Distributed Autonomous Economic Control Strategy for the AC/DC Interconnected Microgrid Considering the Regulation Boundary of the Consensus Variable

ABSTRACT The autonomous economic control for the islanded AC/DC interconnected microgrid has various modes due to the restriction of the feasible regions of inner and inter‐microgrid resources. To properly handle the cooperative relationship between resources with different regulation characteristics and realize the frequency, voltage stability, and economic operation of the AC/DC interconnected microgrid, a distributed control strategy considering the regulation boundary of the consensus variable is proposed. Firstly, the influence of the variable feasible regions on the consensus control objective is analyzed, and the fundamental principle of the consensus control algorithm considering the variable regulation boundary is expounded. Secondly, the trilevel control strategy consisting of the local equipment control and inner and inter‐microgrid cooperative control is constructed. The local equipment control adopts droop control, and the cooperative control adopts consensus control to realize the elimination of the frequency and voltage deviation and the economic dispatch of active power within and between microgrids. Finally, the AC/DC interconnected microgrid model is built based on PSCAD/EMTDC, and the simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.