Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK

Consensus control of electric spring using back-to-back converter for voltage regulation with ultra-high renewable penetration
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1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2 School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

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The work was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under Theme-based Research Scheme through Project No. T23-701/14-N.

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    Recent advances in a power electronic device called an electric spring (ES) provide feasible solutions to meeting critical customers’ requirements for voltage quality. A new version of the ES was introduced based on a back-to-back converter (ESBC) configuration which extends the operating range and improves the voltage suppression performance to facilitate ultra-high renewable penetration. This paper proposes an efficient control method to facilitate the voltage regulation function of an ESBC with non-critical loads. Particularly, the proposed method is suitable for various load characteristics. We also develop a consensus algorithm to coordinate multiple ESs for maintaining critical bus voltage in distribution systems with ultra-high renewable penetration. The proposed operation of the ESBC is verified by simulation of a modified IEEE 15-bus distribution network. The results show that the ESBC can effectively regulate system voltage and is superior to the original version of the ES.

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  • Online: November 27,2017
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