Phasor-Based Control for Scalable Integration of Variable Energy Resources

Alexandra von Meier, Elizabeth L. Ratnam, Kyle Brady, Keith Moffat and Jaimie Swartz
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Alexandra von Meier: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, 253 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Elizabeth L. Ratnam: Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Kyle Brady: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, 253 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Keith Moffat: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, 253 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Jaimie Swartz: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, 253 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: We propose an innovative framework termed phasor-based control (PBC) to facilitate the integration of heterogeneous and intermittent distributed energy resources (DER) on the electric grid. PBC presents a unified approach that is agnostic to optimization criteria and to the particular characteristics of participating resources. It is enabled by synchronized, high-precision voltage phasor measurements that allow stating control objectives in grid-specific, rather than resource-specific, terms. We present qualitative justification and examine the general feasibility of this control approach, including the behavior of candidate control algorithms in simulation. Initial results suggest that PBC has significant potential to support stable and resilient grid operations in the presence of arbitrarily high penetrations of DER.

Keywords: synchrophasors; distributed energy resources; phasor-based control; electric power grids; renewable power integration (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: 2020
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