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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Energy Res.

Sec. Sustainable Energy Systems

This article is part of the Research TopicGrid Stability and Optimized Operation in Renewable Energy Grid SystemsView all 9 articles

Frequency Response Modeling and Online Parameter Adjustment of Inverter-Based Source for Off-Grid Renewable Energy Systems

Provisionally accepted
Yujia  TangYujia Tang1,2,3Liang  TuLiang Tu1,2,3Yuyan  LiuYuyan Liu1,2,3Jiawei  YuJiawei Yu1,2,3Yichen  ZhouYichen Zhou4Kaixin  MaKaixin Ma4*Yonggang  LiYonggang Li4
  • 1State Key Laboratory of HVDC, Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid,Guangzhou 510663, Guangzhou, China
  • 2National Energy Power Grid Technology R&D Centre,Guangzhou 510663, Guangzhou, China
  • 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Operation and Control for New Energy Power System,Guangzhou 510663, Guangzhou, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Distributed Energy Storage and Micro-Grid of Hebei Province North China Electric Power University , Baoding 071003, China, Baoding, China

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Currently, off-grid pure renewable energy systems have become an important form of energy supply. The frequency response model of inverter-based source is key to studying the frequency stability issues of these systems. However, existing methods often involve high-order models with limited physical interpretability and poor suitability for online applications. To address these issues, this paper proposes a low-order and physically interpretable frequency response model of inverter-based sources. First, based on the full-order dynamic model of the inverter-based source, a frequency response model on the power–frequency time scale is derived to reveal the frequency response mechanism. Second, analytical expressions for the dynamic performance indicators of the model are derived, and a parameter identification method based on the Levenberg–Marquardt optimization algorithm is proposed. Then, an online updating mechanism and parameter adjustment strategy are designed to enable application under operating point variations and low damping, low inertia conditions. Finally, simulations validate the accuracy of the proposed model, as well as the effectiveness of the parameter identification method and the updating mechanism.

Keywords: Inverter-based Source, frequency response modeling, Parameter identification, Model updating, online parameter adjustment

Received: 30 Jul 2025; Accepted: 14 Nov 2025.

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* Correspondence: Kaixin Ma, 17732853228@163.com

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