Control Design of Dynamic Virtual Power Plants: An Adaptive Divide-and-Conquer Approach

In this paper, we present a novel control approach for dynamic virtual power plants (DVPPs). In particular, we consider a group of heterogeneous distributed energy resources (DERs) which collectively provide desired dynamic ancillary services such as fast frequency and voltage control. Our control a...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power systems 2022-09, Vol.37 (5), p.4040-4053
Main Authors: Haberle, Verena, Fisher, Michael W., Prieto-Araujo, Eduardo, Dorfler, Florian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptive control
Aggregates
Ancillary services
Control design
Design parameters
Distributed generation
Dynamic virtual power plant
Electric potential
Energy sources
fast ancillary services
Frequency control
matching control
MIMO communication
Power plants
Power system dynamics
Reactive power
Virtual power plants
Voltage
Voltage control
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Summary:In this paper, we present a novel control approach for dynamic virtual power plants (DVPPs). In particular, we consider a group of heterogeneous distributed energy resources (DERs) which collectively provide desired dynamic ancillary services such as fast frequency and voltage control. Our control approach relies on an adaptive divide-and-conquer strategy: first, we disaggregate the desired frequency and voltage control specifications of the aggregate DVPP via adaptive dynamic participation matrices (ADPMs) to obtain the desired local behavior for each device. Second, we design local linear parameter-varying (LPV) \mathcal {H}_\infty controllers to optimally match this local behaviors. In the process, the control design also incorporates the physical and engineered limits of each DVPP device. Furthermore, our adaptive control design can properly respond to fluctuating device capacities, and thus include weather-driven DERs into the DVPP setup. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our control strategy in a case study based on the IEEE nine-bus system.
ISSN:0885-8950
1558-0679
DOI:10.1109/TPWRS.2021.3139775