A Self-constraint Model Predictive Control Method via Air Conditioner
Clusters for Min-level Generation Following Service
Abstract
As renewable power generation increases in distribution networks, the
real-time power balance is becoming a tough challenge. Unlike simple
peak-load shedding or demand turn-down scenarios, generation following
requires persistent and precise control due to the temporal response
performance of controlled resources. This motivates a comprehensive
control design considering the temporal response limitations and
execution performance of ACCs when providing such services. Accordingly,
this paper proposes a self-constraint MPC that properly allocates the
generation following task among different ACCs, consisting of three main
parts: response rehearsal, distributed consistency-based power
allocation, and real-time task execution. Specifically, the rehearsal
knowledge of ACCs is evaluated by introducing model predictive control
to track power signals with different values and thus obtain prior
factors, including the upward/downward limits and control cost function.
On this basis, the coherence of the incremental response costs of
different clusters is achieved by containing the prior factors to model
the constraints and cost functions. Once the optimised following signals
are obtained, a real-time model predictive controller for generation
following task execution is employed. Simulations are conducted to
verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.