The concept of a virtual power plant (VPP) was introduced for supporting market participation of small-scale renewable energy-based generators (REGs). In a VPP, energy storage systems (ESSs) and micro-turbine-based generators (MTGs) are used together to mitigate the variability of the output of REGs. To keep the output of a VPP at the contracted value in a market, centralized feeder flow control (FFC) methods can be adopted for the VPP. However, conventional centralized FFC methods lack careful consideration of different characteristics of various resources and require high-speed communications and several central control units. Therefore, this paper proposes a new FFC method considering various characteristics of resources and enabling operation with less communication dependency. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by comparing the results of the proposed method with those of the conventional method with performance analysis, stability analysis, and simulations with Simulink/MATLAB.

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具有多种资源的虚拟电厂的改进馈线流量控制方法以减少通信依赖性

引入了虚拟发电厂 (VPP) 的概念，以支持小型可再生能源发电机 (REG) 的市场参与。在 VPP 中，储能系统 (ESS) 和基于微型涡轮的发电机 (MTG) 一起使用，以减轻 REG 输出的可变性。为了将 VPP 的输出保持在市场上的合同价值，VPP 可以采用集中馈线流量控制 (FFC) 方法。然而，传统的集中式FFC方法缺乏对各种资源不同特性的仔细考虑，需要高速通信和多个中央控制单元。因此，本文提出了一种新的 FFC 方法，该方法考虑了资源的各种特性，并且能够以较少的通信依赖性进行操作。