Abstract
This paper considers future distribution networks featuring inverter-interfaced photovoltaic (PV) systems, and addresses the synthesis of feedback controllers that seek real-and reactive-power inverter setpoints corresponding to AC optimal power flow (OPF) solutions. The objective is to bridge the temporal gap between long-term system optimization and real-time inverter control, and enable seamless PV-owner participation without compromising system efficiency and stability. The design of the controllers is grounded on a dual -subgradient method, while semidefinite programming relaxations are advocated to bypass the non-convexity of AC OPF formulations. Global convergence of inverter output powers is analytically established for diminishing stepsize rules for cases where: i) computational limits dictate asynchronous updates of the controller signals, and ii) inverter reference inputs may be updated at a faster rate than the power-output settling time.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 7272777 |
Pages (from-to) | 2809-2823 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Power Systems |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2016 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Distributed optimization and control
- distribution systems
- optimal power flow
- photovoltaic inverter control