Voltage regulation of a power distribution network in a radial configuration with a class of sector-bounded droop controllers
2019 (English)In: Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2019, p. 3515-3520Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
We consider the problem of voltage regulation for a power distribution network where each inverter-equipped customer is connected sequentially with the sub-station at the head of the line. The substation dictates the desired voltage and transmits the reference voltage to each inverter in the distribution line. The inverter generates reactive power using our modified droop control law, which regulates the voltage level by influencing the power flow in the line, described by the DistFlow model. This paper provides conditions on the distribution line (the line impedances), the droop control law employed, and the nominal voltage level at the substation such that the each customer's voltage level are within a desired margin, when only the bound on the customers' overall power consumption is known. Thereby preserving the privacy of each customer's net power usage. We have also widened the choice of droop functions by only requiring them to be sector bounded. Simulation studies are provided to illustrate our results.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2019. p. 3515-3520
Keywords [en]
Control theory, Electric inverters, Electric load flow, Electric network analysis, Grounding electrodes, Voltage regulators, Distribution lines, Droop controllers, Line impedance, Nominal voltage, Power distribution network, Radial configuration, Reference voltages, Simulation studies, Sales
National Category
Control Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-274096DOI: 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029681ISI: 000560779003036Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85082466224OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-274096DiVA, id: diva2:1451479
Conference
58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2019, 11 December 2019 through 13 December 2019
Note
Part of ISBN 9781728113982
QC 20200702
2020-07-022020-07-022024-03-15Bibliographically approved