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Virtual Inertia Control Methods in Islanded Microgrids

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  • Vjatseslav Skiparev

    (Department of Software Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia)

  • Ram Machlev

    (The Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel)

  • Nilanjan Roy Chowdhury

    (Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva 84100, Israel)

  • Yoash Levron

    (The Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel)

  • Eduard Petlenkov

    (Department of Computer Systems, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia)

  • Juri Belikov

    (Department of Software Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia)

Abstract

Although the deployment and integration of isolated microgrids is gaining widespread support, regulation of microgrid frequency under high penetration levels of renewable sources is still being researched. Among the numerous studies on frequency stability, one key approach is based on integrating an additional loop with virtual inertia control, designed to mimic the behavior of traditional synchronous machines. In this survey, recent works related to virtual inertia control methods in islanded microgrids are reviewed. Based on a contextual analysis of recent papers from the last decade, we attempt to better understand why certain control methods are suitable for different scenarios, the currently open theoretical and numerical challenges, and which control strategies will predominate in the following years. Some of the reviewed methods are the coefficient diagram method, H-infinity-based methods, reinforcement-learning-based methods, practical-swarm-based methods, fuzzy-logic-based methods, and model-predictive controllers.

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  • Vjatseslav Skiparev & Ram Machlev & Nilanjan Roy Chowdhury & Yoash Levron & Eduard Petlenkov & Juri Belikov, 2021. "Virtual Inertia Control Methods in Islanded Microgrids," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-20, March.
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