Equivalent Inertia Provided by Droop Control of Fast Frequency Regulation Resources

Abstract: Conventional inertia control strategies (i.e., the VSG-based and PD-based strategies) for the fast frequency regulation resources (FFRs) might lead to system oscillations due to their emulations of generator dynamics. The only-droop-based inertia control strategy is a feasible idea to address this issue. This letter quantitatively investigates the equivalent inertia provided by the droop control of the FFRs. First, an equivalent-scenario-based method is proposed to evaluate the equivalent inertia provided by the droop control, which shows that the droop control with a constant droop coefficient provides time-variant equivalent inertia. Then, the time-variant-droop-based equivalent inertia control (VDIC) strategy is proposed for the FFRs, which can provide the required constant inertia support without introducing generator-like dynamics. A case study verifies the effectiveness of the VDIC strategy.