Robust stability analysis of DC microgrids with constant power loads

arXiv1702.07580MaRDI QIDQ6283573FDOQ6283573

Authors: Jianzhe Liu, Wei Zhang, Giorgio Rizzoni 

Publication date: 24 February 2017

Abstract: This paper studies stability analysis of DC microgrids with uncertain constant power loads (CPLs). It is well known that CPLs have negative impedance effects, which may cause instability in a DC microgrid. Existing works often study the stability around a given equilibrium based on some nominal values of CPLs. However, in real applications, the equilibrium of a DC microgrid depends on the loading condition that often changes over time. Different from many previous results, this paper develops a framework that can analyze the DC microgrid stability for a given range of CPLs. The problem is formulated as a robust stability problem of a polytopic uncertain linear system. By exploiting the structure of the problem, we derive a set of sufficient conditions that can guarantee robust stability. The conditions can be efficiently checked by solving a convex optimization problem whose complexity does not grow with the number of buses in the microgrid. The effectiveness and non-conservativeness of the proposed framework are demonstrated using simulation examples.

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