Distributed Noise-Resilient Networked Synchrony of Active Distribution Systems

This paper proposes a distributed noise resilient control technique for voltage and frequency synchronization in inverter-based ac microgrids. Existing cooperative control techniques assume ideal communication among inverters. The effect of additive noise in communication links among inverters, and between the reference signal and inverters, on the synchronization process, is studied. Distributed least mean-square solutions estimate the reference set points, and a local least mean-square algorithm estimates neighboring inverter frequencies and voltages. The efficacy of the proposed solution, for an islanded microgrid test system under the additive noise in reference communication links and links connecting neighboring inverters, is evaluated for a modified IEEE 34-bus feeder system. An upper bound for the noise-induced deviation in the consensus parameter is analytically derived and verified by the simulated testbed.