Distributed cooperative fault tolerant optimal active power control in AC microgrid

In this paper, a new distributed and cooperative fault tolerant control is proposed for the double-function optimal active power control (APC) of distributed generators (DG) in an islanded AC microgrid. Double-function optimal APC consists of the economic dispatch which calculates the optimal active power set-points and coordinates control modules to receive and track the set-points. In the proposed control method, if there is a faulty DG whose capability to satisfy its optimum active power set-point is restricted due to a totally or partially DG failure, the task of reaching the global control goal is re-distributed among the fault-free DGs through designing dynamic feedback set-points. In addition, no central coordinator is considered for the MG, and the new set-points are calculated locally by the fault-free DGs through message exchange over the communication network. Redistribution is performed without requiring any coordination unit and only with the cooperation of DGs on redistributed set-points through local exchange information. The capability of the proposed method is evaluated by considering a microgrid with multiple DGs and analyzing its operational performance under a variety of fault scenarios, as well as providing a qualitative and quantitative comparison with existing literature to demonstrate its efficacy.