TY - GEN
T1 - A model-free frequency control approach for diesel-wind powered microgrids
AU - Park, Byungkwon
AU - Zhang, Yichen
AU - Olama, Mohammed M.
AU - Kuruganti, Teja
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/8/2
Y1 - 2020/8/2
N2 - Islanded microgrids usually consist of diesel generators and renewable energy sources (RES) to reduce the operating cost. Such microgrids have shown values for powering remote locations, but introduced unique challenges for frequency control of the grid due to the variability of renewable energy as well as the decoupled design of converter interfaced RES. So, supportive control in RES becomes mandatory in such networks. This paper proposes a new dynamic control strategy, based on model-free control (MFC) approach, to support the primary frequency control of such islanded microgrids. The practical values of MFC have been discussed in various domains due to its control capability without modeling procedure and its efficient computation. In particular, we consider the diesel-wind system and the proposed MFC strategy is utilized as an online controller, which computes supplementary control signals for the rotor-side converter of the available wind turbine generators (WTGs). The computed input signals allow WTGs to respond to frequency variations and improve the frequency response of the system. The controller is implemented and verified using the modified IEEE 33-bus full nonlinear model of the three-phase diesel-wind system in Simulink. Simulation results show the enhanced frequency response from the MFC strategy.
AB - Islanded microgrids usually consist of diesel generators and renewable energy sources (RES) to reduce the operating cost. Such microgrids have shown values for powering remote locations, but introduced unique challenges for frequency control of the grid due to the variability of renewable energy as well as the decoupled design of converter interfaced RES. So, supportive control in RES becomes mandatory in such networks. This paper proposes a new dynamic control strategy, based on model-free control (MFC) approach, to support the primary frequency control of such islanded microgrids. The practical values of MFC have been discussed in various domains due to its control capability without modeling procedure and its efficient computation. In particular, we consider the diesel-wind system and the proposed MFC strategy is utilized as an online controller, which computes supplementary control signals for the rotor-side converter of the available wind turbine generators (WTGs). The computed input signals allow WTGs to respond to frequency variations and improve the frequency response of the system. The controller is implemented and verified using the modified IEEE 33-bus full nonlinear model of the three-phase diesel-wind system in Simulink. Simulation results show the enhanced frequency response from the MFC strategy.
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U2 - 10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281528
DO - 10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281528
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85099119349
T3 - IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
BT - 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2020
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2020
Y2 - 2 August 2020 through 6 August 2020
ER -
