Distributed Fixed-Time Control of Inverter Air Conditioners Based on Consensus Strategy

With the depletion of global resources, the regulation and control of power system has attached more and more importance. Besides, the demand for operating reserve to maintain the power system balance is increasing. With traditional generating units phasing out, it is concerned that they may become inadequate to meet the reserve requirement in the near future. Thus, the demand-side management is becoming increasingly important. Inverter air conditioners (IACs) account for a larger proportion in the power consumption. Nevertheless, the control and optimization of distributed IACs is complicated. To address the above-mentioned issues, this manuscript proposes a distributed control strategy for the regulation of IACs. Based on the consensus theory, the states convergence and the power regulation of IACs is realized within the settling time. By utilizing Lyapunov stability theorem and consensus theory, the convergence of control strategy is verified. Finally, the simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness.