Abstract
Power networks have to withstand a variety of disturbances that affect system frequency, and the problem is compounded with the increasing integration of intermittent renewable generation. Following a large-signal generation or load disturbance, system frequency is arrested leveraging primary frequency control provided by governor action in synchronous generators. In this work, we propose a framework for distributed energy resources (DERs) deployed in distribution networks to provide (supplemental) primary frequency response. Particularly, we demonstrate how power-frequency droop slopes for individual DERs can be designed so that the distribution feeder presents a guaranteed frequency-regulation characteristic at the feeder head. Furthermore, the droop slopes are engineered such that injections of individual DERs conform to a well-defined fairness objective that does not penalize them for their location on the distribution feeder. Time-domain simulations for an illustrative network composed of a combined transmission network and distribution network with frequency-responsive DERs are provided to validate the approach.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2017 American Control Conference, ACC 2017 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 3386-3393 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509059928 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 29 2017 |
Event | 2017 American Control Conference, ACC 2017 - Seattle, United States Duration: May 24 2017 → May 26 2017 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the American Control Conference |
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ISSN (Print) | 0743-1619 |
Other
Other | 2017 American Control Conference, ACC 2017 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Seattle |
Period | 5/24/17 → 5/26/17 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308 with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The effort of S. Guggilam, C. Zhao, E. Dall'Anese, and S. V. Dhople was primarily supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the Network Optimized Distributed Energy Systems (NODES) program
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Automatic Control Council (AACC).