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Abstract | ||
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We consider the problem of regulating the voltage profile of a power distribution grid by controlling the reactive power injection of distributed microgenerators. We define a very general class of purely local feedback controllers in which reactive power injection is adjusted based on the local voltage measurements. This class includes most of the solutions proposed in the literature and in the latest grid codes. We show that these strategies do not guarantee the desired regulation, as each of them can have an equilibrium that is not feasible with respect to the desired voltage and power constraints. We then propose a networked feedback law to show that, by adding short-range communication between microgenerators, it is possible to design control strategies that provably converge to the feasible set. This fundamental performance gap between local and networked strategies is finally illustrated via simulations. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2019 | 10.1109/TCNS.2019.2921268 | IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Reactive power,Voltage control,Voltage measurement,Mathematical model,Power measurement,Power distribution,Reactive power control | Decentralised system,Control theory,Voltage,AC power,Voltage regulation,Feasible region,Performance gap,Grid,Mathematics,Distribution grid | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
6 | 3 | 2325-5870 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.38 | 0 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saverio Bolognani | 1 | 160 | 18.91 |
| Ruggero Carli | 2 | 894 | 69.17 |
| Guido Cavraro | 3 | 69 | 10.25 |
| Sandro Zampieri | 4 | 1470 | 101.34 |