Power Generation Technology ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 359-369.DOI: 10.12096/j.2096-4528.pgt.260213

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Improved Frequency Regulation Control Strategy of Wind Power Considering Random Fluctuation Characteristics of Source-Load

Xiaolian ZHANG, Qi HU, Sipeng HAO, Peng HUANG   

  1. School of Electric Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2025-06-12 Revised:2025-08-22 Published:2026-04-30 Online:2026-04-21
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(52107098)

Abstract:

Objectives Large-scale wind power integration leads to a decrease in grid inertia, and the fluctuating power of wind turbines combined with random fluctuation of load under turbulent wind speed aggravates the frequency fluctuation in the power grid. Therefore, a wind power control strategy is proposed based on the comprehensive fluctuation of source-load, considering their random fluctuation characteristics. Methods A mechanistic analysis is conducted to address the issue where traditional droop control strategy fails to provide reasonable power in response to source-load fluctuations at different levels, leading to poor frequency regulation performance. Based on the predicted turbulent wind speed and load fluctuations, a comprehensive variation of source-load is constructed. A frequency regulation control strategy based on the comprehensive variation of source-load is proposed, which involves feedforward correction of the active power reference value of the wind turbine to improve the wind turbine’s participation in grid frequency regulation. Results The results of MATLAB simulation and wind turbine experimental platform show that this strategy improves the responsiveness of wind turbine frequency regulation to wind speed fluctuation, and demonstrates a significant advantage in terms of average frequency deviation and degree of frequency drop under random source-load fluctuations. Conclusions This strategy effectively improves the issue between the wind turbine’s own operation and its participation in frequency regulation under source-load fluctuations, and is of significant importance for improving the frequency regulation capability of power grids with a high proportion of renewable energy.

Key words: dual carbon, wind power, droop control, primary frequency regulation, turbulence characteristics, source-load fluctuation

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