Distributed Practical Prescribed-Time Secondary Control of Microgrid under Event-Triggered Communication
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Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications
Volume 1, Issue 1, 2025: 36-51
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Distributed Practical Prescribed-Time Secondary Control of Microgrid under Event-Triggered Communication

1 School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
2 Hubei Key Laboratory of Advanced Control and Intelligent Automation for Complex Systems, Wuhan 430074, China
3 Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology for Geo-Exploration, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074, China
* Corresponding Author: Leimin Wang, [email protected]
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Abstract

With the increasing integration of distributed generation into the grid, the secondary control of microgrids has become a prominent research focus in this field. However, distributed secondary control in microgrids is subject to constraints from external factors, necessitating both rapid response speed and a reliable communication network. This paper proposes a distributed practical prescribed-time secondary control method aimed at achieving microgrid stability. A key feature of this approach is that the convergence time can be predefined and remains independent of both design parameters and initial conditions. Furthermore, an event-triggered communication strategy is adopted to enhance the efficiency of communication resource utilization within the microgrid. The criterion for achieving practical prescribed-time consensus in the microgrid is established using Lyapunov stability theory. Moreover, the proposed distributed secondary control method is proven to exclude Zeno behavior. Finally, the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method are demonstrated through case analyses and simulation results.

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Distributed  Practical Prescribed-Time Secondary Control of Microgrid under Event-Triggered Communication

Keywords

microgrid distributed secondary control event-triggered mechanism practical prescribed-time consensus

Data Availability Statement

Data will be made available on request.

Funding

This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62473348; in part by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grant 2025A1515011111; in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for National Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) under Grant 2024XLB37.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Not applicable.

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He, H., Zhou, Y., Jiang, G., & Wang, L. (2025). Distributed Practical Prescribed-Time Secondary Control of Microgrid under Event-Triggered Communication. Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications, 1(1), 36–51. https://doi.org/10.62762/JNDA.2025.939275
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  title = {Distributed Practical Prescribed-Time Secondary Control of Microgrid under Event-Triggered Communication},
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  abstract = {With the increasing integration of distributed generation into the grid, the secondary control of microgrids has become a prominent research focus in this field. However, distributed secondary control in microgrids is subject to constraints from external factors, necessitating both rapid response speed and a reliable communication network. This paper proposes a distributed practical prescribed-time secondary control method aimed at achieving microgrid stability. A key feature of this approach is that the convergence time can be predefined and remains independent of both design parameters and initial conditions. Furthermore, an event-triggered communication strategy is adopted to enhance the efficiency of communication resource utilization within the microgrid. The criterion for achieving practical prescribed-time consensus in the microgrid is established using Lyapunov stability theory. Moreover, the proposed distributed secondary control method is proven to exclude Zeno behavior. Finally, the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method are demonstrated through case analyses and simulation results.},
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