Control Strategies for MicroGrid Emergency Operation

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

João Peças Lopes (Author) FEUP; Carlos Moreira (Author) FEUP; André Madureira (Author) Other; Fernanda Resende (Author) FEUP; X. Wu (Author) Other; N. Jayawarna (Author) Other; Y, Zang (Author) Other; N. Jenkins (Author) Other; K. Kanellos (Author) Other; N. hatziargyriou (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Journal of Distributed Energy Resources

Vol. 2 No. 3

Pages: 211-231

ISSN: 1614-7138

Publisher: T&S Publishers

Indexing

INSPEC

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Under normal operating conditions, a MicroGrid (MG) is interconnected with the Medium Voltage (MV) network. However, planned or unplanned events like maintenance or faults in the MV network, respectively, may lead to MG islanding. In order to deal with islanded operation and even black start following a general blackout, an emergency operation mode must be envisaged. Two possible control strategies were investigated and are described in this paper in order to operate a MG under emergency mode. A sequence of actions for a well succeeded black start procedure, involving microgeneration units, has also been identified contributing for an increase in distribution network reliability.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific