Distributed transient frequency control in power networks

Modern power networks face increasing challenges in controlling their transient frequency behavior at acceptable levels due to low inertia and highly-dynamic units. This paper presents a distributed control strategy regulated on a subset of buses in a power network to maintain their transient freque...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-09
Main Authors: Zhang, Yifu, Cortes, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptotic properties
Control stability
Control systems
Controllers
Data buses
Feedback control
Frequency control
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Summary:Modern power networks face increasing challenges in controlling their transient frequency behavior at acceptable levels due to low inertia and highly-dynamic units. This paper presents a distributed control strategy regulated on a subset of buses in a power network to maintain their transient frequencies in safe regions while preserving asymptotic stability of the overall system. Building on Lyapunov stability and set invariance theory, we formulate the transient frequency requirement and the asymptotic stability requirement as two separate constraints for the control input. Hereby, for each bus of interest, we synthesize a controller satisfying both constraints simultaneously. The controller is distributed and Lipschitz, guaranteeing the existence and uniqueness of the trajectories of the closed-loop system. Simulations on the IEEE 39-bus power network illustrate the results.
ISSN:2331-8422