Voltage and frequency control of islanded microgrids: A plug-and-play approach

Author(s):  
Stefano Riverso ◽  
Fabio Sarzo ◽  
Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate
Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tung-Lam Nguyen ◽  
Efren Guillo-Sansano ◽  
Mazheruddin Syed ◽  
Van-Hoa Nguyen ◽  
Steven Blair ◽  
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Distributed control and optimization strategies are a promising alternative approach to centralized control within microgrids. In this paper, a multi-agent system is developed to deal with the distributed secondary control of islanded microgrids. Two main challenges are identified in the coordination of a microgrid: (i) interoperability among equipment from different vendors; and (ii) online re-configuration of the network in the case of alteration of topology. To cope with these challenges, the agents are designed to communicate with physical devices via the industrial standard IEC 61850 and incorporate a plug and play feature. This allows interoperability within a microgrid at agent layer as well as allows for online re-configuration upon topology alteration. A test case of distributed frequency control of islanded microgrid with various scenarios was conducted to validate the operation of proposed approach under controller and power hardware-in-the-loop environment, comprising prototypical hardware agent systems and realistic communications network.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1176-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Riverso ◽  
Fabio Sarzo ◽  
Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

2017 ◽  
Vol 137 (6) ◽  
pp. 834-844
Author(s):  
Ryo Hotchi ◽  
Kotaro Hashikura ◽  
Akira Kojima ◽  
Taisuke Masuta

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