Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends

The power system is experiencing a huge transformation from conventional synchronous generation mode to the inverter-interfaced generation mode. Unfortunately, this transformation makes the modern power systems more likely uncertain, fluctuated, and oscillated, which is originated from the underlyin...

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Main Authors: Chang Li, Yaqian Yang, Xun Mao, Xinhua Xiong, Tomislav Dragicevic
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Published: Elsevier 2025-10-01
Series:International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
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Yaqian Yang
Xun Mao
Xinhua Xiong
Tomislav Dragicevic
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Xinhua Xiong
Tomislav Dragicevic
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description The power system is experiencing a huge transformation from conventional synchronous generation mode to the inverter-interfaced generation mode. Unfortunately, this transformation makes the modern power systems more likely uncertain, fluctuated, and oscillated, which is originated from the underlying reason of uncertainty of renewable energy generation units and inertia-less property as well as weak-damping of power electronics equipment. To those issues, virtual synchronous generator (VSG), which well emulates the external dynamic characteristics of synchronous generator (SG), is ever-increasing replacing SG to be dominated in modern power systems. Nevertheless, the prerequisite of good support of inertia and damping as well as stiffness by VSG is that VSG can maintain stable operation with power grid. Therefore, the potential physical mechanism of instability hidden in VSG-dominated power system (VDPS) is urgent to be explored. Stimulated by those requirements, this research proposes comprehensive and extensive reviews for the modeling, control, and stabilization of VSG in future power electronics-dominated power systems with challenges, advances, and future trends. Particularly, a comprehensive classification on the topics of modeling approaches, control methods, and stabilization of VSG system are extensively discussed. Finally, the future trends, discussions, and conclusions are drawn to provide a comprehensively physical insight for the framework of future VDPS.
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spelling doaj-art-8c2da6bb7150401f9861545a3a9ff9052025-08-26T04:14:06ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems0142-06152025-10-0117111100110.1016/j.ijepes.2025.111001Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trendsChang Li0Yaqian Yang1Xun Mao2Xinhua Xiong3Tomislav Dragicevic4School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, ChinaSchool of Engineering, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; Corresponding author.State Grid Anhui Electric Power Co., Ltd. Electric Power Science Research Institute, Hefei 230601, ChinaSchool of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, ChinaTechnical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, DenmarkThe power system is experiencing a huge transformation from conventional synchronous generation mode to the inverter-interfaced generation mode. Unfortunately, this transformation makes the modern power systems more likely uncertain, fluctuated, and oscillated, which is originated from the underlying reason of uncertainty of renewable energy generation units and inertia-less property as well as weak-damping of power electronics equipment. To those issues, virtual synchronous generator (VSG), which well emulates the external dynamic characteristics of synchronous generator (SG), is ever-increasing replacing SG to be dominated in modern power systems. Nevertheless, the prerequisite of good support of inertia and damping as well as stiffness by VSG is that VSG can maintain stable operation with power grid. Therefore, the potential physical mechanism of instability hidden in VSG-dominated power system (VDPS) is urgent to be explored. Stimulated by those requirements, this research proposes comprehensive and extensive reviews for the modeling, control, and stabilization of VSG in future power electronics-dominated power systems with challenges, advances, and future trends. Particularly, a comprehensive classification on the topics of modeling approaches, control methods, and stabilization of VSG system are extensively discussed. Finally, the future trends, discussions, and conclusions are drawn to provide a comprehensively physical insight for the framework of future VDPS.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142061525005496Virtual synchronous generator (VSG)Wideband oscillationPhysical insightSurvey
spellingShingle Chang Li
Yaqian Yang
Xun Mao
Xinhua Xiong
Tomislav Dragicevic
Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Virtual synchronous generator (VSG)
Wideband oscillation
Physical insight
Survey
title Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends
title_full Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends
title_fullStr Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends
title_full_unstemmed Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends
title_short Modeling, control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics-dominated power systems: A survey of challenges, advances, and future trends
title_sort modeling control and stabilization of virtual synchronous generator in future power electronics dominated power systems a survey of challenges advances and future trends
topic Virtual synchronous generator (VSG)
Wideband oscillation
Physical insight
Survey
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142061525005496
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