Driven by the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality target, the large-scale grid-connected of renewable energy such as wind and solar has increased, and the volatility and randomness have posed new challenges to the stability of the power grid frequency. In this case, battery energy storage is a grid auxiliary resource with fast response and adjustable parameters, which can provide frequency support for the grid system in a short period. This paper studies the frequency regulation strategy of large-scale battery energy storage in the power grid system from the perspectives of battery energy storage, battery energy storage station, and battery energy storage system, respectively. First of all, the droop control based on logistic function and the virtual inertia control based on piecewise function are proposed for battery energy storage frequency regulation, which improves the performance of battery energy storage power output effectively. Second, the weighting factor is set according to the current battery charge to achieve the most optimal distribution of frequency regulation power for each battery pack in the battery energy storage station. In the end, a control framework for large-scale battery energy storage systems jointly with thermal power units to participate in system frequency regulation is constructed, and the proposed frequency regulation strategy is studied and analyzed in the EPRI-36 node model. The results of the study show that the proposed battery frequency regulation control strategies can quickly respond to system frequency changes at the beginning of grid system frequency fluctuations, which improves the stability of the new power system frequency including battery energy storage. In addition, this paper also provides a certain reference for the construction of the new power system dispatching that integrates “Generation-Grid-Load-Storage” in the future.
5 September 2023 in International Journal of Energy Research
The virtual impedance can suppress the low-frequency oscillation effectively caused by the power coupling effect for the grid-forming direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (D-PMSG). However, there are few studies on the influence of virtual impedance on the subsynchronous oscillation caused by the interaction between the grid-forming D-PMSG and the weak grid. In this paper, the mechanism of virtual impedance improving the stability of virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control for the converter is revealed from the perspective of power coupling, and the influence of virtual impedance on the system stability in subsynchronous frequency range was analysed based on the sequence impedance model. The analysis results show that the virtual inductance cannot effectively improve the oscillation suppression effect, but the virtual resistance can greatly improve the damping characteristics of the system which has a good oscillation suppression effect. However, excessive increase in virtual resistance will cause power coupling oscillation, even subsynchronous oscillation, which shows limitations in subsynchronous oscillation suppression. To solve the problem, a dynamic voltage compensation control method based on active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) was proposed, and the parameters are designed by bandwidth method. The method can suppress the subsynchronous oscillation effectively in a certain frequency range under different grid strength and disturbance conditions. And it shows strong adaptability and good system robustness in weak grid. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed oscillation suppression strategy was verified by time domain simulation.
7 November 2025 in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
With the continuous advancement of China’s new-type power system construction, wide-range-frequency oscillation accidents in the power grid have become frequent, characterized by multiple modal components and a wide frequency range. Due to the nonlinearity and coupled time-varying characteristic of wide-range-frequency oscillations, it is difficult to accurately identify parameters. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO)–variational mode decomposition (VMD) method for identifying wide-range-frequency oscillations. First, through improved PSO, the number of modal and secondary penalty factors of the VMD are self-optimized. Energy loss is used as the fitness function, and optimum is achieved through dynamic adjustment of the inertial factor of the particle swarm algorithm. Second, the wide-range-frequency oscillation signal undergoes VMD based on the number of obtained modals and the secondary penalty factor. The effective and noisy modal components are separated using the correlation coefficient approach, and signal reconstruction is utilized to reduce noise. Finally, simulation examples were used to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the method proposed in this paper. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method can capture all wide-band-frequency oscillation information of the signal with an identification error below 2%. It provides a theoretical basis and technical support for wide-band-frequency oscillation traceability and mitigation.
1 January 2026 in International Journal of Energy Research
Grid‐forming control of direct‐drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (D‐PMSG) wind turbine is an effective method to improve the frequency stability and provide inertia support for the system. In conventional virtual synchronous generator (VSG)–based grid‐forming control, fixed inertia and droop coefficients can result in poor frequency regulation under varying frequencies, and excessive reduction in rotor speed may lead to disconnection. This study analyzes the frequency support capability of rotor kinetic energy and the speed recovery characteristics of VSG‐based D‐PMSGs. It proposes a frequency support strategy for D‐PMSG that uses Adaptive Sliding Mode Extended State Observer (ASM‐ESO) to enhance the frequency regulation capability and reduce the risk of secondary frequency drops during rotor speed recovery. A grid‐forming D‐PMSG system based on the RT‐LAB platform is adopted to conduct the proposed frequency support strategy performance evaluation.
22 September 2026 in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy