Table 2 Comparison of the proposed hybrid sliding mode H∞ control with other techniques on a qualitative basis.

From: A novel hierarchical control strategy for enhancing stability of a DC microgrid feeding a constant power load

Refs.

Objectives

Voltage regulation

Power sharing

Disturbance rejection

Stability under CPL

Implementation complexity

Tracking speed

Power efficiency

Proposed

Optimize voltage, power, disturbance, and stability

Very high

High

Very high

High

Low

Fast

Very high

18

Review of hierarchical control strategies

Good

Good

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

19

Secondary control for voltage and load sharing

Good

Good

High

Good

Moderate

High

High

20

Challenges in CPLs in droop-controlled DC MGs

Moderate

Moderate

High

Low

High

Low

Low

23

Novel secondary optimal control for storage

High

High

High

High

Moderate

Moderate

High

24

Distributed secondary control via current derivatives

High

High

High

High

High

High

High

25

Enhanced droop control method

Moderate

High

High

Moderate

Moderate

High

Moderate

49

Decentralized primary and secondary control for DC MGs

High

High

High

High

Moderate

High

High