AHO-Based Adaptive Inertia Enhancement and MPPT Coordinated Control Strategy for Type-4 Wind Turbines

Abstract

Abstract

The increasing integration of wind power reduces the equivalent inertia of power systems, leading to lower frequency nadirs and higher rate of change of frequency following disturbances. In Type-4 wind turbine systems, conventional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) may counteract the additional inertial power command during frequency support and cause secondary frequency dips during rotor-speed recovery. To address these issues, this paper proposes a virtual-inertia rate-of-change-of-frequency (VI-RoCoF) frequency-modulated Andronov-Hopf oscillator (AHO)-based adaptive inertia enhancement method together with an adaptive MPPT coordination strategy. The proposed method constructs a frequency-support demand from frequency deviation and VI-filtered RoCoF and embeds it into the instantaneous angular-frequency evolution of the AHO. Different from a conventional linear virtual-inertia controller that directly converts frequency-deviation and RoCoF signals into an algebraic power command, the proposed method realizes the additional support through a bounded limit-cycle frequency-forming process, thereby preserving phase continuity and nonlinear amplitude self-regulation during frequency modulation. Meanwhile, the adaptive MPPT strategy adjusts the power reference in stages to suppress the counteractive effect of conventional MPPT on inertial support and to ensure a smooth transition back to maximum power point tracking. Theoretical analysis shows that the proposed modulation maintains the limit-cycle stability of the AHO under bounded control constraints while improving the equivalent inertia and damping characteristics of the system. Simulation results, including both averaged-model and switching-level SPS simulations, demonstrate that, compared with conventional AHO-based, fixed-inertia AHO-based, and linear VI-RoCoF benchmark schemes without AHO dynamics, the proposed AHO-MPPT coordinated control strategy increases the frequency nadir, reduces the peak RoCoF, improves recovery-stage frequency dynamics, mitigates secondary frequency dips, maintains bounded AHO internal variables, and preserves DC-link voltage stability.