Novel Load Frequency Control approach based on Virtual Area Error in a microgrid including PV and battery

Author

Mohammadi, F. Doost ; Ghorbani, M. Jawad ; Feliachi, A. ; Choudhry, M.A.

Author_Institution

Lane Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

27-31 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, the frequency of a microgrid, that contains a PV generation and a battery energy storage, is controlled. The paper presents a new approach for Load Frequency Control (LFC) in a microgrid considering the low voltage microgrid as an artificial multi-area network and providing a new strategy which can significantly improve the frequency regulation of the microgrid. A Virtual Area Control Error (VACE) is introduced which utilizes a virtual tie-line and includes the State of Charge (SOC) of the battery to take into consideration the realistic characteristics of the device. The system is simulated using PSCAD. The results show a good improvement in frequency regulation.

Keywords

battery storage plants; distributed power generation; load regulation; photovoltaic power systems; power generation control; LFC approach; PSCAD; PV generation; VACE; artificial multiarea network; battery SOC; battery energy storage; load frequency control approach; low-voltage microgrid; microgrid frequency regulation; state-of-charge; virtual area control error; virtual tie-line; Batteries; Frequency control; Inverters; Microgrids; System-on-chip; Voltage control; Load frequency control; Virtual area error; battery energy storage; frequency regulation; microgrid; photovoltaic generation; renewable resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

National Harbor, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939803

Filename

6939803