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Main Authors: Skaga, Cornelia, Sadabadi, Mahdieh S., Bergna-Diaz, Gilbert
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14725
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author Skaga, Cornelia
Sadabadi, Mahdieh S.
Bergna-Diaz, Gilbert
author_facet Skaga, Cornelia
Sadabadi, Mahdieh S.
Bergna-Diaz, Gilbert
contents This paper investigates a cyber-physical DC microgrid employing a nonlinear distributed consensus-based control scheme for coordinated integration and management of distributed generating units within an expandable framework. Relying on nested primary andsecondary control loops; a (distributed) outer-loop and a (decentralized) inner-loop, the controller achieves proportional current sharing among all distributed generation units, while dynamically operating within predefined voltage limits. A rigorous Lyapunov-based stability analysis establishes a scalable global exponential stability certificate under some tuning conditions and sufficient time-scale separation between the control loops, based on singular perturbation theory. An optimization-based tuning strategy is then formulated to identify and subsequently diminish unstable operating conditions. In turn, various practical tuning strategies are introduced to provide stable operations while facilitating near-optimal proportional current sharing. The effectiveness of the proposed control framework and tuning approaches are finally supported through time-domain simulations of a case-specific low-voltage DC microgrid.
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spellingShingle DC Microgrids with Nested Nonlinear Distributed Control: Scalable Large-Signal Stability and Voltage Containment
Skaga, Cornelia
Sadabadi, Mahdieh S.
Bergna-Diaz, Gilbert
Systems and Control
This paper investigates a cyber-physical DC microgrid employing a nonlinear distributed consensus-based control scheme for coordinated integration and management of distributed generating units within an expandable framework. Relying on nested primary andsecondary control loops; a (distributed) outer-loop and a (decentralized) inner-loop, the controller achieves proportional current sharing among all distributed generation units, while dynamically operating within predefined voltage limits. A rigorous Lyapunov-based stability analysis establishes a scalable global exponential stability certificate under some tuning conditions and sufficient time-scale separation between the control loops, based on singular perturbation theory. An optimization-based tuning strategy is then formulated to identify and subsequently diminish unstable operating conditions. In turn, various practical tuning strategies are introduced to provide stable operations while facilitating near-optimal proportional current sharing. The effectiveness of the proposed control framework and tuning approaches are finally supported through time-domain simulations of a case-specific low-voltage DC microgrid.
title DC Microgrids with Nested Nonlinear Distributed Control: Scalable Large-Signal Stability and Voltage Containment
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14725