Virtual Inertia Control Methods in Islanded Microgrids

Vjatseslav Skiparev, Ram Machlev, Nilanjan Roy Chowdhury, Yoash Levron, Eduard Petlenkov and Juri Belikov
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Vjatseslav Skiparev: Department of Software Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Ram Machlev: The Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Nilanjan Roy Chowdhury: Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva 84100, Israel
Yoash Levron: The Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Eduard Petlenkov: Department of Computer Systems, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Juri Belikov: Department of Software Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-20

Abstract: Although the deployment and integration of isolated microgrids is gaining widespread support, regulation of microgrid frequency under high penetration levels of renewable sources is still being researched. Among the numerous studies on frequency stability, one key approach is based on integrating an additional loop with virtual inertia control, designed to mimic the behavior of traditional synchronous machines. In this survey, recent works related to virtual inertia control methods in islanded microgrids are reviewed. Based on a contextual analysis of recent papers from the last decade, we attempt to better understand why certain control methods are suitable for different scenarios, the currently open theoretical and numerical challenges, and which control strategies will predominate in the following years. Some of the reviewed methods are the coefficient diagram method, H-infinity-based methods, reinforcement-learning-based methods, practical-swarm-based methods, fuzzy-logic-based methods, and model-predictive controllers.

Keywords: frequency control; islanded microgrid; renewable energy; virtual inertia control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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