The present invention belongs to the field of microgrid operation control, and more particularly, to a general distributed control method for multi-microgrids with PQ control and droop control.
With the increasingly serious environmental and energy problems, the distributed power generation technology using renewable energy sources has been widely applied in power system. The microgrid is an energy system that comprises a distributed generator (DG), an energy storage device and local loads, and has a certain self-adjustment and control abilities. The multi-microgrids are an effective way to solve the related problems caused by high-density access of distributed power supplies, and will play an important role in the future smart distribution grid.
Special attentions have been paid on the stability and optimal control of the multi-microgrids recently. Control strategies based on a multi distributed generator agent (agent) system are recognized to be capable of playing an important role in maintaining the stability of the microgrids by control modes comprising centralized control and distributed control. There is a central controller in centralized control, which is used for handling a lot of data, and is easy to break down. The advantages of the distributed control comprise the ability to resist uncertainties and update distributed information, thus sharing information effectively, and ultimately making decision-making and implementation more rapid. Pinning control is an effective distributed control mode of the multi-distributed generator agent (agent) system, which can reduce the quantity of controllers of a large-scale complicated control system by pinning part of nodes, and it is difficult for the system to add a controller for all the nodes usually.
Technical problems: the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is: to provide a general distributed control method for multi-microgrids with PQ control and droop control, wherein the control method comprises a droop-controlled distributed power supply and a PQ-controlled distributed power supply, eliminates the frequency and voltage errors generated by the conventional droop control when the multi-microgrids disturb, and achieves the power distribution of the distributed power supply clusters; meanwhile, the method obviates the requirements for a central controller and complex communication topologies; only part of the pin agents are controlled, and other agents are tracked and synchronized with the pinned agents through communication coupling, thus reducing the number of the controllers.
Technical solutions: to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions.
A general distributed control method for multi-microgrids with PQ control and droop control is provided, wherein the multi-microgrids comprise m droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters and n PQ-controlled distributed power supply clusters; a multi-agent system is responsible for the control and mutual information interaction of the distributed power supplies in the multi-microgrids, each distributed power supply is corresponding to one agent, and the number of the distributed power supplies is the same as the number of the agents corresponding to the distributed power supplies; wherein, part of the agents are pinned and controlled, while other agents are tracked and synchronized in a distributed manner through communication coupling with the pinned agents; and the control method comprises the following steps of:
step 10) conducting primary control to maintain the power balance of the multi-microgrids;
step 20) determining predefined group consensus values of the pinned agents;
step 30) seeking group consensus among other agents excluding the pinned agents and the pinned agents through communication coupling; and
step 40) adjusting output powers to complete secondary control.
As a preferred example, the step 10) specifically comprises: automatically conducting primary control as shown in formula (1) by the droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters when the multi-microgrids are disturbed in an islanded mode, and operating the droop-controlled distributed power supplies in a peer-to-peer control mode to maintain the power balance of the multi-microgrids:
fi=fn,i−mP,i(Pi−P0,i)
Ui=Un,i−nQ,i(Qi−Q0,i) formula (1)
where, fi indicates the frequency of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, fn,i indicates the initial value of the frequency of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, mP,i indicates the active droop coefficient of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, Pi indicates the active power outputted by the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, P0,i indicates the initial value of the active power of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, and Ui indicates the voltage of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; Un,i indicates the reference value of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; nQ,i indicates the reactive droop coefficient of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; Qi indicates the reactive power outputted by the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; and Q0,i indicates the initial value of the reactive power of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply.
As a preferred example, the step 20) specifically comprises: determining the predefined group consensus values of the pinned agents under uncertain communication topologies, which comprises the pre-defined group consensus values of the droop-controlled pinned agents and the pre-defined group consensus values of the PQ-controlled pinned agents;
determining the distribution coefficients of the droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters according to formula (2):
where, λk,DP indicates the active distribution coefficient of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster; ωk,D,i indicates the participation factor of the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster; if the distributed power supply corresponding to the agent i participates in secondary control, then ωk,D,i=1; otherwise, ωk,D,i=0; σk,D,iP indicates the active capacity of the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ωk,PQ,i indicates the participation factor of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; if the distributed power supply corresponding to the agent i participates in secondary control, then ωk,PQ,i=1, otherwise ωk,PQ,i=0; σk,PQ,iP indicates the active capacity of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, λk,DQ indicates the reactive distribution coefficient of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, σk,D,iQ, indicates the reactive capacity of the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, and of, σk,PQ,iQ indicates the reactive capacity of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster;
determining the distribution coefficients of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply clusters according to formula (3):
where, λk,PQP indicates the active distribution coefficient of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; ωk,PQ,i indicates the participation factor of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; if the distributed power supply participates in secondary control, then ωk,PQ,i=1; otherwise ωk,PQ,i=0; σk,PQ,iP indicates the active capacity of the agent i in the PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, λk,PQ,iQ indicates the reactive distribution coefficient of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, and σk,PQ,iQ indicates the reactive capacity of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster;
determining the pre-defined group consensus values of the droop-controlled pinned agents according to formula (4):
where, ΔP*k,D indicates the preset active group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔP*MG indicates the active deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids, ηk,D indicates the total number of nonzero participation factors in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔQ*k,D indicates the preset reactive group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔQ*MG indicates the reactive deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids, Δf*k indicates the preset frequency group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔU*k indicates the preset voltage group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster,
mP,i indicates an active droop coefficient, and nQ,i indicates a reactive droop coefficient;
determining the pre-defined group consensus values of the PQ-controlled pinned agents according to formula (5):
where, ΔP*k,PQ indicates the preset active group consensus value of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔP*MG indicates the active deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids, and ηk,PQ indicates the total number of nonzero participation factors in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; ΔQ*k,PQ indicates the preset reactive group consensus value of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, and ΔQ*MG indicates the reactive deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids.
As a preferred example, the step 30) specifically comprises: tracking and synchronizing other agents in and among the distributed power supply clusters with the pinned agents through pinning control, so as to seek and reach the pre-defined group consensus;
determining the control error efUk,i of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent according to formula (6):
where, efk,i indicates the frequency control error of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent, eUk,i indicates the voltage control error of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent, Δfn,i indicates the frequency correction of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control, and ΔUn,i indicates the voltage correction of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control;
determining the control error ePQk,i of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent according to formula (7):
where, ePk,i indicates the active power control error of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent, eQk,ii indicates the reactive power control error of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent, ΔPref,i indicates the active power correction of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control, and ΔQref,i indicates the reactive power correction of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control;
conducting pinning control to the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster through formula (8):
where, ėfUk,i indicates the derivative of efUK,i, Nk,i,Θ
conducting pinning control to the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster through formula (9):
where, ėPQk,i indicates the derivative of ePQk,i, ePk,j indicates the active power control error of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent j, and eQk,j indicates the reactive power control error of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent j.
As a preferred example, the step 40) specifically comprises: adjusting an output power by each distributed power supply agent according to the pre-defined group consensus values reached and based on the PQ-controlled distributed power supplies, and recovering the system frequency and voltage based on the droop-controlled distributed power supplies, so as to complete the secondary control over the multi-microgrids together;
conducting the secondary control over the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i according to formula (10):
fn,iS=fn,iΔfn,i
Un,iS=Un,i+ΔUn,i formula (10)
where, fn,iS indicates the reference frequency value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, fn,i indicates the reference frequency value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the primary control, Δfn,i indicates the frequency correction of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the secondary control, Un,iS indicates the reference voltage value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, Un,i indicates the reference voltage value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the primary control, and ΔUn,i indicates the voltage correction of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the secondary control; and
conducting the secondary control over the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i according to formula (11):
Pref,iS=Pref,i+ΔPref,i
Qref,iS=Qref,i+ΔQref,i formula (11)
where, Pref,IS indicates the active reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, Pref,i indicates the initial active reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i, ΔPref,i indicates the active power correction of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the secondary control, Qref,iS indicates the reactive reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, Qref,i indicates the initial reactive reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i, and ΔQref,I indicates the reactive power correction of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i in secondary control.
Beneficial effects: compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: the general distributed control method for multi-microgrids with PQ control and droop control of the present invention is targeted at multi-microgrids and distributed power supply clusters, which can control when the system disturbs, so as to recover the system frequency and voltage, and maintain the system stability. Based on the hierarchical control of primary control and secondary control, the embodiments of the present invention adopt a cluster concept to conduct the pinning control based on the multi-agent system, which is a distributed control method that obviates the requirements for a central controller and complex communication topologies, reduces the number of the controllers, and meets the plug-and-play requirement for the distributed power supply. The control method provided by the present invention can achieve the global coordination and local autonomy of the distributed power clusters and improve the reliability and adaptability of the multi-microgrids by conducting the pinning-based group consensus process in and among the distributed power supply clusters, collaboratively recovering the system frequency and voltage by the droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters and collaboratively sharing the power deficiencies by the PQ-controlled distributed power supply clusters. The method of the present invention can achieve the global coordination control and local autonomous control of the multi-microgrids and the distributed power supply clusters, and is a general method with two control modes comprising PQ control and droop control.
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the invention more clearly, the invention is described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific implementation examples described herein are only used to explain the invention, but are not intended to limit the invention.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the multi-microgrids comprise m droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters and n PQ-controlled distributed power supply clusters; a multi-agent system is responsible for the control and mutual information interaction of the distributed power supplies in the multi-microgrids, each distributed power supply is corresponding to one agent, and the number of the distributed power supplies is the same as the number of the agents corresponding to the distributed power supplies; wherein, part of the agents are controlled pinned agent, while other agents are tracked and synchronized in a distributed manner through communication coupling with the pinned agents.
As shown in
In step 10), primary control is conducted to maintain the power balance of the multi-microgrids.
The step 10) specifically comprises: automatically conducting primary control as shown in formula (1) by the droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters when the multi-microgrids are disturbed in an islanded mode, and operating the droop-controlled distributed power supplies in a peer-to-peer control mode to maintain the power balance of the multi-microgrids:
fi=fn,i−mP,i(Pi−P0,i)
Ui=Un,i−nQ,i(Qi−Q0,i) formula (1)
where, fi indicates the frequency of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, fn,i indicates the initial value of the frequency of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, mP,i indicates the active droop coefficient of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, Pi indicates the active power outputted by the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, P0,i indicates the initial value of the active power of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply, and Ui indicates the voltage of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; Un,i indicates the reference value of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; nQ,i indicates the reactive droop coefficient of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; Qi indicates the reactive power outputted by the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply; and Q0,i indicates the initial value of the reactive power of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply.
In step 20), predefined group consensus values of the pinned agents are determined.
The step 20) specifically comprises: determining the predefined group consensus values of the pinned agents under uncertain communication topologies, which comprises the pre-defined group consensus values of the droop-controlled pinned agents and the pre-defined group consensus values of the PQ-controlled pinned agents;
determining the distribution coefficients of the droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters according to formula (2):
where, λk,DP indicates the active distribution coefficient of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster; ωk,D,i indicates the participation factor of the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster; if the distributed power supply corresponding to the agent i participates in secondary control, then ωk,D,i=1; otherwise, ωk,D,i=0; σk,D,iP indicates the active capacity of the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ωk,PQ,i indicates the participation factor of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; if the distributed power supply corresponding to the agent i participates in secondary control, then ωk,PQ,i=1, otherwise ωk,PQ,i=0; σk,PQ,iP indicates the active capacity of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, λk,DQ indicates the reactive distribution coefficient of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, σk,D,iQ indicates the reactive capacity of the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, and σk,D,iQ indicates the reactive capacity of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster;
determining the distribution coefficients of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply clusters according to formula (3):
where, λk,PQP indicates the active distribution coefficient of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; ωk,PQ,i indicates the participation factor of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; if the distributed power supply participates in secondary control, then ωk,PQ,i=1; otherwise ωk,PQ,i=0; σk,PQ,iP, indicates the active capacity of the agent i in the PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, λk,PQQ indicates the reactive distribution coefficient of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, and σk,PQ,iQ indicates the reactive capacity of the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster;
determining the pre-defined group consensus values of the droop-controlled pinned agents according to formula (4):
where, ΔPk,D* indicates the preset active group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔPMG* indicates the active deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids, ηk,D indicates the total number of nonzero participation factors in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔQk,D* indicates the preset reactive group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔQMG* indicates the reactive deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids, Δfk* indicates the preset frequency group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔUk* indicates the preset voltage group consensus value of the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster, mP,i indicates an active droop coefficient, and nQ,i indicates a reactive droop coefficient;
determining the pre-defined group consensus values of the PQ-controlled pinned agents according to formula (5):
where, ΔPk,PQ* indicates the preset active group consensus value of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, ΔPMG* indicates the active deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids, and ηk,PQ indicates the total number of nonzero participation factors in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster; ΔQk,PQ* indicates the preset reactive group consensus value of the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster, and ΔQMG* indicates the reactive deficiencies in the entire multi-microgrids.
In step 30) group consensus among other agents excluding the pinned agents and the pinned agents are sought through communication coupling.
The step 30) specifically comprises: tracking and synchronizing other agents in and among the distributed power supply clusters with the pinned agents through pinning control, so as to seek and reach the pre-defined group consensus;
determining the control error efUk,i of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent according to formula (6):
where, efk,i indicates the frequency control error of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent, eUk,i indicates the voltage control error of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent, Δfn,i indicates the frequency correction of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control, and ΔUn,i indicates the voltage correction of the i-th droop-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control;
determining the control error ePQk,i of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent according to formula (7):
where, ePk,i indicates the active power control error of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent, eQk,ii indicates the reactive power control error of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent, ΔPref,i indicates the active power correction of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control, and ΔQref,i indicates the reactive power correction of the i-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent in the secondary control;
conducting pinning control to the agent i in the k-th droop-controlled distributed power supply cluster through formula (8):
where, ėfUk,i indicates the derivative of efUk,i, Nk,i,Θ
conducting pinning control to the agent i in the k-th PQ-controlled distributed power supply cluster through formula (9):
where, ėPQk,i indicates the derivative of ePQk,i, ePk,j indicates the active power control error of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent j, and eQk,j indicates the reactive power control error of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent j.
In step 40) an output power is adjusted to complete secondary control.
The step 40) specifically comprises: adjusting an output power by each distributed power supply agent according to the pre-defined group consensus values reached and based on the PQ-controlled distributed power supplies, and recovering the system frequency and voltage based on the droop-controlled distributed power supplies, so as to complete the secondary control over the multi-microgrids together;
conducting the secondary control over the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i according to formula (10):
fn,iS=fn,iΔfn,i
Un,iS=Un,i+ΔUn,i formula (10)
where, fn,iS indicates the reference frequency value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, fn,i indicates the reference frequency value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the primary control, Δfn,i indicates the frequency correction of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the secondary control, Un,iS indicates the reference voltage value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, Un,i indicates the reference voltage value of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the primary control, and ΔUn,i indicates the voltage correction of the droop-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the secondary control; and
conducting the secondary control over the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i according to formula (11):
Pref,iS=Pref,i+ΔPref,i
Qref,iS=Qref,i+ΔQref,i formula (11)
where, Pref,IS indicates the active reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, Pref,i indicates the initial active reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i, ΔPref,i indicates the active power correction of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i in the secondary control, Qref,iS indicates the reactive reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i adjusted through the secondary control, Qref,i indicates the initial reactive reference value of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i, and ΔQref,I indicates the reactive power correction of the PQ-controlled distributed power supply agent i in secondary control.
Based on the hierarchical control of primary control and secondary control, the control method of the present invention is targeted at multi-microgrids and distributed power supply clusters, and adopts a cluster concept to conduct the multi-agent system based pinning control. The control method can achieve the global coordination and local autonomy of the distributed power clusters, reduce the number of the controllers and the complex communication topologies and improve the reliability and adaptability of the multi-microgrids by conducting the pinning-based group consensus process in and among the distributed power supply clusters, collaboratively recovering the system frequency and voltage by the droop-controlled distributed power supply clusters and collaboratively sharing the power deficiencies by the PQ-controlled distributed power supply clusters.
One embodiment is enumerated hereinafter.
Simulation is conducted regarding the disturbance of the multi-microgrids in an islanded mode to verify the control effect of the method of the present invention. In the simulation system, A1 to A7 work in a PQ control (PQ control) mode, and A8 to A10 work in a droop control (Droop control) mode. Three simulation cases are set in the embodiment.
The case 1 is to transfer the multi-microgrids from a grid-connected mode to islanded mode. At the beginning of the simulation, the multi-microgrids operate in the grid-connected mode, and the multi-microgrids is disconnected from the main grid at t=1 s. Each microgrid operates independently and the droop-controlled distributed power supplies maintain the power balance of the microgrid through primary control. In secondary control, firstly, the global coordination for pinning control of the distributed power clusters is used to convert the power deficiencies of the multi-microgrids into the pre-defined pinning consensus values of the distributed power clusters; then the agents in each distributed power supply cluster seek to track and synchronize with the pinned agents to reach the predefined group consistency values; and finally, the distributed power supply clusters adjust the output powers according to the pre-defined group consensus values. The simulation results are as shown in
The case 2 is specific to local autonomous control to eliminate local disturbances. At the beginning of the simulation, the multi-microgrids operate in an islanded mode. At t=1 s, the microgrid 1 experiences a sudden load decreasing. A1, A2 and A3 change the corresponding output powers by tracking and synchronizing with the pinned agent A4, while the microgrid 2 and the microgrid 3 keep unchanged, and the simulation results are as shown in
The case 3 is specific to uncertain communication topology changes. At the beginning of the simulation, the multi-microgrids operate in an islanded mode; at t=1 s, DG3 in the islanded microgrid 1 plugs out because of faults, and the corresponding communication topology is changed; as shown in
It can be seen from the embodiment that effective distributed collaborative control can be conducted on the multi-microgrids after adopting the control method of the present invention. Each distributed power cluster maintains the power balance of the system and recovers the system frequency and voltage through primary control and secondary control, indicating that the method proposed by the present invention has good control effects.
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