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Feedback-based safe gradient flow for optimal regulation of virtual power plants
A. Colot, B. Cornélusse, J. Cortés, E. Dall'Anese
Proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion, Athens, Greece, 2024, to appear

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of controlling distributed energy resources (DERs) in a distribution network (DN); the paper focuses on the voltage regulation task and on the concept of virtual power plant (VPP). For the latter, we envision an aggregation of DERs as a VPP that tracks power setpoints at the point of common coupling to provide ancillary services to the bulk power system. We propose a feedback-based controller that pursues solutions to a time-varying AC optimal power flow problem. This controller ensures voltage constraints are met in real time, assuming no voltage measurement errors. The feedback from the system mitigates the controller sensitivity to model uncertainties and eliminates the need for measurements of uncontrollable loads at every node. The feedback-based controller is tested on the IEEE37-node system with delta and wye-connected devices in a strongly unbalanced configuration.

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