Microgrid: Advanced Control Methods and Renewable Energy System Integration

Microgrids: Advanced Control Methods and Renewable Energy System Integration demonstrates the state-of-art of methods and applications of microgrid control, with eleven concise and comprehensive chapters. The first three chapters provide an overview of the control methods of microgrid systems that is followed by a review of distributed control and management strategies for the next generation microgrids. Next, the book identifies future research directions and discusses the hierarchical power sharing control in DC Microgrids.

Chapter 4 investigates the demand side management in microgrid control systems from various perspectives, followed by an outline of the operation and controls of the smart microgrids in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 deals with control of low-voltage microgrids with master/slave architecture.

The final chapters explain the load-Frequency Controllers for Distributed Power System Generation Units and the issue of robust control design for VSIs, followed by a communication solution denoted as power talk. Finally, in Chapter 11, real-time implementation of distributed control for an autonomous microgrid system is performed.

Addresses issues of contemporary interest to practitioners in the power engineering and management fieldsFocuses on the role of microgrids within the overall power system structure and attempts to clarify the main findings relating to primary and secondary control and management at the microgrid levelProvides results from a quantified assessment of benefits from economic, environmental, operational, and social point-of-viewsPresents the hierarchical control levels manifested in microgrid operations and evaluates the principles and main functions of centralized and decentralized control

Chapter 1: Microgrid Control Problems and Related Issues

Chapter 2: Distributed Control Techniques in Microgrids

Chapter 3: Hierarchical Power Sharing Control in DC Microgrids

Chapter 4: Master/Slave Power-Based Control of Low-Voltage Microgrids

Chapter 5: Online Adaptive Learning Control Schemes for Microgrids

Chapter 6: An Optimization Approach to Design Robust Controller for Voltage Source Inverters

Chapter 7: Demand Side Management in Microgrid Control Systems

Chapter 8: Towards a Concept of Cooperating Power Network for Energy Management and Control of Microgrids

Chapter 9: Power Electronics for Microgrids: Concepts and Future Trends

Chapter 10: Power Electronic Converters in Microgrid Applications

Chapter 11: Power Talk: Communication in a DC Microgrid Through Modulation of the Power Electronics Components

Chapter 12: Pilot-Scale Implementation of Coordinated Control for Autonomous Microgrids