TY - GEN
T1 - Virtual Synchronous Generator Control of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS)
AU - Pan, Jiuping
AU - Nuqui, Reynaldo
AU - Debnath, Suman
AU - Marthi, Phani R.V.
AU - Xia, Qianxue
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Multi-port autonomous reconfigurable solar power plant (MARS) is an integrated concept for integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) to transmission alternating current (ac) grid and high-voltage direct current (HVdc) links. The integrated development incorporates advanced control methods to provide enhanced grid ancillary services such as fast frequency responses and dynamic voltage support. In this paper, the virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control algorithm of MARS is discussed. The proposed VSG-based control enables enhanced synthetic inertial response and flexible frequency response characteristics of hybrid PV and ESS power plants in accordance with grid ancillary service requirements. Multi-port power electronics interface allows controlled emergency power support from MARS to local transmission ac grid and remote grid through the HVdc link. The performance of VSG control is validated using a reduced-order model of MARS in Simulink. Methods for estimating grid ancillary service capabilities of MARS are also discussed.
AB - Multi-port autonomous reconfigurable solar power plant (MARS) is an integrated concept for integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) to transmission alternating current (ac) grid and high-voltage direct current (HVdc) links. The integrated development incorporates advanced control methods to provide enhanced grid ancillary services such as fast frequency responses and dynamic voltage support. In this paper, the virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control algorithm of MARS is discussed. The proposed VSG-based control enables enhanced synthetic inertial response and flexible frequency response characteristics of hybrid PV and ESS power plants in accordance with grid ancillary service requirements. Multi-port power electronics interface allows controlled emergency power support from MARS to local transmission ac grid and remote grid through the HVdc link. The performance of VSG control is validated using a reduced-order model of MARS in Simulink. Methods for estimating grid ancillary service capabilities of MARS are also discussed.
KW - Hybrid PV power plant
KW - fast frequency response
KW - grid ancillary services
KW - inertial response
KW - multi-port power electronics
KW - virtual synchronous generator (VSG)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135348063&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TD43745.2022.9816950
DO - 10.1109/TD43745.2022.9816950
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85135348063
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference
BT - 2022 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, T and D 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, T and D 2022
Y2 - 25 April 2022 through 28 April 2022
ER -
