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Title: An Optimized Input/Output-Constrained Control Design With Application to Microgrid Operation

Journal Article · · IEEE Control Systems Letters

In this paper, a nonlinear control design is presented for systems whose input and output vectors are saturated. The proposed synthesis includes an optimal tracker as the seed controller and explicitly imposes all the relevant constraints on system input, on the rate of change in the input, and on system output by using the tools of barrier functions, input-output feedback linearization, comparison argument, Lyapunov argument, and a real-time constrained optimization. The proposed design is applied to microgrid operation with high penetration of renewable generation, where net load and variable generation must be balanced and the microgrid should be operated at an optimal or near-optimal performance level. Since traditional generation has a limited ramping rate, battery storage devices and demand responses become necessary to effectively deal with variability of renewable generation and to maintain frequency stability, but their capacities are also limited. Finally,it is shown that the proposed design is effective for coordinated control of traditional generation, storage and demand response so that the power system frequency is guaranteed to be within the required operational limits and that renewable curtailment is eliminated or minimized.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of Transportation
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0007327; EE0007998; EE0006340; ECCS-1308928; ECCS-1552073; DTRT13-G-UTC51; EE0009028
OSTI ID:
1601127
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1820625; OSTI ID: 2324963; OSTI ID: 2325955
Journal Information:
IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 4, Issue 2; ISSN 2475-1456
Publisher:
IEEECopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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