Front. Energy Res. Frontiers in Energy Research Front. Energy Res. 2296-598X Frontiers Media S.A. 739439 10.3389/fenrg.2021.739439 Energy Research Original Research Design of Control Strategy and Effect Evaluation for Primary Frequency Regulation of Wind Storage System Li et al. Primary Frequency Regulation of Wind/ESS Li Cuiping 1 Zhang Zheshen 2 Li Junhui 1 * Ma Yunbao 3 Zou Jiajun 4 Key Laboratory of Modern Power System Simulation and Control and Renewable Energy Technology, Ministry of Education (Northeast Electric Power University), Jilin, China Wenzhou Power Supply Company, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company, Wenzhou, China Zaozhuang Power Supply Company, State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, Zaozhuang, China Jilin Province Electric Power Company of National Grid, Changchun, China

Edited by: Bo Yang, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Reviewed by: Xiaomeng Ai, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Binyu Xiong, Wuhan University of Technology, China

 *Correspondence: Junhui Li, lijunhui@neepu.edu.cn

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Because of wind sources’ volatility and intermittent news, wind power has made a more and more heavy burden on the power system. This paper analyzes in detail the traditional control method, parallel control strategy and serial control strategy of the wind storage system, and combines the advantages of the two to propose an optimal control strategy. A comprehensive performance evaluation method for the primary frequency regulation of the ESS participating in the power grid is proposed based on the power system operation requirements. In the example, the frequency modulation performance of the optimal control strategy is verified by the evaluation method described in this paper in the Chinese frequency adjustment market.

 wind power energy storage system primary frequency regulation control strategy effect evaluation U1766204 Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province10.13039/100007847 Introduction

The total installed capacity of wind power in China is rising. As of August 2019, the total installed capacity of wind power in China has reached 198 million kilowatts (Shen et al., 2018; Yan and Zhao, 2018; Wind power grid-connected, 2019). Wind power itself has the unfavorable characteristics of large fluctuation and intermittent power output (Ramtharan et al., 2007; Teninge et al., 2009; Muyeen et al., 2012; Zertek et al., 2012; Dang et al., 2014; Luo et al., 2015; Peng et al., 2015), After wind power is connected to the grid, it will cause a large burden of frequency modulation on the grid. This burden may cause the power system to collapse (Li et al., 2018; Zhang et al., 2018; Annamraju and Nandiraju, 2019; Ayyarao and Ayyarao, 2019; Li et al., 2021). Many studies have been carried out the researches on the influence of wind power on power system frequency.

The following articles mainly solve the problem by improving the frequency regulation capability of wind turbines: In (Sun et al., 2018; Xing et al., 2018), since the wind turbine has no inertia, a control method for reducing the load of the wind turbine is proposed. To increase the reserve capacity of the frequency modulation system, the load capacity of the wind turbines is reduced. In (Wu et al., 2013; Tan et al., 2016), To solve the problem of insufficient capacity of wind turbine frequency modulation reserve, a method for tracking the power curve of sub-optimal wind turbines is proposed. This method guarantees the ability of wind power to participate in frequency modulation by withdrawing from the MPPT mode of the wind turbine. But this method reduces the economy of wind turbines. In summary, the wind turbine’s control method for frequency modulation is mainly at the reduced economy or load capacity of wind turbines. Due to its characteristics, the response speed of wind turbines is difficult to meet the needs of power system primary frequency modulation.

The capacity of ESS can be configured as needed, and at the same time, it responds extremely fast to the demand for frequency modulation (Miao et al., 2015; Hu et al., 2016; Li et al., 2017; Tariq et al., 2018; Wu et al., 2018; Pandzic and Bobanac, 2019; Zhao et al., 2019). ESS can assist wind turbines to solve the problem of frequency modulation.

In the related literature of ESS assisting wind turbine to solve the problem of frequency modulation, in (Jing et al., 2005; Sun et al., 2019), the method of adjusting the frequency in stages solves the problem of economic decline caused by using too much energy storage, and uses the ESS to solve the part of the power system where the frequency changes rapidly. In (Hu et al., 2014), the frequency section control method of wind turbine and the ESS is proposed. This method mainly uses Fourier transform to distribute the high frequency components to the ESS and the remaining components to the wind turbine. In (Yan et al., 2016; Zheng et al., 2017), use the ESS to assist the wind turbine to improve the inertial response capability of the wind turbine, thereby improving the overall frequency regulation capability of the wind storage system.

In order to improve the frequency modulation performance, the above literature is mainly to improve the capability of wind turbine’s frequency modulation or use energy storage to improve the frequency modulation performance of the wind turbine. But does not consider how to allocate to the wind turbine and ESS when the frequency modulation instruction is issued. Therefore, this paper proposes an optimal control method based on series control and parallel control based on the related issues of ESS auxiliary wind turbines participating in the primary frequency regulation of the power system. This method can take into account both economical and frequency regulation performance. The effectiveness of the above strategy is verified through simulation cases. Finally, a method is proposed for evaluating the performance of the ESS participating in the primary frequency modulation. The results prove that the optimized control method has the best comprehensive performance in the context of the frequency modulation market in China.

 Establishment of Mathematical Model Related to Frequency Modulation

In this chapter, the models of traditional generating units participating in the power system, such as hydropower units and thermal power units, use commonly used traditional models (Kundur, 2001).

Because the selection of relevant parameters of power system frequency modulation is more complicated, and many parameters are empirical parameters, this paper chooses the parameters in documents (Miao et al., 2015) and (Kundur, 2001) as the main source of this paper.

The specific mathematical model is as follows.

Mathematical Model of Wind Turbine

At present, the mainstream wind turbines have zero inertia characteristics, so it is necessary to adopt certain technical means to make the wind turbines have the ability of conventional primary frequency modulation. And the main control methods of wind turbine are “virtual inertia control” and “pitch control.” Both of them simulate the frequency response of traditional units in power system by changing the active output of wind turbines. The transfer function to build the virtual inertia is shown below: G ( s ) = Δ P w i n d 1 Δ f = − k v d s 1 + T w i n d 1 s where k vd is the virtual inertia constant of the wind turbine, which is usually 8; T wind1 is the inertial response time constant of the wind turbine, and the value is usually 0.1 s.

The Transfer Function Formula for Pitch Control is as Follows G ( s ) = Δ P w i n d 2 Δ f = − k c h a n g e 1 + T w i n d 2 s where k change Is the frequency modulation coefficient for pitch control, usually 20; T wind2 is the pitch control time constant of the wind turbine, 3 s.

In summary, the overall frequency response transfer function formula of the wind turbine is as follows: G w ( s ) = − ( k v d T w i n d 2 ) s 2 + ( k c h a n g e T w i n d 1 + k v d ) s + k c h a n g e 1 + ( T w i n d 2 + T w i n d 1 ) s + T w i n d 2 T w i n d 1 s 2

Mathematical Model of the ESS

The advantage of the ESS is that its capacity can be configured according to demand, and at the same time can respond to the fast-changing frequency modulation needs. Configuring the ESSs in wind farms can alleviate the pressure of frequency modulation of power systems. Since the ESS is deployed in the wind farm, the inertial response coefficient and the primary frequency modulation coefficient of the ESS are the same as the wind generator. The mathematical model of the ESS is as follows: G e ( s ) = Δ P E n e r g y ( s ) Δ f ( s ) = − k v d s + k c h a n g e T E n e r g y s + 1 where TEnergy is the frequency response time constant of ESS, generally 0.3 s.

 Control Strategy Design

After the power system sends down frequency modulation instructions, the traditional unit and wind storage system will allocate frequency modulation tasks according to how many frequency modulation problems are caused. The specific distribution method is as follows: Δ P t r a = ( 1 − p ) ∗ P a l l Δ P w + e = p ∗ P a l l where Δ P w + e is primary frequency regulation command responded by the wind storage system, unit MW; Δ P t r a is frequency modulation command that the traditional unit responds to, unit MW; p is the proportion of wind power installed capacity in all units participating in frequency modulation, 0.2; Pall is the total frequency modulation command issued by the power system.

In traditional frequency modulation reserve resources, thermal power units and hydropower units are allocated in the following ways. Δ P f = k ∗ Δ P t r a Δ P w a t = ( 1 − k ) ∗ Δ P t r a where Δ P wat and Δ P f are the regulators of hydroelectric units and thermal power units, respectively. k is the proportion of thermal power units, 0.8.

Control Strategy of Wind-Storage System

The wind turbine and the ESS can be divided into three control modes according to the task assignment when receiving the frequency modulation instruction: serial mode, parallel mode, and optimal operation mode.

Serial Control Mode of Wind-Storage System

Serial control is a classic control strategy of wind/storage system participating in frequency modulation. The schematic diagram is shown in Figure 1.

Schematic diagram of wind storage system adopting serial control.

In the serial control mode, the frequency modulation work distribution of the wind turbine and the ESS should be carried out according to the following principles, Δ P w c h u = Δ P v i r − i n e + Δ P c h a n g e − ω Δ P v i r − i n e = 1 2 m v 2 Δ t 1 Δ P c h a n g e − β = 1 2 ρ π R 1 2 V m 3 C p C p = C p ( β + Δ β ) Δ P e c h u = Δ P w + e − Δ P w c h u where m is the quality of wind turbine, kg; v is the speed of wind turbine, m/s; Δ t 1 is the response time for virtual inertia, s; ρ is the air density, the standard value is 1.29 kg/m3; R 1 is the radius of sweep area, m; V m is wind speed, m/s; C p is the percentage of wind energy utilization; β is windward pitch angle of wind turbine; Δ β is the change of upwind pitch angle of wind turbine under serial control; Δ P w + e Is the overall frequency modulation task volume of the wind storage system, MW; Δ P v i r − i n e is the virtual inertial power regulation for wind turbines, MW; Δ P c h a n g e − ω is the wind turbine pitch control to regulate the active power, MW; Δ P e c h u and Δ P w c h u are the adjustment of the ESS and the wind turbine, MW.

The frequency modulation flow chart using serial control is shown in Figure 2.

Flow chart of serial frequency modulation for wind storage combined system.

When the wind storage combined system responds to the system frequency modulation instruction by serial control mode, the wind turbine first responds to the frequency modulation instruction of the power system. At this time, the wind turbine controls its output power through virtual inertia and pitch control to suppress the frequency modulation of the power system. The unfinished frequency modulation components of wind turbines are allocated to the ESS.

 Parallel Control Mode of Wind-Storage System

When a parallel control strategy is adopted to participate in primary frequency modulation of power system, the control strategy sketch is shown in Figure 3.

Parallel frequency regulation schematic diagram of wind storage combined system.

Where K 1 is the control factor that the wind-storage system adopts a parallel control strategy to allocate tasks when receiving a frequency modulation instruction.

In the parallel control mode, the frequency modulation work distribution of wind turbine and ESS should be carried out according to the following principles, Δ P e bin   = K 1 ∗ Δ P w + e Δ P w bin = ( 1 - K 1 ) ∗ Δ P w + e Δ P w b i n = Δ P ’ v i r − i n e + Δ P ’ change- ω Δ P ’ v i r − i n e = 1 2 m v 1 2 Δ t 2 Δ P ’ change- β = 1 2 ρ π R 1 22 V m 3 C p ’

When adopting parallel control strategy, Δ P e b i n is the energy output of the ESS, MW; v 1 is the speed of wind turbine, m/s; Δ t 2 is the virtual inertial response time of wind turbines, s; β 1 、 Δ β 1 are the changes of pitch angle and pitch angle of wind turbine; Δ P c h a n g e − ω ’ 、 Δ P v i r − i n e ’ are wind turbine pitch control and virtual inertia output, MW.

The schematic diagram of the process of wind storage system adopting parallel control strategy to participate in grid frequency modulation is shown in Figure 4.

Parallel frequency regulation flow chart of wind storage joint System.

When wind turbine adopts parallel control, the flow chart of K 1 value determination is shown in Figure 5.

Flow chart of parallel frequency regulation parameters calculation for wind storage combined system.

Considering the actual operation requirements of the power system, the K 1 value in this paper is taken as 0.5.

When adopting a parallel control strategy, the wind turbine and the ESS will respond to the primary frequency regulation commands of the power system according to their respective frequency modulation task coefficients K 1 . Wind turbines change their output through virtual inertia and pitch control. The ESS will respond to frequency modulation instructions quickly within rated power. Wind turbines and ESS s work together to complete the primary frequency modulation task of the power system.

 Optimal Control Mode of Wind-Storage System

The optimized control strategy proposed in this paper mainly considers the capacity allocation of the ESS and satisfies the constraints of serial control and parallel control. At each stage of wind power generation participating in power system frequency regulation, the control method is changed according to the actual situation and the operation status of the ESS to meet the power system frequency regulation needs.

1) Target function construction

Taking into account the actual operation requirements of the power system, the technical indicators of primary frequency modulation mainly include the maximum frequency deviation and the steady-state frequency deviation of the power system, and the economic indicators mainly include the capacity demand and power demand of the ESS. The objective function of the optimized control strategy of the wind storage system is constructed. min [ C 1 × ( Δ f d e v + Δ f s t a ) + C 3 × S ] where C 1 and C 3 are the frequency modulation performance index penalty factor and energy storage cost penalty factor, both 0.5; Δ f d e v and Δ f s t a are the maximum frequency deviation and steady-state frequency deviation of the power system, respectively, HZ. S is the cost coefficient that changes according to different control strategies.

The frequency modulation flow chart of the optimized control strategy is shown in Figure 6. Where K and 1-K are the frequency allocation ratio of the ESS using serial control and parallel control, respectively; The system changes the proportion of series control and parallel control at time t 0 .

Schematic diagram of optimal control strategy for wind storage system.

When the wind storage system adopts the optimal control strategy, the total energy output of the wind storage system is as follows. Δ P y o u = Δ P t < t 0 + Δ P t 0 < t ≤ T where Δ P t < t 0 and Δ P t 0 < t ≤ T are the energy output of the wind-storage combined system at time 0 < t < t0 and time t0 < t < T under the optimized control strategy, respectively, MW; T is the maintenance time of primary frequency modulation, 30 s. t ≤ t 0 { Δ P t < t 0 = Δ P c h u 1 + Δ P b i n 1 Δ P c h u 1 = Δ P e c h u 1 + Δ P w c h u 1 Δ P b i n 1 = Δ P e b i n 1 + Δ P w b i n 1 Δ P e c h u 1 = Δ P w + e ( 1 − K ) − Δ P w c h u 1 Δ P w b i n 1 = Δ P w + e × K × ( 1 − K 1 ) Δ P e b i n 1 = Δ P w + e × K × K 1 Δ P w c h u 1 = Δ P v i r − i n e 1 + Δ P c h a n g e − β 1

In the period of 0 < t < t0, Δ P c h u 1 and Δ P b i n 1 are the total output of the serial control and parallel control of the wind storage system under the optimized control strategy, respectively, MW. Δ P w c h u 1 and Δ P w b i n 1 are the output of the serial control and parallel control of the wind turbine under the optimized control strategy, respectively, MW. Δ P e c h u 1 and Δ P e b i n 1 are the output of serial control and parallel control of ESS under optimized control strategy, respectively, MW. t 0 < t ≤ T { Δ P t 0 < t ≤ T = Δ P c h u 2 + Δ P b i n 2 Δ P c h u 2 = Δ P e c h u 2 + Δ P w c h u 2 Δ P b i n 2 = Δ P e b i n 2 + Δ P w b i n 2 Δ P e c h u 2 = Δ P w + e × K − Δ P w c h u 2 Δ P w b i n 2 = Δ P w + e × ( 1 − K ) × ( 1 − K 1 ) Δ P e b i n 2 = Δ P w + e × ( 1 − K ) × K 1 Δ P w c h u 2 = Δ P v i r − i n e 2 + Δ P c h a n g e − β 2

In the formula, the number 2 indicates that the time period is t0 < t < T.

The optimized control strategy operation flowchart is shown in Figure 7.

Flow chart of optimal control strategy for wind storage combined system.

The purpose of the optimal control strategy is to reduce the frequency fluctuation of the power system, and reduce the cost of energy storage, and improve the economy.

2) Setting control parameters

Calculate K and t 0 with the control variable method. The calculation method is shown in Figure 8. Where K 0 is the initial set value; f min is the lowest frequency drop point in the simulation process; f s is the steady-state frequency value. When the value of K is 0.85, the overall frequency modulation effect of the system is the best.

Flow chart for the parameters of the optimizing control strategy.

The calculation method of t 0 is shown in Figure 9. Where T n is the initial time set point. Through simulation verification, when t 0 takes 0.45 s, the frequency modulation effect of the system is the best.

Flow chart of time acquisition in optimal control strategy.

 Demand Analysis of ESS Capacity

This section mainly solves the problem of capacity allocation of the ESSs, including the determination of the constraints of capacity allocation of the ESSs and the establishment of configuration processes.

Constraints of ESS Configuration

Energy storage systems need to meet the constraints of state of charge (SOC). At a certain time t, SOC is calculated by the following formula: S O C t = S O C t − T + ∫ t 0 t P e d t E where t 1 is the time when the ESS starts to work, s; E is the ESS rated capacity, MWh.

The SOC should meet the constraints of the upper and lower limits: S O C min ≤ S O C ≤ S O C max

SOC min and SOC max are the lower and upper limits of charge-discharge of the ESS, respectively, 0.05–0.95.

The ESS should also satisfy the output power P e constraint, as follows: P min ≤ P e ≤ P max

Under normal operation, P min and P max are the lower limit and upper limit of the output power of the energy storage system, respectively, MW.

 ESS Configuration Method

The configuration method of the capacity and power of the ESS is as follows:

1) N = 1, import the first frequency data;

2) The output data P1 of the ESS is derived and the rated power P of the ESS is obtained;

3) The capacity E1 of the ESS is calculated according to the energy output during the frequency modulation period;

4) Considering the charging and discharging efficiency of the ESS, the rated capacity E of the ESS can be obtained;

5) N = N + 1.

In summary, the following Figure 10 configuration flowchart can be obtained.

Flow chart of capacity allocation for ESS.

The energy storage system configuration results of the three control strategies are shown in Table 1.

Configuration results of three control strategies

Control strategy Rated power (MW) Rated capacity (MWh)
Parallel control 6.54 1.062
Serial control 4.84 0.524
Optimize control 5.84 0.636
Evaluation Method of Frequency Modulation Effect

The frequency modulation effect evaluation method proposed in this paper comprehensively analyzes the frequency modulation effect and economy and can be used to compare the comprehensive frequency modulation performance of different control strategies.

Evaluation System

The calculation formula of comprehensive frequency modulation performance evaluation is as follows: G = ( ∑ i = 1 n g i ∗ D i ) / n

G is the score of the final frequency modulation effect; g i is the score of the i-th factor affecting the effect of frequency modulation; D i is the weighting factor of the i-th factor that affects the frequency modulation effect; n is the number of factors that affect the frequency modulation effect.

The calculation method of the maximum frequency deviation G dev of the power grid is as follows: G d e v = Δ f d e v − f d e v − x i a f d e v − s h a − f d e v − x i a ∗ ( G d e v − s h a − G d e v − x i a ) + G d e v − x i a f d e v − x i a and f d e v − s h a are the lower limit frequency and upper limit frequency of the frequency change range Δ f d e v , respectively; G d e v − x i a and G d e v − s h a are the lower limit score and upper limit score in the frequency change range Δ f d e v , respectively.

The calculation method of power system steady-state frequency deviation G sta is as follows: G s t a = Δ f s t a − f s t a − x i a f s t a − s h a − f s t a − x i a ∗ ( G s t a − s h a − G s t a − x i a ) + G s t a − x i a where f s t a − x i a and f s t a − s h a are the lower limit frequency and upper limit frequency of the frequency change range Δ f s t a , respectively; G s t a − x i a and G s t a − s h a are the lower limit score and upper limit score in the frequency change range Δ f s t a , respectively.

The calculation formula of the power system frequency modulation economy G eco score is as follows: G e c o = P f r e − c b P f r e − s y ∗ ( G e c o − s h a − G e c o − x i a ) + G e c o − x i a where P f r e − c b and P f r e − s y are the cost and revenue of energy storage system participating in frequency modulation, respectively; G e c o − x i a and G e c o − s h a are the lower limit and upper limit of the score in the range, respectively.

 Evaluation Criterion

Table 2 gives the scoring principles for evaluating the comprehensive performance of frequency modulation:

Score table of frequency regulation effect.

Maximum deviation ≤0.2 0.2∼0.3 0.3∼0.4 0.4∼0.5 ≥0.5
Score 10 8∼10 6∼8 4∼6 ≤3
Steady deviation ≤0.2 0.2∼0.25 0.25∼0.3 0.3∼0.35 0.35∼0.4 0.4
Score 10 8∼10 6∼8 4∼6 2∼4 <2
Cost ≤P P∼1.2P 1.2P∼1.4P 1.4P∼1.6P 1.6P∼1.8P ≥1.8P
Score 10 8∼10 6∼8 4∼6 2∼4 ≤2

Considering that the limit value of power system under-frequency load shedding is 0.5Hz, the lowest frequency limit in the table is set to 0.5 Hz; In the case of limit wind power permeability (0.5), the steady frequency of primary frequency modulation is 0.6 Hz under the same disturbance, so 0.6 Hz is set as the upper limit of steady frequency value. Because there is no compensation in the primary frequency modulation market at present in China when the total benefit-cost ratio of primary frequency modulation in power system is greater than or equal to 1, the score is the highest, and vice versa, the score decreases.

 Simulation Analysis Simulation Parameters

The method described in this paper is based on the windows10 64bit operating system, and the relevant programs are written using matlab 2018b software, Visio2013 is used for flowchart drawing, and Origin2018 software is used for waveform drawing. with the load set to 1000 MW, the wind farm rated power of 200 MW, and the load fluctuation of 100 MW (0.1p.u).

 Simulation Results With Different Control Strategies

First of all, it is necessary to verify whether the configuration of the wind-storage system has a positive effect on power system frequency modulation。When adopting the optimal control strategy, perform the following Figure 11 simulation analysis:

Frequency regulation results with/without wind power and ESS.

The results prove that the configuration of wind/storage system is conducive to power system frequency modulation. Table 3 shows the specific values of the impact of the configuration of the wind storage system on frequency, including steady-state frequency deviation and maximum frequency deviation.

Frequency deviation with/without wind power and ESS.

Data type Maximum deviation (Hz) Steady deviation (Hz)
With wind-storage system −0.425 −0.205
Without wind-storage system −0.647 −0.249

With the addition of wind storage system, the lowest frequency is increased by 0.22 Hz and the steady frequency is increased by 0.044 Hz.

Contribution of Frequency Modulation Resources Under Different Control Strategies

The following is an analysis of two types of frequency modulation resources, including energy storage systems and wind farm.

1) Energy storage system output

The primary frequency modulation output of the energy storage system under the same disturbance is simulated using parallel, serial and optimal control strategies. The simulation results are shown in the following Figure 12.

Comparison of energy storage capacity under different control strategies.

In the process of traditional frequency modulation resource startup, the energy storage system responds quickly to frequency changes after disturbances occur in the power system. The energy storage output rises rapidly from 0 to the maximum in 0.3 s. The maximum energy storage output is 0.03 p.u under parallel control, 0.023 p.u under serial control and 0.03 p.u under optimal control. Therefore, parallel control and optimal control of the energy storage system can provide greater energy support at the early stage of disturbance occurrence and raise the frequency to the lowest point.

The use of energy storage resources in parallel control is stable at 0.015 p.u., the series control is almost 0, and the optimal control is between the two, stable at 0.0047 p.u. The optimized control of the energy storage output power is small, that is, the use of energy storage resources is small, and it can provide backup capacity for the next frequency modulation work.

2) Wind farm output

Wind farms are an important part of the frequency modulation resources of power systems. The control strategy should consider improving the frequency modulation performance of wind farms. The following Figure 13 is an analysis of the wind farm frequency modulation capabilities of three different control strategies.

Comparison of wind power under different control strategies.

In the start-up stage of wind turbine, the virtual inertia response of wind farm under each control strategy releases the kinetic energy of wind turbine rotor within 0.1 s. This will delay the fast frequency drop of power system, and each control strategy has little influence on this process.

In the process of pitch control, because wind power takes on different tasks in different control strategies, the control effect of the control strategy is reflected in the process of pitch output. Serial control mainly uses wind power as the backup energy for ESS, so the maximum output power of wind power is 0.024 p. u. In parallel control, wind power and energy storage work in parallel mode, so the output power of wind power is smaller than 0.017 p. u., and the optimal control strategy is 0.021p.u. between the above two. This proves that the optimized control strategy can reasonably use the capacity of wind power frequency modulation and reduce the amount of energy storage action.

 Frequency Modulation Effect Comparison

The following Supplementary Figure S1 is a simulation analysis of the frequency modulation effects of the three control strategies using Simulink.

Table 4 is the frequency modulation effect data of three control strategies, including maximum frequency deviation and steady-state frequency deviation.

Frequency deviation comparison.

Control strategy Maximum deviation (Hz) Steady deviation (Hz)
Parallel control −0.387 −0.187
Serial control −0.442 −0.241
Optimize control −0.401 −0.205

It can be drawn from the table above that the maximum frequency deviation and the steady-state frequency deviation of the optimized control strategy are both between serial control and parallel control, and are superior to serial control.

Generally speaking, the optimal control strategy can provide effective support for the power system by utilizing the fast response characteristics of the energy storage system in the start-up stage of traditional units and wind power. After the start-up of the unit, on the premise of maximizing the frequency modulation capability of the traditional unit, the energy storage capacity is reduced and the economy of frequency modulation is guaranteed.

 Cost Analysis Under Different Control Strategies

Taking the lithium batteries which are widely used in frequency modulation of power system as the research object, the economy of lithium batteries under three control strategies is analyzed. The simulation parameters are shown in the following Table 5.

Economy parameters of frequency regulation.

Parameter name Recovery cost Abandoned wind income Unit power price Unit capacity price Time (s)
Parameter values 4,046 $/t 80 $/MWh 738,462 $/MW 215,385 $/MWh 30

There are no compensation measures for battery energy storage participating in primary frequency modulation of power grid (Chen et al., 2016). But battery energy storage can be recycled. For example, lithium batteries can recycle non-ferrous metals for secondary use (Li et al). At the same time, the use of energy storage systems can also reduce wind curtailment. Table 6 compares the costs and profits of energy storage systems.

Cost comparison under different control strategies.

Control strategy Profit ($) Cost ($)
Parallel Control 1,428,154 5,058,277
Serial Control 1,026,262 3,687,015
Optimize Control 1,177,108 4,449,600

From the above data, it can be concluded that the cost of the parallel control strategy under the same interference is the highest. Optimal control reduces the energy storage workload after the traditional frequency modulation resources are started, so the economy is better. Serial control has lower revenue due to less initial power and capacity.

According to the evaluation method proposed in Chapter 4, the three control strategies are scored and compared. The scores are shown in Table 7.

Scoring table for different control strategies.

Control strategy Lowest frequency score Frequency steady score Cost score Total score
Parallel control 7.2 10 4.255 6.427
Serial control 5.95 9.35 5.59 6.72
Optimize control 7.05 9.75 5.92 7.122

According to the results in the above table, the overall score of optimized control is higher than that of serial control and parallel control, which proves that the overall performance of optimized control is higher than that of serial control and parallel control after a comprehensive analysis of the economy and frequency modulation effect.

 Conclusion

Aiming at the control strategy of large-scale wind storage system participating in power system primary frequency modulation, this paper made the following work:

In this paper, the serial and parallel control modes of ESS and wind turbine are studied based on the traditional frequency modulation mode of power system. Considering the economy and frequency modulation effect, an optimal control strategy based on serial and parallel of wind-storage system is proposed, and the objective function of the optimal control strategy is established. And the control variable method is used to optimize the relevant variables in the optimization strategy.

The comprehensive evaluation method of wind storage combined system participating in primary frequency regulation of power grid is studied. Considering that the current primary frequency modulation evaluation method cannot meet the requirement of paying equal attention to both the effect of frequency modulation and the economy of frequency modulation in the power grid. Considering the effect of frequency modulation under different control strategies and the economic factors of wind storage combined system participating in primary frequency modulation, a comprehensive evaluation method of primary frequency modulation are designed.

In the analysis part of the calculation example, the same interference is added to the three different control strategies, and the frequency modulation effect is analyzed using the simulation system. The results show that the optimized control reduces the maximum frequency deviation by 0.041 Hz and the steady-state frequency deviation by 0.036 Hz than the serial control. Compared with the parallel control strategy, the rated power is reduced by 0.7 MW and the rated capacity is reduced by 0.462 MWh.

According to the proposed evaluation method, the comprehensive frequency modulation effect scores of the three control strategies are evaluated. The results show that the optimal control strategy proposed in this paper scores 7.122 points, which is higher than 6.72 points for serial control and 6.427 points for parallel control. This proves that the overall performance of optimized control is higher than that of serial control and parallel control after a comprehensive analysis of the economy and frequency modulation effect.

 Outlook

This paper optimizes the parallel and serial control in the traditional frequency modulation method of wind storage system, and puts forward the optimal control strategy of this paper, and finally achieved certain results. At the same time, this paper still has some areas that can be improved. For example, the effect of the optimal control strategy proposed in this paper may not be better than the serial control strategy and the parallel control strategy under certain conditions. The optimal control strategy is the optimal method proposed after comprehensively considering the cost of energy storage and the effect of frequency modulation. It may not be applicable in some occasions where the accuracy of frequency modulation needs to be improved (while the cost of frequency modulation is allowed to be ignored). In fact, the cost of the current energy storage system is still high, so its economy is still a very important indicator in the power system. If the cost of the energy storage system can be significantly reduced in the future, then this strategy still has room for continuous improvement.

 Data Availability Statement

The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.

 Author Contributions

CL: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing- Original draft preparation. ZZ: Writing- Original draft preparation. JL: Methodology. YM: Data curation. JZ: Translation and Validation.

 Funding

This work was supported in part by Joint Foundation of Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (No. 2020122352JC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1766204).

 Conflict of Interest

Author ZZ was employed by the company Wenzhou Power Supply Company, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company. Author YM was employed by the company Zaozhuang Power Supply Company, State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company. Author JZ was employed by the company Jilin Province Electric Power Company of National Grid.

The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Comparison chart of frequency modulation effect.

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