Hardware-in-the-loop Testing of Signal Temporal Logic Frequency Control in a Microgrid

Max Ferrari Maglia, Mohammed M. Olama, Ben Ollis

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Abstract

This paper presents a hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing and lessons learned for a signal temporal logic (STL) frequency control in a microgrid setting. In contrast to most, if not all, traditional control mechanisms, the STL control allows for including temporal constraints in the control formulation to handle sophisticated specifications from grid codes and protection relays. This feature provides richer descriptions of control specifications to address both magnitude and time simultaneously, hence a valuable tool for power system operation and control. An ultra-low voltage (24V) HITL microgrid platform consisting of two type-3 wind turbine generators and one diesel generator is used to test the proposed STL frequency control. In experimental case studies, we demonstrate that the HITL frequency responses closely match the simulated ones and strictly satisfy the designed STL control specifications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728131030
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2020
Event2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020 - Washington, United States
Duration: Feb 17 2020Feb 20 2020

Publication series

Name2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period02/17/2002/20/20

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

FundersFunder number
UT-Battelle
U.S. Department of Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Keywords

    • Diesel generator
    • Distributed energy resources
    • Frequency control
    • Hardware-in-the-loop testing
    • Microgrid
    • Signal temporal logic
    • Wind turbine generator

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