July 2022

Conference Paper

Virtual Synchronous Generator Control of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Plants (MARS)

By:
Pan, Jiuping; Nuqui, Reynaldo; Debnath, Suman ; Marthi, Phani Ratna Vanamali ; Xia, Qianxue
Page Number:
1-5
Book Title:
2022 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D)
Publication Date:
July 28, 2022
Publisher Location:
IEEE, New Jersey, United States of America
Conference Name:
IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D)
Conference Location:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Conference Sponsor:
IEEE
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1109/TD43745.2022.9816950

Abstract

Multi-port autonomous reconfigurable solar power plant (MARS) is an integrated concept for integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) to transmission alternating current (ac) grid and high-voltage direct current (HVdc) links. The integrated development incorporates advanced control methods to provide enhanced grid ancillary services such as fast frequency responses and dynamic voltage support. In this paper, the virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control algorithm of MARS is discussed. The proposed VSG-based control enables enhanced synthetic inertial response and flexible frequency response characteristics of hybrid PV and ESS power plants in accordance with grid ancillary service requirements. Multi-port power electronics interface allows controlled emergency power support from MARS to local transmission ac grid and remote grid through the HVdc link. The performance of VSG control is validated using a reduced-order model of MARS in Simulink. Methods for estimating grid ancillary service capabilities of MARS are also discussed.