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    Area of Science:

    • Electrical Engineering
    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Power Systems

    Background:

    • Large-scale direct current microgrids (LSDCmGs) require robust control strategies to manage multiple distributed generation units (DGUs).
    • Ensuring stability and real-time plug-and-play (PnP) functionality for DGUs in interconnected microgrids remains a significant challenge.
    • Dynamic topological changes in microgrids necessitate advanced modeling and control approaches.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a novel scalable control strategy for LSDCmGs that enables real-time PnP functionality for DGUs.
    • To address the challenges posed by power transmission line coupling and frequent topological variations in LSDCmGs.
    • To reduce control conservatism and enhance the stability of LSDCmGs during DGU insertion or removal.

    Main Methods:

    • A generalized free-weighting matrix technology is employed to shift assumptions from Lyapunov matrices to free-weighting matrices.
    • Markov chains are utilized to model the dynamic topological variations of LSDCmGs.
    • A mode-related structured Lyapunov-Krasovskii function is selected to derive sufficient criteria for voltage tracking.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed strategy achieves scalable control for LSDCmGs with reduced conservatism.
    • The control method ensures stability and facilitates PnP operation of DGUs without adjacent controller reconfiguration.
    • Sufficient criteria for achieving reference voltage tracking under PnP operation in dynamic microgrid topologies were successfully derived.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel scalable control strategy effectively enables plug-and-play functionality for distributed generation units in large-scale direct current microgrids.
    • The integration of generalized free-weighting matrix technology and Markov chain modeling provides a robust solution for dynamic microgrid control.
    • The proposed method enhances microgrid stability and performance, validated through a comprehensive case study.