Improved Droop Control Strategy of Multiple Energy Storage Applications in an AC Microgrid Based on the State of Charge

Distributed energy storage technology is used to stabilize the frequency and voltage of the microgrid operating in islanded mode. However, due to the inconsistent state of charge (SoC) of the energy storage unit (ESU), the active power output of the ESU cannot be shared reasonably. On the basis of stabilizing voltage and frequency, this paper presents a power exponential function droop control (PEFDC) strategy considering the SoC. In this control strategy, the ESU is allowed to adjust the output power adaptively according to its own SoC level during discharge and reaches SoC equilibrium. Simulation models are built to compare the PEFDC strategy with conventional droop control (CDC) and power function droop control (PFDC) approaches. The simulation results illustrate the superiority of the proposed control strategy over the other two methods. Finally, the hardware-in-the-loop experiment is conducted to verify the effectiveness of the PEFDC strategy.

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This paper proposes a power exponential function droop control strategy considering the state of charge, which allows ESU to adaptively adjust output power based on its SoC level, achieving superior performance compared to conventional droop control and power function droop control methods according to simulation results.