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

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 stra...

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Published in2014 IEEE PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Mohammadi, F. Doost, Ghorbani, M. Jawad, Feliachi, A., Choudhry, M. A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2014
Subjects
Batteries
battery energy storage
Frequency control
frequency regulation
Inverters
Load frequency control
microgrid
Microgrids
photovoltaic generation
renewable resources
System-on-chip
Virtual area error
Voltage control
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1932-5517
DOI:10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939803