Robust H∞ Load Frequency Control of Power Systems Considering Intermittent Characteristics of Demand-Side Resources

Abstract

Recently, demand-side resources (DSRs) have proceeded to participate in frequency control of the power systems. Compared with traditional generation-side resources, DSRs have unique intermittent characteristics. Taking aggregation of air conditions as an example, they must take a break after providing power support for a period of time considering the user comfort. This behavior, known as the intermittent characteristic, obviously affects the stability of the power systems. Therefore, this paper designs a corresponding controller for DSRs based on the intermittent control method. The designed controller is incorporated into the traditional load frequency control (LFC) system. The time delay is also considered. A rigorous stability proof and the robust H ∞ performance analysis is presented for the new LFC system. Then, the sufficient robust frequency stabilization result is presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, a two-area power system is provided to illustrate the obtained results. The results show that the designed intermittent controller can mitigate the impact of intermittent characteristics of DSRs.