A Feeder Impedance Identification Based Droop Control Method for Accurate Reactive Power Sharing in Islanded Microgrids

Due to the unmatched feeder impedance, the conventional voltage and frequency droop control method is unable to accurately allocate the output reactive power of DG units in proportion to their power ratings. To solve this issue, this paper has proposed a feeder impedance identification based droop control method. Firstly, the relationship among the reactive power sharing, reactive power droop slope and feeder impedance in islanded microgrids is illustrated. An online feeder impedance identification method is subsequently adopted to modify the reactive power droop slope of DG unit. In this way, the effect of unmatched feeder impedance on reactive power sharing is eliminated without communication among DG units. Experimental results implemented on an islanded microgrid apparatus have validated the feasibility of the proposed droop control method.