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Model-Free Dynamic Voltage Control of Distributed Energy Resource (DER)-Based Microgrids

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  • Kenan Hatipoglu

    (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Beckley, WV 25801, USA)

  • Mohammed Olama

    (Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA)

  • Yaosuo Xue

    (Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA)

Abstract

In this paper, we present a new control technique for sustaining dynamic voltage stability by effective reactive power control and coordination of distributed energy resources (DERs) in microgrids. The proposed control technique is based on model-free control (MFC), which has shown successful operation and improved performance in different domains and applications. This paper presents its first use in the voltage stability of a microgrid setting employing multiple synchronous generator (SG)-based and power electronic (PE)-based DERs. MFC is a computationally efficient, data-driven control technique that does not require modelling of the different components and disturbances in the power system. It is utilized as an online controller to achieve the dynamic voltage stability of a microgrid system under different disturbances and fault conditions. A 21-bus microgrid system fed by multiple DERs is considered as a case study and the overall dynamic voltage stability is investigated using time-domain dynamic simulations. Numerical results show that the proposed MFC provides improvements on the dynamic load bus voltage profiles and requires less computational time as compared to the traditional enhanced microgrid voltage stabilizer (EMGVS) scheme. Due to its simplicity and low computational requirement, MFC can be easily implemented in resource-constrained computing devices such as smart inverters.

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  • Kenan Hatipoglu & Mohammed Olama & Yaosuo Xue, 2020. "Model-Free Dynamic Voltage Control of Distributed Energy Resource (DER)-Based Microgrids," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-17, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:15:p:3838-:d:390279
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