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Improving Virtual Synchronous Generator Control in Microgrids using Fuzzy Logic Control
I and CPS Asia 2022 - 2022 IEEE IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia
  • Oroghene Oboreh-Snapps
  • Rui Bo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Buxin She
  • Fangxing Fran Li
  • Hantao Cui
Abstract

Virtual synchronous generators (VSG) are designed to mimic the inertia and damping characteristics of synchronous generators (SG), which can improve the frequency response of a microgrid. Unlike synchronous generators whose inertia and damping are restricted by the physical characteristics of the SG, VSG parameters can be more flexibly controlled to adapt to different disturbances. This paper therefore proposes a fuzzy logic controller designed to adaptively set the parameters of the VSG during a frequency event to ensure an improved frequency nadir and rate of change of frequency (ROCOF) response. The proposed control method is implemented and tested on the power inverter for the battery energy storage system of the Banshee Microgrid Feeder 2 test case system using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The effectiveness of the adaptive control scheme is validated by comparing its performance with a constant parameter VSG, a virtual inertia only fuzzy controller, and an inertial-less inverter control.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Fuzzy logic control,
  • Microgrid,
  • Virtual Damping,
  • Virtual Inertia,
  • Virtual Synchronous Generator
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-166545066-9
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Publication Date
01 Jan 2022
Citation Information
Oroghene Oboreh-Snapps, Rui Bo, Buxin She, Fangxing Fran Li, et al.. "Improving Virtual Synchronous Generator Control in Microgrids using Fuzzy Logic Control" I and CPS Asia 2022 - 2022 IEEE IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia (2022) p. 433 - 438
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rui-bo/125/