Electric Power ›› 2025, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (11): 193-204.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202404032

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Islanded Microgrid System Modeling Based on Kuramoto Coupled Oscillator Theory

LI Cheng1(), ZHANG Haiyu2(), SONG Huihui2(), QU Yanbin2, ZHANG Xin3, LI Yingying3   

  1. 1. State Power Investment Group Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210008, China
    2. School of New Energy, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
    3. New Energy Technology Research Institute, State Power Investment Corporation Science and Technology Research Institute, Beijing 102200, China
  • Received:2024-04-07 Revised:2024-12-09 Online:2025-12-01 Published:2025-11-28
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Kuramoto Modeling and Energy-Shaping Seamless Frequency Control for Microgrid, No.61773137)

Abstract:

To further explore the implicit collective dynamics within the synchronization phenomenon of various complex systems, the Kuramoto model is introduced to describe the evolution of globally sinusoidal coupled phase oscillator systems with natural frequency distributions. This paper proposes a Kuramoto modeling method for island microgrid systems from the perspective of oscillator synchronization, clarifying the transient characteristics of frequency synchronization among different units in the microgrid. Firstly, a deep analysis is conducted to explore the similarities between the operational characteristics of each unit in the microgrid and the dynamic characteristics of Kuramoto oscillators, and a Kuramoto model is established based on the differences in operational characteristics. Then, the dynamic equations of Kuramoto oscillators classified by inertia are derived according to their inertial properties, and a first- and second-order mixed inhomogeneous Kuramoto model is constructed to represent the entire system. Finally, a 3-machine 5-node microgrid system is built on the Simulink simulation platform to verify the applicability of the Kuramoto synchronization theory in microgrid modeling. The similarity between the frequency synchronization of the Kuramoto model and the transient-to-steady-state process of the microgrid is revealed, laying a theoretical foundation for quantitative analysis of transient stability and the construction of transient energy functions.

Key words: islanded microgrid, coupled oscillators, transient stability, synchronization, kuramoto model