Robust Scale-Free Synthesis for Frequency Control in Power Systems

Abstract

The AC frequency in electrical power systems is conventionally regulated by synchronous machines. The gradual replacement of these machines by asynchronous renewablebased generation, which provides little or no frequency control, increases system uncertainty and the risk of instability. This imposes hard limits on the proportion of renewables that can be integrated into the system. In this paper we address this issue by developing a framework for performing frequency control in power systems with arbitrary mixes of conventional and renewable generation. Our approach is based on a robust stability criterion that can be used to guarantee the stability of a full power system model on the basis of a set of decentralised tests, one for each component in the system. It can be applied even when using detailed heterogeneous component models, and can be verified using several standard frequency response, state-space, and circuit theoretic analysis tools. Furthermore the stability guarantees hold independently of the operating point, and remain valid even as components are added to and removed from the grid. By designing decentralised controllers for individual components to meet these decentralised tests, every component can contribute to the regulation of the system frequency in a simple and provable manner. Notably, our framework certifies the stability of several existing (non-passive) power system control schemes and models, and allows for the study of robustness with respect to delays.Index Terms-Power systems, frequency control, robust stability, decentralised control synthesis.R. Pates is a member of the LCCC Linnaeus Center and the

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