Frequency Stability of Hierarchically Controlled Hybrid Photovoltaic-Battery-Hydropower Microgrids

Hybrid photovoltaic (PV)-battery-hydropower microgrids (MGs) can be considered to enhance electricity accessibility and availability in remote areas. However, the coexistence of different renewable-energy sources with different inertias and control strategies may affect system stability. In this paper, a hierarchical controller for a hybrid PV-battery-hydropower MG is proposed in order to achieve the parallel operation of the hydropower and PV-battery system with different rates and to guarantee power sharing performance among PV voltage-controlled inverters, while the required power to the hydropower-based local grid is supplied. In this case, the PV-battery system will operate as a PQ bus to inject the desired active and reactive powers to the local grid, while the hydropower station will act as a slack bus which maintains its voltage amplitude and frequency. An integrated small-signal state-space model is derived to analyze the system stability of the hybrid MG. The simulation results show system frequency and voltage stability for a hybrid MG demonstration which includes the 2-MWp PV installations, a 15.2-MWh battery system, and a 12.8-MVA hydropower plant. The experimental results on a small-scale laboratory prototype verify the validity of the theoretical analysis and proposed control strategy.

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