Virtual Synchronous Generator Model Control of PV for Improving Transient Stability and Damping in a Large-scale Power System

Abstract

Because of the significant changes in environmental policies and electric power deregulation in the last decade, a lot of photovoltaic generations (PV) have been and will be installed into the power system in Japan and the ratio of PVs to other synchronous generators will be increased. As a countermeasure against the decrease in the rotational inertia in the whole power system, a virtual synchronous generator (VSG) model control of the PV has so far been proposed. However, the system stabilization effect of the VSG in large-scale power systems has been unclear. In this paper, a virtual step-out blocking method of VSG for improving the transient stability is proposed. In addition, the necessity of governor control of VSG in a large-scale power system is discussed. Finally, the rated kw and kwh capacities of the battery required for realizing the VSG-model control are evaluated.