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Title: Primary Frequency Response with Aggregated DERs: Preprint

Abstract

Power networks have to withstand a variety of disturbances that affect system frequency, and the problem is compounded with the increasing integration of intermittent renewable generation. Following a large-signal generation or load disturbance, system frequency is arrested leveraging primary frequency control provided by governor action in synchronous generators. In this work, we propose a framework for distributed energy resources (DERs) deployed in distribution networks to provide (supplemental) primary frequency response. Particularly, we demonstrate how power-frequency droop slopes for individual DERs can be designed so that the distribution feeder presents a guaranteed frequency-regulation characteristic at the feeder head. Furthermore, the droop slopes are engineered such that injections of individual DERs conform to a well-defined fairness objective that does not penalize them for their location on the distribution feeder. Time-domain simulations for an illustrative network composed of a combined transmission network and distribution network with frequency-responsive DERs are provided to validate the approach.

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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1346343
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5D00-67883
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: To be presented at the 2017 American Control Conference, 24-26 May 2017, Seattle, Washington
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; distributed energy resources; primary frequency response; virtual power plants; distribution systems

Citation Formats

Guggilam, Swaroop S., Dhople, Sairaj V., Zhao, Changhong, Dall'Anese, Emiliano, and Chen, Yu Christine. Primary Frequency Response with Aggregated DERs: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.23919/ACC.2017.7963470.
Guggilam, Swaroop S., Dhople, Sairaj V., Zhao, Changhong, Dall'Anese, Emiliano, & Chen, Yu Christine. Primary Frequency Response with Aggregated DERs: Preprint. United States. https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC.2017.7963470
Guggilam, Swaroop S., Dhople, Sairaj V., Zhao, Changhong, Dall'Anese, Emiliano, and Chen, Yu Christine. 2017. "Primary Frequency Response with Aggregated DERs: Preprint". United States. https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC.2017.7963470. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1346343.
@article{osti_1346343,
title = {Primary Frequency Response with Aggregated DERs: Preprint},
author = {Guggilam, Swaroop S. and Dhople, Sairaj V. and Zhao, Changhong and Dall'Anese, Emiliano and Chen, Yu Christine},
abstractNote = {Power networks have to withstand a variety of disturbances that affect system frequency, and the problem is compounded with the increasing integration of intermittent renewable generation. Following a large-signal generation or load disturbance, system frequency is arrested leveraging primary frequency control provided by governor action in synchronous generators. In this work, we propose a framework for distributed energy resources (DERs) deployed in distribution networks to provide (supplemental) primary frequency response. Particularly, we demonstrate how power-frequency droop slopes for individual DERs can be designed so that the distribution feeder presents a guaranteed frequency-regulation characteristic at the feeder head. Furthermore, the droop slopes are engineered such that injections of individual DERs conform to a well-defined fairness objective that does not penalize them for their location on the distribution feeder. Time-domain simulations for an illustrative network composed of a combined transmission network and distribution network with frequency-responsive DERs are provided to validate the approach.},
doi = {10.23919/ACC.2017.7963470},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1346343}, journal = {},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2017}
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