A minimal order observer based frequency control strategy for an integrated wind-battery-diesel power system

Wind energy is a fluctuating resource which can diverge quickly and causes the frequency deviation. To overcome this problem, the current paper deals with a frequency control scheme for a small power system by a coordinated control strategy of a wind turbine generator (WTG) and a battery energy storage system (BESS). The small power system composes of a wind turbine, a battery storage and a diesel generator. A minimal order observer is utilized as a disturbance observer to estimate the load of the power system. The load deviations are considered in a frequency domain. The low frequency component is reduced by the pitch angle control system of the WTG, while the high frequency component is reduced by the charge/discharge of the BESS, respectively. The output power command of the BESS is determined according to the state of charge, the high frequency component of the frequency deviation and the load variation. The proposed method is compared with the conventional method in different cases. By using the proposed method, the capacity of the battery is decreased by the charge/discharge of the BESS in long term. To enhance the control performance, the generalized predictive control (GPC) method is introduced to the pitch angle control system of the WTG. Effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the numerical simulations.

► A coordinated control method for a WTG and a BESS in the small power system.
► To achieve this objective, a minimal order observer is utilized.
►  The output power command of the WTG is based on the wind speed and the estimated frequency deviations.
► The output power the WTG is controlled by the GPC based robust pitch angle control system.
► The output power command of the BESS is determined by the state of charge and the estimated frequency deviations.