Output-feedback anti-disturbance consensus for multi-agent systems with application to secondary voltage regulation for microgrids

Abstract

This paper investigates a distributed finite-time consensus problem for second-order multi-agent systems (MASs) with disturbances and unmeasurable states. Output-feedback anti-disturbance consensus protocols are designed by finite-time observer (FTO) methods and the nonsingular integral terminal sliding-mode control (NITSMC). Some FTOs are first introduced for the agents to estimate the disturbances and unmeasurable states together. Then, the nonsingular integral terminal sliding-mode surfaces are proposed, based on which consensus protocols are proposed. Moreover, the consensus methods are also applied to microgrids (MGs). Based on MG systems, output voltages achieve consensus through secondary regulation. Simulations verify the effectiveness.