Title
Equivalence of primary control strategies for AC and DC microgridsResearch Group
Energía eléctricaPublished Date
2017Publisher
MDPIKeywords
decentralized controldistributed generation (DG)
inertia emulation
microgrids
power sharing
primary control
stability
virtual-impedance
virtual synchronous machine (VSM)
Abstract
Microgrid frequency and voltage regulation is a challenging task, as classical generators with rotational inertia are usually replaced by converter-interfaced systems that inherently do not provide an ... [+]
Microgrid frequency and voltage regulation is a challenging task, as classical generators with rotational inertia are usually replaced by converter-interfaced systems that inherently do not provide any inertial response. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare autonomous primary control techniques for alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) microgrids that improve this transient behaviour. In this context, a virtual synchronous machine (VSM) technique is investigated for AC microgrids, and its behaviour for different values of emulated inertia and droop slopes is tested. Regarding DC microgrids, a virtual-impedance-based algorithm inspired by the operation concept of VSMs is proposed. The results demonstrate that the proposed strategy can be configured to have an analogous behaviour to VSM techniques by varying the control parameters of the integrated virtual-impedances. This means that the steady-state and transient behaviour of converters employing these strategies can be configured independently. As shown in the simulations, this is an interesting feature that could be, for instance, employed for the integration of different dynamic generation or storage systems, such as batteries or supercapacitors. [-]
Publisher’s version
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10010091ISSN
1996-1073Published at
Energies Vol. 10. Nº 1, 2017Document type
ArticleVersion
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© 2017 by the authorsAccess
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