooperative control strategies have been proposed. However, most studies of AC/DC hybrid microgrids have mainly focused on the control of the bidirectional converter, ignoring the effects of secondary control within subnets, which may make a difference to the droop characteristic. This paper extends the cooperative control to AC/DC hybrid microgrids based on normalizing and synthesizing the droop equations, and proposes a global cooperative control scheme for AC/DC autonomous hybrid microgrids, realizing voltage restoration within AC and DC subnets as well as accurate global power sharing. Ultimately, the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed control scheme has a favorable performance in the test AC/DC hybrid system.

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