Double-Layer Feedback Control Method for Synchronized Frequency Regulation of PMSG-Based Wind Farm

Abstract

With the rapid growth of wind power penetration in power grid, the system operators need to implement the grid specification of wind farm participating in primary frequency regulation (PFR). In this paper, a double-layer control framework based on permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is proposed, which can simulate the inertia and droop characteristics similar to thermal units. The top-layer control adopts centralized model predictive control (MPC), while the bottom layer carries out distributed real-time correction control in case of inaccurate MPC prediction. In order to realize fast distributed correction among wind turbines (WTs), a distributed Newton method is proposed, which only requires WTs to exchange limited information with their neighbors on sparse communication network, and has a super-linear convergence rate. By introducing an index of state of energy, this method adequately exploits the kinetic energy of all WTs without loss of security. Compared with the centralized schemes, the dependence on prediction accuracy and data synchronization is greatly reduced. Compared with the distributed schemes, the overall characteristics and computing efficiency can be guaranteed. The simulation results show that the method has satisfactory dynamic performance and reliability, and the system frequency stability is significantly improved under the synchronized control method.