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In this work we present new distributed controllers for secondary frequency and voltage control in islanded microgrids. Inspired by techniques from cooperative control, the proposed controllers use localized information and nearest-neighbor…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-21 John W. Simpson-Porco , Qobad Shafiee , Florian Dorfler , Juan C. Vasquez , Josep M. Guerrero , Francesco Bullo

Reactive power sharing and containment of voltages within limits for inverter-based resources (IBRs) are two important, yet coupled objectives in ac networks. In this article, we propose a distributed control technique to simultaneously…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-29 Babak Abdolmaleki , John W. Simpson-Porco , Gilbert Bergna-Diaz

There is a trade-off between transient performance and line current distortion of the DC bus voltage control of single-phase grid-connected voltage source converters. This paper presents an improved DC bus voltage control scheme of such…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-30 Sakda Somkun , Viboon Chunkag

Integration of distributed energy resources has created a need for autonomous, dynamic voltage regulation. Decentralized Volt-VAr Control (VVC) of grid-connected inverters presents a unique opportunity for voltage management but, if…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-17 Daniel Russell , Dakota Hamilton , Mads R. Almassalkhi , Hamid R. Ossareh

Distributed secondary control plays an important role in DC microgrids, since it ensures system control objectives, which are power sharing and DC bus voltage stability. Previous studies have suggested using a control architecture that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-18 T. V. Vu , S. Paran , F. Diaz , T. E. Meyzani , C. S. Edrington

In this paper, we analyze the impact of communication failures on the performance of optimal distributed frequency control. We consider a consensus-based control scheme, and show that it does not converge to the optimal solution when the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-05-04 Marzieh Parandehgheibi , Konstantin Turitsyn , Eytan Modiano

With the gradual transformation of power generation towards renewables, distributed energy resources are becoming more and more relevant for grid stabilization. In order to involve all participants in the joint solution of this challenging…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-18 Lukas Kölsch , Katharina Wieninger , Stefan Krebs , Sören Hohmann

With the explosion of distributed energy resources (DERs), voltage regulation in distribution networks has been facing a great challenge. This paper derives an asynchronous distributed voltage control strategy based on the partial…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-20 Zhaojian Wang , Feng Liu , Yifan Su , Boyu Qin

A voltage regulation method for slow voltage variations at distribution level is proposed, based on a view of the loads, generators and storage along a distribution line as point weights. The "centers of mass" of the absorbed and injected…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-14 Panayiotis Moutis , Pavlos S. Georgilakis , Nikos D. Hatziargyriou

Introduction of renewable generation leads to significant reduction of inertia in power system, which deteriorates the quality of frequency control. This paper suggests a new control scheme utilizing controllable load to deal with low…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-30 Oleg O. Khamisov , Janusz W. Bialek , Anatoly Dymarsky

This paper considers an incremental Volt/Var control scheme for distribution systems with high integration of inverter-interfaced distributed generation (such as photovoltaic systems). The incremental Volt/Var controller is implemented with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-16 Antonin Colot , Elisabetta Perotti , Mevludin Glavic , Emiliano Dall'Anese

High-voltage direct current (HVDC) is an increasingly commonly used technology for long-distance electric power transmission, mainly due to its low resistive losses. In this paper the voltage-droop method (VDM) is reviewed, and three novel…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-14 Martin Andreasson , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Henrik Sandberg , Karl H. Johansson

Modern distribution grids are currently being challenged by frequent and sizable voltage fluctuations, due mainly to the increasing deployment of electric vehicles and renewable generators. Existing approaches to maintaining bus voltage…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Qiuling Yang , Gang Wang , Alireza Sadeghi , Georgios B. Giannakis , Jian Sun

Distribution networks face challenges from the increasing deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the emergence of bidirectional power flows. We propose a decentralized Volt/VAr control method based on a saddle-point…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-12 Diana Vieira Fernandes , Soummya Kar , Carlos Santos Silva

High-voltage direct current (HVDC) is a commonly used technology for long-distance power transmission, due to its low resistive losses and low costs. In this paper, a novel distributed controller for multi-terminal HVDC (MTDC) systems is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Martin Andreasson , Mohammad Nazari , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Henrik Sandberg , Karl H. Johansson , Mehrdad Ghandhari

The increasing penetration of renewable and distributed energy resources in distribution networks calls for real-time and distributed voltage control. In this paper we investigate local Volt/VAR control with a general class of control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-15 Xinyang Zhou , Masoud Farivar , Zhiyuan Liu , Lijun Chen , Steven Low

This paper presents a method for controlling the voltage of inverter-based Microgrids by proposing a new scale-free distributed cooperative controller. The communication network is modeled by a general time-varying graph which enhances the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-24 Donya Nojavanzadeh , Saeed Lotfifard , Zhenwei Liu , Ali Saberi , Anton A. Stoorvogel

In this paper, we propose a novel four-stage distributed controller for a DC microgrid that achieves power sharing and average voltage regulation for the voltages at actuated and unactuated buses. The controller is presented for a DC…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-01 Albertus Johannes Malan , Pol Jané-Soniera , Felix Strehle , Sören Hohmann

The growing integration of renewable energy sources into distribution networks poses significant challenges to frequency and voltage stability due to their intermittent nature and low-inertia dynamics. This paper proposes a multilevel…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-13 Xian Wu , Jan H. van Schuppen , Hai Xiang Lin

To reduce CO2 emissions and tackle increasing fuel costs, the aviation industry is swiftly moving towards the electrification of aircraft. From the viewpoint of systems and control, a key challenge brought by this transition corresponds to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Wasif H. Syed , Juan E. Machado , Hans Würfel , Ekrem Hanli , Johannes Schiffer