Xiuqiang He

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Nonlinear Stability of Complex Droop Control in Converter-Based Power Systems
He, Xiuqiang; Häberle, Verena; Subotić, Irina; et al. (2023)
IEEE Control Systems Letters
In this letter, we study the nonlinear stability problem of converter-based power systems, where the converter dynamics are governed by a complex droop control. This complex droop control augments the well-known power-frequency (p-f) droop control, and it proves to be equivalent to the state-of-the-art dispatchable virtual oscillator control (dVOC). In this regard, it is recognized as a promising grid-forming solution to address the high penetration of converters in future power systems. In previous work, the global stability of dVOC (i.e., complex droop control) has been proven by prespecifying a nominal synchronous steady state. For a general case of non-nominal (i.e., drooped) synchronous steady states, however, the stability problem requires further investigation. In this letter, we provide parametric conditions under which a non-nominal synchronous steady state exists and the system is almost globally asymptotically stable with respect to this non-nominal synchronous steady state.
MIMO Grid Impedance Identification of Three-Phase Power Systems: Parametric vs. Nonparametric Approaches
Häberle, Verena; Huang, Linbin; He, Xiuqiang; et al. (2023)
2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
A fast and accurate grid impedance measurement of three-phase power systems is crucial for online assessment of power system stability and adaptive control of grid-connected converters. Existing grid impedance measurement approaches typically rely on pointwise sinusoidal injections or sequential wideband perturbations to identify a nonparametric grid impedance curve via fast Fourier computations in the frequency domain. This is not only time-consuming, but also inaccurate during time-varying grid conditions, while on top of that, the identified nonparametric model cannot be immediately used for stability analysis or control design. To tackle these problems, we propose to use parametric system identification techniques (e.g., prediction error or subspace methods) to obtain a parametric impedance model directly from time-domain current and voltage data. Our approach relies on injecting wideband excitation signals in the converter's controller and allows to accurately identify the grid impedance in closed loop within one injection and measurement cycle. Even though the underlying parametric system identification techniques are well-studied in general, their utilization in a grid impedance identification setup poses specific challenges, is vastly underexplored, and has not gained adequate attention in urgent and timely power systems applications. To this end, we demonstrate in numerical experiments how the proposed parametric approach can accomplish a significant improvement compared to prevalent nonparametric methods.
Saturation-informed current-limiting control for grid-forming converters
Desai, Maitraya Avadhut; He, Xiuqiang; Huang, Linbin; et al. (2024)
Electric Power Systems Research
In this paper, we investigate the transient stability of a state-of-the-art grid-forming complex-droop control (i.e., dispatchable virtual oscillator control, dVOC) under current saturation. We quantify the saturation level of a converter by introducing the concept of degree of saturation (DoS), and we propose a provably stable current-limiting control with saturation-informed feedback, which feeds the degree of saturation back to the inner voltage-control loop and the outer grid-forming loop. As a result, although the output current is saturated, the voltage phase angle can still be generated from an internal virtual voltage-source node that is governed by an equivalent complex-droop control. We prove that the proposed control achieves transient stability during current saturation under grid faults. We also provide parametric stability conditions for multi-converter systems under grid-connected and islanded scenarios. The stability performance of the current-limiting control is validated with various case studies.
Cross-Forming Control and Fault Current Limiting for Grid-Forming Inverters
He, Xiuqiang; Desai, Maitraya Avadhut; Huang, Linbin; et al. (2025)
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
This article proposes a “cross-forming” control concept for grid-forming inverters operating against grid faults. Cross-forming refers to voltage angle forming and current magnitude forming . It differs from classical grid-forming and grid-following paradigms that feature voltage magnitude-and-angle forming and voltage magnitude-and-angle following (or current magnitude-and-angle forming), respectively. The cross-forming concept addresses the need for inverters to remain grid-forming (particularly voltage angle forming , as required by grid codes) while managing fault current limitation . Simple and feasible cross-forming control implementations are proposed, enabling inverters to quickly limit fault currents to a prescribed level while preserving voltage angle forming for grid-forming synchronization and providing dynamic ancillary services, during symmetrical or asymmetrical fault ride-through. Moreover, the cross-forming control yields an equivalent system featuring a constant virtual impedance and a “normal form” representation, allowing for the extension of previously established transient stability results to include scenarios involving current saturation. Simulations and experiments validate the efficacy of the proposed cross-forming control implementations.
Passivity and Decentralized Stability Conditions for Grid-Forming Converters
He, Xiuqiang; Dörfler, Florian (2024)
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
We prove that the popular grid-forming control, i.e., dispatchable virtual oscillator control (dVOC), also termed complex droop control, exhibits output-feedback passivity in its large-signal model, featuring an explicit and physically meaningful passivity index. Using this passivity property, we derive decentralized stability conditions for the transient stability of dVOC in multi-converter grid-connected systems, beyond prior small-signal stability results. The decentralized conditions are of practical significance, particularly for ensuring the transient stability of renewable power plants under grid disturbances.
Dynamic ancillary services: From grid codes to transfer function-based converter control
Häberle, Verena; Huang, Linbin; He, Xiuqiang; et al. (2024)
Electric Power Systems Research
Conventional grid-code specifications for dynamic ancillary services provision such as fast frequency and voltage regulation are typically defined by means of piece-wise linear step-response capability curves in the time domain. However, although the specification of such time-domain curves is straightforward, their practical implementation in a converter-based generation system is not immediate, and no customary methods have been developed yet. In this paper, we thus propose a systematic approach for the practical implementation of piece-wise linear time-domain curves to provide dynamic ancillary services by converter-based generation systems, while ensuring grid-code and device-level requirements to be reliably satisfied. Namely, we translate the piece-wise linear time-domain curves for active and reactive power provision in response to a frequency and voltage step change into a desired rational parametric transfer function in the frequency domain, which defines a dynamic response behavior to be realized by the converter. The obtained transfer function can be easily implemented e.g. via a proportional-integral (PI)-based matching control in the power loop of standard converter control architectures. We demonstrate the performance of our method in numerical grid-code compliance tests, and reveal its superiority over classical droop and virtual inertia schemes which may not satisfy the grid codes due to their structural limitations.
Grid-Forming and Spatially Distributed Control Design of Dynamic Virtual Power Plants
Häberle, Verena; Tayyebi, Ali; He, Xiuqiang; et al. (2024)
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
We present a novel grid-forming control design approach for dynamic virtual power plants (DVPP). We consider a group of heterogeneous grid-forming distributed energy resources (DER) which collectively provide desired dynamic ancillary services, such as fast frequency and voltage control. To achieve that, we study the nontrivial aggregation of grid-forming DERs to establish the DVPP, and employ an adaptive divide-and-conquer strategy that disaggregates the desired control specifications of the aggregate DVPP via adaptive dynamic participation factors to obtain local desired behaviors of each DER. We then design local controllers at the DER level to realize these local desired behaviors. In the process, physical and engineered limits of each DER are taken into account. We extend the proposed approach to make it also compatible with grid-following DER controls, thereby establishing the concept of so-called hybrid DVPPs. Furthermore, we generalize the DVPP design to spatially dispersed DER locations in power grids with different voltage levels and R/X ratios. Finally, the DVPP control performance is verified via numerical case studies in the IEEE nine-bus transmission grid with an interconnected medium voltage distribution grid.
Optimal Dynamic Ancillary Services Provision Based on Local Power Grid Perception
Häberle, Verena; He, Xiuqiang; Huang, Linbin; et al. (2025)
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
In this paper, we propose a systematic closed-loop approach to provide optimal dynamic ancillary services with converter-interfaced generation systems based on local power grid perception. In particular, we structurally encode dynamic ancillary services such as fast frequency and voltage regulation in the form of a parametric transfer function matrix, which includes several parameters to define a set of different feasible response behaviors, among which we aim to find the optimal one to be realized by the converter system. Our approach is based on a so-called “perceive-and-optimize” (P&O) strategy: First, we identify a grid dynamic equivalent at the interconnection terminals of the converter system. Second, we consider the closed-loop interconnection of the identified grid equivalent and the parametric transfer function matrix, which we optimize for the set of transfer function parameters, resulting in a stable and optimal closed-loop performance for ancillary services provision. In the process, we ensure that grid-code and device-level requirements are satisfied. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in different numerical case studies based on a modified Kundur two-area test system.
Quantitative Stability Conditions for Grid-Forming Converters With Complex Droop Control
He, Xiuqiang; Huang, Linbin; Subotic, Irina; et al. (2024)
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
In this article, we analytically study the transient stability of grid-connected converters with grid-forming complex droop control, also known as dispatchable virtual oscillator control. We prove theoretically that complex droop control, as a state-of-the-art grid-forming control, always possesses steady-state equilibria, whereas classical droop control does not. We provide quantitative conditions for complex droop control maintaining transient stability (global asymptotic stability) under grid disturbances, which is beyond the well-established local (nonglobal) stability for classical droop control. For the transient instability of complex droop control, we reveal that the unstable trajectories are bounded, manifesting as limit cycle oscillations. Moreover, we extend our stability results from second-order grid-forming control dynamics to full-order system dynamics that additionally encompass both circuit electromagnetic transients and inner-loop dynamics. Our theoretical results contribute an insightful understanding of the transient stability and instability of complex droop control and offer practical guidelines for parameter tuning and stability guarantees.
Complex-Frequency Synchronization of Converter-Based Power Systems
He, Xiuqiang; Häberle, Verena; Dörfler, Florian (2025)
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
In this article, we study phase–amplitude multivariable dynamics in converter-based power systems from a complex-frequency perspective. Complex frequency represents the rate of change of voltage amplitude and phase angle by its real and imaginary parts, respectively. This emerging notion is of significance as it accommodates the multivariable characteristics of power networks, where active power and reactive power are inherently coupled with both voltage amplitude and phase. We propose the notion of complex-frequency synchronization to study the phase–amplitude multivariable stability issue in a power system with dispatchable virtual oscillator-controlled converters. To achieve this, we separate the system into linear fast dynamics and approximately linear slow dynamics. The linearity property makes it tractable to analyze fast complex-frequency synchronization and slower voltage stabilization. From the perspective of complex frequency and complex-frequency synchronization, we provide novel insights into the equivalence of dispatchable virtual oscillator control and complex-power–frequency droop control, stability analysis methods, and stability criteria. Our study offers a practical solution to address challenging stability issues in converter-based power systems.

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