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June 3, 2025
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Frequency Regulation Provided by Doubly Fed Induction Generator Based Variable-Speed Wind Turbines Using Inertial Emulation and Droop Control in Hybrid Wind-Diesel Power Systems

Publicated to: Applied Sciences-Basel. 15 (10): 5633- - 2025-05-18 15(10), DOI: 10.3390/app15105633

Authors:

Asad, M; Sánchez-Fernández, JA
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Caminos Canales & Puertos, Dept Hydraul Energy & Environm Engn, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

To modernize electrical power systems on isolated islands, countries around the world have increased their interest in combining green energy with conventional power plants. Wind energy (WE) is the most adopted renewable energy source due to its technical readiness, competitive cost, and environmentally friendly characteristics. Despite this, a high penetration of WE in conventional power systems could affect their stability. Moreover, these isolated island power systems face frequency deviation issues when operating in hybrid generation mode. Generally, under contingency or transient conditions for hybrid isolated wind-diesel power systems (WDPSs), it is only the diesel generator that provides inertial support in frequency regulation (FR) because wind turbines are unable to provide inertia themselves. Frequency deviations can exceed the pre-defined grid code limits during severe windy conditions because the diesel generator's inertial support is not always sufficient. To overcome this issue, we propose a control strategy named emulation inertial and proportional (EI&P) control for Variable-Speed Wind Turbines (VSWTs). VSWTs can also contribute to FR by releasing synthetic inertia during uncertainties. In addition, to enhance the effectiveness and smoothness of the blade pitch angle control of WTs, a pitch compensation (PC) control loop is proposed in this paper. The aim of this study was to provide optimal primary frequency regulations to hybrid wind-diesel power systems (WDPSs). Therefore, the hybrid WDPS on San Cristobal Island was considered in this study. To achieve such goals, we used the above-mentioned proposed controls (EI&P and PC) and optimally tuned them using the Student-Psychology-Based Algorithm (SPBA). The effectiveness of this algorithm is in its ability to provide the best optimum controller gain combinations of the proposed control loops. As a result, the FD in the WDPS on San Cristobal Island was reduced by 1.05 Hz, and other quality indices, such as the integral absolute error (IAE), integral square error (ISE), and controller quality index (Z), were improved by 159.65, 16.75, and 83.80%, respectively. Moreover, the proposed PC control, which was further simplified using exhaustive searches, resulted in a reduction in blade pitch angle control complexity. To validate the results, the proposed approach was tested under different sets of perturbations (sudden loss of wind generator and gradual increase in wind speed and their random behavior). Furthermore, hybrid systems were tested simultaneously under different real-world scenarios, like various sets of load or power imbalances, wind variations, and their combinations. The Simulink results showed a significant improvement in FR support by minimizing frequency deviations during transients.
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Keywords

AlgorithmControl supportDfig-variable-speed wind turbineDfig-vswtElectric power system controlElectric power transmission networksEnergy-storageFrequency deviationFrequency regulationFrequency regulationsFrequency stabilityHybrid isolated power systemHybrid wind dieselsImpacInertial emulationIntegrationIsolated power systemPitch compensationPlantSolar fuelsSwarm optimizationSynthetic inertiaVariable speed wind turbinesWind turbinesWind-diesel power systeWind-diesel power systemWindmillWind–diesel power system

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 50/179, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Engineering (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-26:

  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 5
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 4 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/89710/

    As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

    • Views: 129
    • Downloads: 155
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ASAD, MUHAMMAD) and Last Author (SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ, JOSE ANGEL).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ, JOSE ANGEL.

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    Awards linked to the item

    This research was funded by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid under grant number RP2304330031.
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