Decentralized frequency control of a DDG-PV Microgrid in islanded mode

This paper presents an innovative approach to control the frequency in Diesel-Driven Generator (DDG)-Photovoltaic (PV) Microgrid (MG) in islanded mode. The common approach is based on hierarchical control: primary control and secondary control. The conventional primary controller is a P-controller. Compared to this, we propose a novel primary controller for PV to mimic the dynamic behavior of the conventional synchronous generator (SG) so that more inertia in the MG can be obtained. The proposed secondary control is accomplished decentralized, too, so that no communication links for the real-time control are required and the single point of failure can be avoided. Although in this approach every controller works locally, the controllers and their parameters are designed centrally. This means, the controllers can be appropriately adjusted, when the parameters or the topology of the system change. The parameters of the controllers are optimized by minimizing the H-inf-norm using a known non-smooth method.