Sliding Mode Controller and Lyapunov Redesign Controller to Improve Microgrid Stability: A Comparative Analysis with CPL Power Variation

Eklas Hossain, Ron Perez, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Lucian Mihet-Popa, Frede Blaabjerg and Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy
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Eklas Hossain: Department of Electrical Engineering & Renewable Energy, Oregon Tech, Klamath Falls, OR 97601, USA
Ron Perez: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
Lucian Mihet-Popa: Faculty of Engineering, Østfold University College, Kobberslagerstredet 5, 1671 Kråkeroy-Fredrikstad, Norway
Frede Blaabjerg: Centre for Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy: Institute of Power Engineering, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-24

Abstract: To mitigate the microgrid instability despite the presence of dense Constant Power Load (CPL) loads in the system, a number of compensation techniques have already been gone through extensive research, proposed, and implemented around the world. In this paper, a storage based load side compensation technique is used to enhance stability of microgrids. Besides adopting this technique here, Sliding Mode Controller (SMC) and Lyapunov Redesign Controller (LRC), two of the most prominent nonlinear control techniques, are individually implemented to control microgrid system stability with desired robustness. CPL power is then varied to compare robustness of these two control techniques. This investigation revealed the better performance of the LRC system compared to SMC to retain stability in microgrid with dense CPL load. All the necessary results are simulated in Matlab/Simulink platform for authentic verification. Reasons behind inferior SMC performance and ways to mitigate that are also discussed. Finally, the effectiveness of SMC and LRC systems to attain stability in real microgrids is verified by numerical analysis.

Keywords: sliding mode control; Lyapunov redesign control; constant power load; robustness analysis; variation of CPL power; microgrid stability (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: 2017
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