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+
+0.1pu
Pd Δf
KI 1 1 1
+
into these small grids. However, due to the fluctuating power s Tg s+1 Td s+1 ΔPe Ms+D
generation from renewable energy sources, frequency devi- -0.1pu PEWH
ations of power systems become problematic. Distributed Rate limiter
intelligent load control can be used to significantly increase
renewable energy penetration and cut diesel fuel consump- u EWH
tion. This paper presents a methodology for grid frequency Δf power consumption EWH1
+
command system1 UEWH_1 PEWH_1
control by electric water heaters as controllable loads. This
+
+
system consists of diesel generator, wind farm, and loads. EWH
By applying a power consumption controller adopted from power consumption
UEWH_2
EWH2 PEWH_2
H∞ control theory, grid frequency deviation is maintained command system2
Rated value output power of wind farm, all power consumption except
electric water heater, and power consumption of electric
1 water heater, respectively:
UEWH PEWH
Ts+1 Pd + Pdis − PEW H = ΔPe (1)
ΔPe
III. ELECTRIC WATER HEATER: EWH
+
ΔPe
Ucom UEWH (winter) using midnight power. The electric water heater
H Controller Eq.(9) model is illustrated in Fig. 2. The electric water heater is
Δf
+
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Plant eΔPe
WS1 z11
eΔf
+ x x WS2 z12
I
u B S C y Pd
+
+ ΔPe * + - UEWH u
H observer WT1 z21
Δf * + P +
- Pdis
A WT2 z22
Δf
+
K Ce(t) ΔPe
Fig. 5. Designing of H∞ controller.
+ + x I
x
B S C y
+ command value of supply error Δf ∗ which is always
0. Linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach [6]-[10] is
A applied to the design of the H∞ controller. Controller
configuration is illustrated in Fig. 5. The following are
Full-order observer the design goals:
Fig. 4. Full-order observer. • On the load side, EWH expend energy to reduce the
high-frequency component of supply error. Weight-
⎡ ⎤ ing functions of sensitivity function WS1 , WS2
−D/M 1/M 0 1/M are selected so as to high sensitivity at the high-
⎢ 0 −1/T d 1/T d 0 ⎥ frequency component.
A=⎣ ⎦ (4)
0 0 −1/T g 0 • On the generator side, diesel generator generates
0 0 0 0 power to reduce the low-frequency component of
supply error. Weighting function of sensitivity func-
⎡ ⎤
0 tion WS1 , WS2 is selected so as to low sensitivity at
⎢ 0 ⎥ the low-frequency component of supply error.
B=⎣ ⎦ (5)
1/T g Weighting functions WS1 , WS2 , WT 1 , WT 2 are selected
0 by design goals in Fig. 5 as illustrated in Fig. 6(a),
(b). Weighting functions of sensitivity function WS1 ,
C = [1 0 0 0] (6) WS2 determine the command value following capability
where x is the state variable vector, x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 as illustrated in Fig. 6(a). Weighting functions of com-
represent frequency deviation Δf , output of diesel gener- plementary sensitivity function WT 1 , WT 2 decide the
ator Pd , output of governor, disturbance of power system robustness against the disturbance as illustrated in Fig.
Pdis =PW F -PL , respectively. y is frequency deviation 6(b). Robustness for parameter variation is examined in
Δf . Full-order observer is configured by the following the next section. Singular value plots of diesel generator
equation and block diagram is illustrated in Fig. 4. and EWH for before-after the additional controller are
illustrated in Figs. 7, and 8, respectively. From singular
x̂˙ = Ax̂(t) + Bu(t) − KCe(t) (7) value plots of diesel generator after controller addition as
shown in Fig. 7, the diesel generator generates to reduce
Where the poles of the observer (γ1 =-80, γ2 =-0.2, γ3 =- the low-frequency component of supply error by gain of
10, γ4 =-60) are decided by a good estimate. Supply error diesel generator that is maintained constant at zero at the
ΔPˆ e is estimated by estimated value of output power of
low-frequency component. From singular value plots of
diesel generator Pˆd and estimated value of disturbance of EWH after controller addition as shown in Fig. 8, EWH
power system Pdisˆ using the following equation
can operate to reduce the high-frequency component of
ˆ e = Pˆd − Pˆdis .
ΔP (8) supply error by singular value plots of EWH as configured
at the high-frequency domain compared to singular value
It is used the decision of input signal for controller which plots of diesel generator. Electricity consumption of EWH
is explained in the next section. has low sensitivity at the low-frequency component of
supply error by gain of EWH declining at the low-
B. Design of H∞ controller frequency domain.
Two-input one-output H∞ controller is designed in
this section. Input of H∞ controller is eΔPe and eΔf , C. Distributed control
ˆ e and
where eΔPe is difference between supply error ΔP EWH group power consumption is controlled by a
∗
command value of supply error ΔPe which is always 0, decentralized controller that depends on each capacity. In
eΔf is difference between frequency deviation Δf and other words, command value for determining the power
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0
-0.7
Pdis [pu]
-20
-40 -0.8 Pdis
-60 Without H controller -0.9
-80 With H controller
Pdis
-1.0
-100 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 100 101 102 103 104
Frequency [rad/s]
Time t [s]
Fig. 7. Singular values plot of diesel generator. Fig. 11. Disturbance of power system and estimated value.
20
TABLE I
Singular Values [dB]
0
S IMULATION PARAMETERS
-20
inertia constant M 0.1 puMW·s/Hz
-40
damping constant D 0.12 puMW·s/Hz
-60 Without H controller governor time constant Tg 0.1 s
-80 With H controller
diesel generator time constant Tg 5.0 s
EWH time constant T 0.1 s
-100
10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 100 101 102 103 104
Frequency [rad/s]
Fig. 8. Singular values plot of EWH.
V. SIMULATION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The simulation results show the effectiveness of sys-
tem frequency control by power consumption control of
consumption of EWH is chosen according to capacity
decentralized controllable load in load side. In EWH
of EWH. The following equation decides the power
power consumption command system, H∞ controller is
consumption command value of EWH from the foregoing
compared with using PI controller for simulation. Table
concept:
I shows the parameter of the power system used in the
simulations.
PEWH maxN
UEWH N = PEWH maxN ×η+ (9) Variation of all power consumption except EWH and
2
output power of wind farm are assumed in this paper as
shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Power consumption of load as
Ucom shown in Fig. 9 has sharp fluctuation between about 400s
η = N (10)
PEWH maxN
and 800s. Moreover, wind farm is assumed to operate
N =1
at peak power and simulated with random fluctuation.
where PEWH maxN and η represent rated power con- The full-order observer running for good estimate as seen
sumption of EWH and proportion to PEWH maxN . in Fig. 11 illustrates disturbance Pdis and the estimated
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0.15 0.15
PEWH [pu]
PEWH [pu]
0.10 0.10
0.05 0.05
0 0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Time t [s] Time t [s]
(a) Power consumption of all EWH in power system (a) Power consumption of all EWH in power system
Output of diesel generator
Pd [pu]
0.8 0.8
0.7 0.7
0.6 0.6
0.5 0.5
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Time t [s] Time t [s]
(b) Output of diesel generator (b) Output of diesel generator
0.5 0.5
0.4 Without EWH control 0.4 Without EWH control
0.3 0.3
0.2 With EWH control 0.2 With EWH control
0.1 0.1
0 0
-0.1 -0.1
-0.2 -0.2
-0.3 -0.3
-0.4 -0.4
-0.5 -0.5
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Time t [s] Time t [s]
(c) Frequency deviation (c) Frequency deviation
Fig. 12. Simulation results (PI control). Fig. 13. Simulation results (H∞ control).
ˆ .
value Pdis of using H∞ control is better than the case of using PI
Simulation results are shown in Fig. 12 for the case control for frequency deviation Δf , as seen in control
where the system frequency is controlled by a PI con- result of Fig. 13(c). Next, frequency deviation Δf is
troller. Power consumption of all EWH in the power sys- statistically evaluated to show the validity of the proposed
tem is illustrated in Fig. 12(a), and EWH expend electric method for parameter variation. The following equation
power so as to reduce the high-frequency component of is used to show the probability density of frequency
supply error ΔPe as seen in this figure. Output power of deviation Δf . However, it is assumed as form of normal
diesel generator, in case of not using EWH and with using distribution
2
EWH on control, is illustrated in Fig. 12(b), and high- 1 1 x−μ
frequency component is reduced by power consumption f (x) = √ exp − (11)
σ 2π 2 σ
control of EWH. Frequency deviation is illustrated in Fig.
12(c). Frequency deviation is suppressed in about ±0.04 where σ(>0), x and μ represent standard deviation, sam-
Hz due to power consumption that is done so as to reduce ple Δf , and mean value, respectively. Variable parameters
the high-frequency component of supply error on the load are assumed which are diesel generator’s parameter Td
side. and inertia for equivalent generator’s parameter M . Scope
On the other hand, simulation outcome in case of of parameter variation is between −10% and −40%,
using H∞ control on control system is illustrated in Fig. probability density of frequency deviation in case of using
13. Power consumption of all EWH in power system each control method is illustrated in Figs. 14, and 15.
is illustrated in Fig. 13(a), and EWH expend electric Statistical results for PI control of Fig. 14 confirms that
power so as to reduce the high-frequency component of rate of distribution for frequency deviation to be lower
supply error ΔPe and keep pace under the high-frequency at 0 Hz, while the frequency deviation band widens with
component. Then output power of diesel generator Pd increase in parameter variation. Statistical results for H∞
becomes smooth and constant. It is seen that the case control of Fig. 15 confirms that rate of distribution for
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