Robust Controller Synthesis and Analysis in Inverter-Dominant Droop-Controlled Islanded Microgrids

This work investigates the problem of controller design for the inverters in an islanded microgrid.Robust-synthesis controllers and local droop controllers are designed to regulate the output voltages of inverters and share power among them,respectively.The designed controllers alleviate the need for additional sensors to measure the states of the system by relying only on output feedback.It is shown that the designed-synthesis controller properly damps resonant oscillations,and its performance is robust to the control-loop time delay and parameter uncertainties.The stability of a droop-controlled islanded microgrid including multiple distributed generation(DG)units is analyzed by linearizing the nonlinear power flow model around the nominal operating point and applying theorems from linear algebra.It is indicated that the droop controller stabilizes the microgrid system with dominantly inductive tie-line impedances for all values of resistive-inductive loads,while for the case of resistive-capacitive loads the stability is conditioned on an upper bound on the load susceptances.The robust performance of the designed-synthesis controller is studied analytically,compared with the similar analysis in an control(benchmark)framework,and verified by simulations for a four DG benchmark microgrid.Furthermore,the robustness of the droop controllers is analyzed by Monte Carlo simulations in the presence of local voltage fluctuations and phase differences among neighboring DGs.

An Integrated Control Strategy Adopting Droop Control with Virtual Inductance in Microgrid

As there exists sorts of distributed generators in microgrid, an integrated control strategy containing different control methods against corresponding generators should be applied. The strategy in this paper involves PQ control and droop control methods. The former aims at letting generators like PV output maximum power. The latter stems from inverter parallel technique and applies to controlling generators which can keep the network voltage steady to make the parallel system reach the minimum circulation point. Due to the unworthiness of droop control applied in low-voltage microgrid of which the impedance ratio is rather high, the paper adopts the droop control introducing virtual generator and virtual impedance. Based on theoretical analysis, simulation in Matlab is also implemented to verify the feasibility of the strategy.

Frequency Regulation of Alternating Current Microgrid Based on Hierarchical Control Using Fuzzy Logic

An alternating current(AC)microgrid is a system that integrates renewable power,power converters,controllers and loads.Hierarchical control can manage the frequency of the microgrid to prevent imbalance and collapse of the system.The existing frequency control methods use traditional proportion integration(PI)controllers,which cannot adjust PI parameters in real-time to respond to the status changes of the system.Hierarchical control driven by fuzzy logic allows real-time adjustment of the PI parameters and the method used a two-layer control structure.The primary control used droop control to adjust power distribution,and fuzzy logic was used in the voltage loop of the primary control.The secondary control was added to make up for frequency deviation caused by droop control,and fuzzy logic was used in the secondary frequency control to deal with the dynamic change of frequency caused by the disturbances of loads.The proposed method was simulated in Matlab/Simulink.In the primary control,the proposed method reduced the total harmonic distortion(THD)of two cycles of the output voltage from 4.19%to 3.89%;in the secondary control,the proposed method reduced the frequency fluctuation of the system by about 0.03 Hz and 0.04 Hz when the load was increased and decreased,respectively.The results show that the proposed methods have a better effect on frequency maintenance and voltage control of the AC microgrid.

Power-Sharing Enhancement Using Harmonized Membership Fuzzy Logic Droop Control Based Micro-Grid

The contribution of Renewable Energy Resources(RER)in the process of power generation is significantly high in the recent days since it paves the way for overcoming the issues like serious energy crisis and natural contamination.This paper deals with the renewable energy based micro-grid as it is regarded as the apt solution for integrating the RER with the electrical frameworks.As thefixed droop coefficients in conventional droop control approaches have caused various limitations like low power-sharing and sudden drops of grid voltage in the Direct Current(DC)side,the Harmonized Membership Fuzzy Logic(MFL)droop control is employed in this present study.This proposed droop control for the hybrid PV-wind-battery system with MFL assists in achieving proper power-sharing and minimizing Total Harmonic Distortion(THD)in the emer-gency micro-grid.It eradicates the deviations in voltage and frequency with itsflexible and robust operation.The THD is reduced and attains the value of 3.1%compared to the traditional droop control.The simulation results of harmo-nized MFL droop control are analogized with the conventional approaches to vali-date the performance of the proposed method.In addition,the experimental results provided by the Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA)based laboratory setup built using a solar photovoltaic(PV)and wind Permanent Magnet Synchro-nous Generator(PMSG)reaffirms the design.

Analysis of Transmission Loss in Droop Control of a Multi-Terminal HVDC System

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electric power transmission is a promising technology for integrating offshore wind farms and interconnecting power grids in different regions. In order to maintain the DC voltage, droop control has been widely used. Transmission line loss constitutes an import part of the total power loss in a multi-terminal HVDC scheme. In this paper, the relation between droop controller design and transmission loss has been investigated. Different MTDC layout configurations are compared to examine the effect of droop controller design on the transmission loss.

State coordinated voltage control in an active distribution network with on-load tap changers and photovoltaic systems

Decreasing costs and favorable policies have resulted in increased penetration of solar photovoltaic(PV)power generation in distribution networks.As the PV systems penetration is likely to increase in the future,utilizing the reactive power capability of PV inverters to mitigate voltage deviations is being promoted.In recent years,droop control of inverter-based distributed energy resources has emerged as an essential tool for use in this study.The participation of PV systems in voltage regulation and its coordination with existing controllers,such as on-load tap changers,is paramount for controlling the voltage within specified limits.In this work,control strategies are presented that can be coordinated with the existing controls in a distributed manner.The effectiveness of the proposed method was demonstrated through simulation results on a distribution system.

无人车U型转向路况的轨迹规划与控制研究

针对无人车在双向单车道下的U型转向场景,基于空间分布关系与正反梯形加速度提出一种U型转向轨迹规划方法。该方法首先结合车辆空间分布特征规划出一条U型转向轨迹,并采用线性插值方法平滑该轨迹;然后,采用正反梯形的侧向加速度规划方法,通过设计多目标函数,求出侧向加速度和侧向加速度变化率的最优解;最后,提出一种基于车辆空间分布关系的改进Stanley控制算法,并通过在输入函数中添加稳态误差惩罚项使轨迹误差收敛于0。仿真结果表明:相比于Stanley控制算法,该控制方法在不同初始车速下最大横向轨迹误差与最大航向角误差均有改善。驾驶员在环试验结果表明:该方法可以有效地完成U形转向。

Distributed Secondary Control and Optimal Power Sharing in Microgrids

We address the control problem of microgrids and present a fully distributed control system which consists of primary controller, secondary controller, and optimal active power sharing controller. Different from the existing control structure in microgrids, all these controllers are implemented as local controllers at each distributed generator. Thus, the requirement for a central controller is obviated. The performance analysis of the proposed control systems is provided, and the finite-time convergence properties for distributed secondary frequency and voltage controllers are achieved. Moreover, the distributed control system possesses the optimal active power sharing property. In the end, a microgrid test system is investigated to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategies. © 2014 Chinese Association of Automation.

Preliminary Design of Control Network for HT-7U Tokamak Cryogenic System

In the course of the cryoplant modernization, a control network will be set up in order to facilitate the control, the supervision, the centralized data acquisition and the alarm handling of the cryogenic system for HT-7U tokamak. The paper introduces the preliminary design of control network based on the Controller Link Network for HT-7U tokamak cryogenic system. The multi-layer structure mentioned in the paper is the mainstream of automatic control. The control philosophy, the structure of the network and the components for control are also presented.

The Paralleling of High Power High Frequency Amplifier Based on Synchronous and Asynchronous Control

The vertical position of plasma in the HT-7U Tokamak is inherently unstable. In order to realize active stabilization, the response rate of the high-power high-frequency amplifier feeding the active control coils must be fast enough. This paper analyzes the paralleling scheme of the power amplifier through two kinds of control mode. One is the synchronous control; the other is the asynchronous control. Via the comparison of the two kinds of control mode, both of their characteristics are given in the text. At last, the analyzed result is verified by a small power experiment.

孤岛微电网电流同步U-I下垂控制方法

采用电压-电流(U-I)下垂控制的孤岛微电网系统始终运行于工频频率,避免了传统下垂控制存在的频率偏差及频率越限问题,但电源间易产生环流,功率分配精度差。为此,提出电流同步U-I下垂控制方法,该方法由电流同步控制及U-I幅值下垂控制两部分构成。前者通过调节输出电压相角使各电源输出电流相角一致,以抑制电源间环流;后者依据输出电流的幅值调节输出电压的幅值,使各电源出力依据自身容量分配。在此基础上,建立双端系统的小信号模型,分析电流同步控制环路中控制参数对系统稳定性的影响,为参数设计提供依据。仿真及实验结果表明,相比U-I下垂控制,所提方法的系统环流减小50%以上,电压畸变率改善近10%,电源间功率分配精度及系统电能质量均得到明显提升。

U-model Enhanced Dynamic Control of a Heavy Oil Pyrolysis/Cracking Furnace

This paper proposes a case study in the control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace with a newly extended U-model based pole placement controller(U-PPC). The major work of the paper includes: 1) establishing a control oriented nonlinear dynamic model with Naphtha cracking and thermal dynamics; 2) analysing a U-model(i.e., control oriented prototype) representation of various popular process model sets; 3)designing the new U-PPC to enhance the control performance in pole placement and stabilisation; 4) taking computational bench tests to demonstrate the control system design and performance with a user-friendly step by step procedure.

MAS Based Distributed Automatic Generation Control for Cyber-Physical Microgrid System

The microgrid is a typical cyber-physical microgrid system (CPMS). The physical unconventional distributed generators (DGs) are intermittent and inverter-interfaced which makes them very different to control. The cyber components, such as the embedded computer and communication network, are equipped with DGs, to process and transmit the necessary information for the controllers. In order to ensure system-wide observability, controllability and stabilization for the microgrid, the cyber and physical component need to be integrated. For the physical component of CPMS, the droop-control method is popular as it can be applied in both modes of operation to improve the grid transient performance. Traditional droop control methods have the drawback of the inherent trade-off between power sharing and voltage and frequency regulation. In this paper, the global information (such as the average voltage and the output active power of the microgrid and so on) are acquired distributedly based on multi-agent system (MAS). Based on the global information from cyber components of CPMS, automatic generation control (AGC) and automatic voltage control (AVC) are proposed to deal with the drawback of traditional droop control. Simulation studies in PSCAD demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control methods. © 2014 Chinese Association of Automation.

Droop Control Methods for PV-Based Mini Grids with Different Line Resistances and Impedances

Different droop control methods for PV-based communal grid networks (minigrids and microgrids) with different line resistances (R) and impedances (X) are modelled and simulated in MATLAB to determine the most efficient control method for a given network. Results show that active power-frequency (P-f) droop control method is the most efficient for low voltage transmission networks with low X/R ratios while reactive power-voltage (Q-V) droop control method is the most efficient for systems with high X/R ratios. For systems with complex line resistances and impedances, i.e. near unity X/R ratios, P-f or Q-V droop methods cannot individually efficiently regulate line voltage and frequency. For such systems, P-Q-f droop control method, where both active and reactive power could be used to control PCC voltage via shunt-connected inverters, is determined to be the most efficient control method. Results also show that shunt-connection of inverters leads to improved power flow control of interconnected communal grids by allowing feeder voltage regulation, load reactive power support, reactive power management between feeders, and improved overall system performance against dynamic disturbances.

双U/f下垂控制下双极MMC-HVDC系统交流阻抗建模及稳定性分析

基于模块化多电平换流器的高压柔性直流输电系统(modular multilevel converter-based high voltage direct current,MMC-HVDC)常采用双极接线方式以提高系统功率输送能力和可靠性。然而目前对于风电场经柔直外送系统的稳定性研究集中于单极接线方式,孤岛直驱风电场与采用不同双极协调控制的双极MMC-HVDC互联系统小信号稳定性问题还有待进一步探究。该文首先考虑频率耦合特性、参考系初相位和直流侧耦合特性的影响,分别建立了采用双U/f下垂控制和定U/f-P/Q控制的双极MMC-HVDC系统交流侧等效SISO阻抗模型,并详细分析了金属回线阻抗和双极间功率均分度对交流阻抗特性的影响。接着对比研究了两种协调控制中共有控制环路和特有控制环路对交流侧负电阻特性及互联系统稳定性的影响规律。最后,孤岛直驱风电场经两种双极协调控制下双极MMC-HVDC外送系统Matlab/Simulink时域仿真结果和硬件在环半实物实时仿真实验结果验证了所提出的小信号阻抗模型的精确性和稳定性分析结论的有效性。

Transferring in control plane for 5G heterogeneous networks

The heterogeneous network with the separation of the control plane and user plane(C/U) is an evolutionary approach to the fifth generation(5 G) to achieve high system coverage and capacity. To minimize signaling load of the core network when there is a macro base station(BS) failure in the control plane, a scheme of transferring the control of small cells under the coverage of the failure macro BS to the neighbor macro BSs is proposed. The average handover rates between small cells related to user mobilities, the extended coverage of the neighboring macro BSs under the constraint of transmitting power and the load balance index of the system are analyzed, based on which the formula of maximizing the handovers processed by macro BSs is constructed and further solved by the convex optimization methods. Simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme can effectively increase the total handovers processed by the macro BSs and thus reduce the signaling load of the core network.

Toddlers’ choice:Yo-Yoing diabetes control or deci-unit insulin dosing?

While the incidence of toddlers’ diabetes is soaring,their mainstay insulins were withdrawn,namely the weak 10% or 20% insulin mixtures (WIM),which were injected only once or twice daily.Consequently,toddlers are coerced to use an insulin pump,multi-dose insulin regime (MuDIR),mix or dilute insulins.This paper highlights the difficulties and proposes a simple solution.While an insulin pump is the best available option,it is not readily available for everyone.Mixing insulins is not sufficiently precise in small doses.Although diluting insulin would allow precise dosing and reduce the dose variability secondary to dribbling after injections,it,like insulin mixing,deprives children from using the pen and related child-friendly accessories.In MuDIR,we inject 4-5 small doses of insulin instead of 1-2 daily larger doses of WIM.Thus,on using a half unit (unit) insulin pen,a dose of 0.5,1,1.5 and 2 units are adjusted in steps of 100%,50%,33% or 25%;unlike the advisable 5%-20%.This does not easily match the tiny erratic meals of grazing toddlers.Maternal anxiety peaks on watching yo-yoing glycemia.Carers have to accept either persistently high sugar or wild fluctuation.The risks of such poor glycemic pattern are increasingly recognized.Using insulin U20 in a unit disposable pen allows deci-unit dosing,with 5%-20% dose-tuning,greater accuracy on delivering small doses and reduction of dose variability from dribbling.Deci-unit dosing may help avoid wide glycemic swings and provide the affordable alternative to insulin pumps for toddlers.Deci-unit pen materializes the Human Rights of Children,a safer and effective treatment.

Simultaneous Exact Controllability of Wave Sound Propagations in Multilayer Media

In this work we study one problem of mathematical interest for their applications in several topics in Applied Science. We study simultaneous controllability of a pair of systems which model the evolution of sound in a compressible flow considered as a transmission problem. We show the well posed of the problem. Furthermore provided appropriate conditions in the geometry of the domain are valid and suitable assumptions on the fluid, is possible to conduce the pair of systems to the equilibrium in a simultaneous way using only one control.

基于改进的U-Net网络模型的叶片病害检测

为了满足作物病虫害绿色防治对病虫害程度检测的需求,设计了一种改进的U-Net网络模型用于作物叶片病虫害程度的检测。首先,选择ResNet50网络作为模型的主干网络,借助迁移学习来提升训练收敛速度和降低计算成本。其次,引入注意力机制对U-Net网络的各层特征提取和融合进行优化,以提高网络模型接收关键信息的能力。实验结果表明,改进的U-Net512网络模型具有最优的检测性能,平均检测精度达到90.14%,平均绝对误差为276.3。通过分析模型不同采样深度下的各层特征图发现,注意力机制的引入使网络模型能够获取并融合叶片整体特征和病害区域特征两个维度的信息,进一步提升模型检测性能。这种方法不仅能够有效地检测作物叶片的病虫害程度,而且具有较高的准确性和可靠性,有助于实现作物病虫害的绿色防治。

基于色散调控氟碲酸盐玻璃光纤的O-U波段平坦光频梳产生

光学频率梳(简称光频梳)作为一种优秀的多波长光源在通信领域具有巨大的应用潜力。通过将光频梳光源与波分复用技术(WDM)、空分复用技术结合(SDM),通信系统可以具有百Tbit/s量级的传输速率,在5G/6G通信、物联网、自动驾驶等方面具有重要的应用价值。目前实现光频梳的方法主要有以下四种,分别为基于锁模激光器产生飞秒光频梳、基于光学微腔产生光频梳、基于电光调制器产生光频梳以及基于行波四波混频产生光频梳。它们各具特点,但均很难同时实现宽光谱、高信噪比、高平坦度、高的单梳齿功率以及梳齿频率间隔大范围可调,这在一定程度上影响了光频梳在光通信领域的应用。本文提出基于受激布里渊激光腔产生种子梳,采用腔外负色散光纤进行脉冲压缩,进一步利用色散调控的高非线性氟碲酸盐光纤进行扩谱,从而实现光频梳产生。数值计算结果表明,通过该系统,我们可以得到重复频率大范围可调、光谱覆盖整个O-U波段且在O-U波段梳齿强度标准差小于5 dB的平坦光频梳,证明了通过基于布里渊激光腔与色散调控高非线性氟碲酸盐光纤的光学系统产生可用于光通信的平坦光频梳的可行性。