Electric Power ›› 2024, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (11): 108-118.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202305054

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Virtual Synchronous Control Frequency Regulation Strategy for Adjustable Self-standby Rate in Photovoltaic Plants

Jiangfeng ZHANG1(), Song KE2(), Wenjin CHEN3, Tianyu WANG1, Keke ZHENG1, Jun YANG2   

  1. 1. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Research Institute, Hangzhou 310000, China
    2. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
    3. Power Dispatch Control Center of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310000, China
  • Received:2023-05-12 Accepted:2023-08-10 Online:2024-11-23 Published:2024-11-28
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by Science and Technology Project of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd. (Research on Distributed Energy Storage Networked Coordinated Frequency Regulation Technology, No.5211DS22000Q).

Abstract:

The photovoltaic plants controlled by self-standby can provide frequency regulation capability for the power grid. But the existing self-standby control is difficult to evaluate the maximum power and and the economy is required to be quantified. Additionally, it can not provide virtual inertia. The effect of frequency regulation response of photovoltaic plants needs to be improved. To address this problem, this paper proposes a virtual synchronous FR control strategy for PV power plants with adjustable self-standby. Firstly, based on the P-V operation characteristics of PV, a PV maximum power estimation strategy is proposed, as well as a variable step voltage control strategy to achieve PV self-standby control. Second, based on the virtual synchronous generator control strategy and the photovoltaic plant architecture, the frequency feedback control loop is introduced. And the photovoltaic self-standby adjustable control strategy is proposed, supporting the frequency stability of the power grid in the form of virtual inertia. In addition, energy storages connected in parallel on the DC side of the photovoltaic ensure the stability of the DC bus voltage during the dynamic adjustment of the photovoltaic operating point with the self-backup rate. The influence of the error of the maximum power estimation algorithm on the virtual synchronous frequency control strategy is further analyzed. And the influence of the change of virtual synchronous control parameters on the frequency modulation effect is discussed. Finally, Simulink simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy and provide theoretical support for the grid-connected regulation of PV.

Key words: photovoltaic power plants, maximum power estimation, self-standby, virtual synchronous control, frequency regulation