Title

A Self-Organizing Strategy for Power Flow Control of Photovoltaic Generators in a Distribution Network

Authors

Authors

H. H. Xin; Z. H. Qu; J. Seuss;A. Maknouninejad

Comments

Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Trans. Power Syst.

Keywords

Distribution network; network control; power flow control; PV; generators; self-organization; VOLTAGE SUPPORT; SYSTEMS; STABILITY; IMPACT; UNITS; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Abstract

The focus of this paper is to develop a distributed control algorithm that will regulate the power output of multiple photovoltaic generators (PVs) in a distribution network. To this end, the cooperative control methodology from network control theory is used to make a group of PV generators converge and operate at certain (or the same) ratio of available power, which is determined by the status of the distribution network and the PV generators. The proposed control only requires asynchronous information intermittently from neighboring PV generators, making a communication network among the PV units both simple and necessary. The minimum requirement on communication topologies is also prescribed for the proposed control. It is shown that the proposed analysis and design methodology has the advantages that the corresponding communication networks are local, their topology can be time varying, and their bandwidth may be limited. These features enable PV generators to have both self-organizing and adaptive coordination properties even under adverse conditions. The proposed method is simulated using the IEEE standard 34-bus distribution network.

Journal Title

Ieee Transactions on Power Systems

Volume

26

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1462

Last Page

1473

WOS Identifier

WOS:000293711700051

ISSN

0885-8950

Share

COinS