Adaptive droop controller design for energy management system in DC microgrid architectures

Year 2023, Volume: 29 Issue: 7, 692 - 700, 30.12.2023

Ahmet Kaysal , Selim Köroğlu , Yüksel Oğuz

Abstract

In this study, the hierarchical two-level energy management system with an adaptive droop control approach is proposed for the microgrid system consisting of distributed generation units. The primary control layer controls the converters to transfer power from the distributed generation units as part of the hierarchical two-level control structure. The secondary control layer is used to improve current sharing accuracy and to provide DC bus voltage restoration. The DC microgrid system is analyzed using Thévenin's equivalent model and Kirchhoff's laws. The distribution generation units' current sharing parameters are obtained depending on the analysis results. The proposed adaptive droop control method is compared to the conventional droop control method. In the proposed system, the performance of the adaptive droop controller at 2250 W, where the demand is highest, is 9.65% better than the conventional method. Similarly, the proposed method performed 6.67% better in voltage regulation of the DC bus. The simulation results show that the designed control strategy increases the voltage restoration for the DC microgrid under variable operating conditions and provides better power sharing between the sources. Thus, the constraints of the conventional droop control method are improved by using the adaptive method.

Keywords

Hierarchical energy management strategy, Microgrid, Adaptive droop control

DC mikro şebeke mimarilerinde enerji yönetim sistemi için uyarlanabilir düşüş denetleyici tasarımı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, dağıtık üretim birimlerinden oluşan mikro şebeke sistemi için uyarlamalı düşüş kontrolü yaklaşımına sahip hiyerarşik iki seviyeli bir enerji yönetim sistemi önerilmiştir. Hiyerarşik iki seviyeli kontrol yapısında dağıtık üretim birimlerinden aktarılacak güç, birincil kontrol katmanında dönüştürücülerin kontrol edilmesiyle sağlanmaktadır. İkincil kontrol katmanı, DC bara gerilim restorasyonunun sağlanması ve akım paylaşım doğruluğunun eşzamanlı olarak iyileştirilmesi amacıyla kullanılır. DC mikro şebeke sistemi Thévenin eşdeğer modeli ve Kirchhoff yasalarından faydalanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Dağıtık üretim birimlerinin akım paylaşım parametreleri, analiz sonuçlarına bağlı olarak elde edilmiştir. Önerilen uyarlanabilir düşüş kontrol yöntemi, geleneksel düşüş kontrol yöntemi ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Önerilen sistemde, talebin en yüksek olduğu 2250 W’lık güçte uyarlanabilir düşüş kontrolörün güç aktarımındaki performansı geleneksel yönteme göre 9.65% daha iyidir. Benzer şekilde önerilen yöntem, DC baranın gerilim regülasyonunda 6.67% daha iyi bir performans sergilemiştir. Sonuçlar göstermiştir ki tasarlanan kontrol stratejisinin değişken çalışma koşulları altında DC mikro şebeke için gerilim restorasyonunu arttırdığı ve kaynaklar arasında daha iyi bir güç paylaşımı sağladığını göstermektedir. Böylece geleneksel düşüş kontrol yöntemindeki kısıtlar uyarlanabilir yöntemin kullanılmasıyla iyileştirilmiştir.

Keywords

Hiyerarşik enerji yönetim stratejisi, Mikro şebeke, Uyarlanabilir düşüş kontrolü

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