Restricting Voltage Deviation of DC Microgrids with Critical and Ordinary Nodes: A Generalized Consensus Approach
For operators of DC microgrids with both critical and ordinary nodes, this work provides a control method that addresses the conflict between voltage deviation restriction and current sharing, a practical but underexplored problem.
This paper proposes a consensus-based current sharing control law for DC microgrids that balances voltage regulation and current sharing, achieving compromised control objectives. Simulations verify the effectiveness in handling plug-and-play operations and meeting voltage deviation limits on critical nodes while maintaining accurate current sharing among ordinary nodes.
Restricting bus voltage deviation is crucial for normal operation of multi-bus DC microgrids, yet it has received insufficient attention due to the conflict between two main control objectives in DC microgrids, i.e., voltage regulation and current sharing. By revealing a necessary and sufficient condition for achieving these two objectives, this paper proposes a novel consensus-based current sharing control law that can achieve the compromised control objective, balancing both current sharing and voltage deviation restriction. Additionally, we examine the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme for DC Microgrids that include both critical nodes and ordinary nodes, where there is a simultaneous requirement for voltage deviation limits on critical nodes and accurate current sharing among ordinary nodes. Theoretical results are verified by simulations, and the effectiveness in handling plug-and-play operations of distributed generators is also illustrated.