Abstract
Superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems, in which the proportional-integral (PI) method is usually used to control the SMESs, have been used in microgrids for improving the control performance. However, the robustness of PI-based SMES controllers may be unsatisfactory due to the high nonlinearity and coupling of the SMES system. In this study, the energy shaping passivity (ESP)-based control strategy, which is a novel nonlinear control based on the methodology of interconnection and damping assignment (IDA), is proposed for robustness improvement of SMES systems. A step-by-step design of the ESP-based method considering the robustness of SMES systems is presented. A comparative analysis of the performance between ESP-based and PI control strategies is shown. Simulation and experimental results prove that the ESP-based strategy achieves the stronger robustness toward the system parameter uncertainties than the conventional PI control. Besides, the use of ESP-based control method can reduce the eddy current losses of a SMES system due to the significant reduction of 2nd and 3rd harmonics of superconducting coil DC current.
Highlights
The fossil energy crisis has expedited the development of renewable power generation (RPG) [1].The microgrid (MG), an important part of the future smart grid, can flexibly organize the RPG integration into the power system [2,3,4,5]
The superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system has been used in MG for the power smoothing, load following, power oscillation damping, power factor correction, and dynamic voltage improvement [13]
At the time point of 0.5 s, power conditioning system (PCS) converters of SMES is put into operation
Summary
The fossil energy crisis has expedited the development of renewable power generation (RPG) [1]. The microgrid (MG), an important part of the future smart grid, can flexibly organize the RPG integration into the power system [2,3,4,5]. Energy storage systems (ESSs) are essential in the MG to sustain the output power, voltage, and frequency [7,8,9]. The superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system is a promising ESS in MG applications due to its significant life cycle and power density advantages [10,11,12]. SMES is applied in MG for the power smoothing in the grid-connected (GC) mode as well as the frequency and voltage regulation in the islanded mode
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