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Enhanced Virtual Inertia Control for Microgrids with High-Penetration Renewables Based on Whale Optimization

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  • Asmaa Faragalla

    (Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt)

  • Omar Abdel-Rahim

    (APEARC, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt
    Electrical Engineering Department, School of Electronics, Communications and Computer Engineering, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg ElArab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt)

  • Mohamed Orabi

    (APEARC, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt)

  • Esam H. Abdelhameed

    (Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt)

Abstract

High penetration of renewable energy sources into isolated microgrids (µGs) is considered a critical challenge, as µGs’ operation at low inertia results in frequency stability problems. To solve this challenge, virtual inertia control based on an energy storage system is applied to enhance the inertia and damping properties of the µG. On the other hand, utilization of a phase-locked loop (PLL) is indispensable for measuring system frequency; however, its dynamics, such as measurement delay and noise generation, cause extra deterioration of frequency stability. In this paper, to improve µG frequency stability and minimize the impact of PLL dynamics, a new optimal frequency control technique is proposed. A whale optimization algorithm is used to enhance the virtual inertia control loop by optimizing the parameters of the virtual inertia controller with consideration of PLL dynamics and the uncertainties of system inertia. The proposed controller has been validated through comparisons with an optimized virtual inertia PI controller which is tuned utilizing MATLAB internal model control methodology and with H ∞ -based virtual inertia control. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed controller against different operating conditions and system disturbances and uncertainties.

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  • Asmaa Faragalla & Omar Abdel-Rahim & Mohamed Orabi & Esam H. Abdelhameed, 2022. "Enhanced Virtual Inertia Control for Microgrids with High-Penetration Renewables Based on Whale Optimization," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:23:p:9254-:d:995374
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