Hierarchical Consistency-Based Cooperative Control Strategy Integrating Load-Observation-Based Dynamic Feedforward and Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization
Open Access
- 23 April 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Electronics
- Vol. 15 (9) , 1800
Abstract
In the parallel operation of islanded microgrids, line impedance mismatches and random load fluctuations, along with the dynamic response lag and difficulty in multidimensional parameter tuning of traditional control strategies, lead to power sharing imbalances and instability in frequency and voltage. To address these issues, this paper proposes a hierarchical cooperative control strategy based on consistency that integrates load-observation-based dynamic reference feedforward (LODRF) and adaptive particle swarm optimization (APSO). First, an improved adaptive virtual impedance (IAVI) strategy based on consistency is introduced into the virtual synchronous generator control framework. Second, an LODRF mechanism is applied at the secondary control layer to actively reconstruct the power baseline by observing the load status at the point of common coupling (PCC) in real time. Furthermore, an APSO algorithm utilizing the integral of time-weighted absolute error (ITAE) as a global performance index is constructed to optimize key proportional–integral controller parameters cooperatively. Simulation results from a four-unit heterogeneous parallel system in MATLAB/Simulink demonstrate that the IAVI strategy enables stable convergence of frequency and voltage and proportional power sharing. Compared with the system without LODRF, the proposed strategy reduces maximum frequency and voltage dynamic deviations under load disturbances by 78.5% and 53.3%, respectively, and shortens effective recovery times by 0.01 s and 0.09 s, respectively. Moreover, compared with the standard PSO algorithm, the APSO-optimized system reduces maximum frequency and voltage deviations by 3.1% and 36.4%, respectively. Additionally, average active and reactive power sharing errors in the steady state are kept below 0.9%, verifying the significant advantages of the strategy in improving dynamic disturbance rejection and steady-state precision.Keywords
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