An enhanced load power sharing strategy for low-voltage microgrids based on inverse-droop control method

  • Yixin Zhu
  • , Fang Zhuo
  • , Baoquan Liu
  • , Hao Yi

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Abstract

It is important for an autonomous microgrid to share the load demand properly among multiple distributed generation (DG) units. Normally, the traditional ω-P and E-Q droop control method is used for its 'plug and play'feature. However, when employed in a low-voltage microgrid, the conventional droop control is subject to the power coupling and steady-state reactive power sharing errors. Furthermore, the complex microgrid configurations often make the reactive power sharing more challenging. In this paper, an enhanced power sharing strategy is proposed based on inverse-droop control, which can behave well in low-voltage microgrids but has real power sharing errors. So a synchronous regulation process for real power sharing is added to inverse-droop control. After the regulation starts, an integration term is added to keep the well shared reactive power, and the real power errors are eliminated through the frequency regulation, just like the work of traditional droop control. Finally, the Matlab simulation results validate the feasibility of the proposed strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3546-3552
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781479927050
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event7th International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014 - Hiroshima, Japan
Duration: 18 May 201421 May 2014

Publication series

Name2014 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014

Conference

Conference7th International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Hiroshima - ECCE Asia 2014
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityHiroshima
Period18/05/1421/05/14

Keywords

  • distributed generation (DG)
  • inverse-droop control
  • low-bandwidth communication
  • microgrid
  • power sharing

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