Microgrids: Overview and guidelines for practical implementations and operation

A Cagnano, E De Tuglie, P Mancarella - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A microgrid is a small portion of a power distribution system with distributed generators
along with energy storage devices and controllable loads which can give rise to a self …

State of the art in research on microgrids: A review

S Parhizi, H Lotfi, A Khodaei, S Bahramirad - IEEE access, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The significant benefits associated with microgrids have led to vast efforts to expand their
penetration in electric power systems. Although their deployment is rapidly growing, there …

Secondary control strategies for frequency restoration in islanded microgrids with consideration of communication delays

C Ahumada, R Cárdenas, D Saez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the well-known methods to share active and reactive power in microgrids (MGs) is
droop control. A disadvantage of this method is that in steady state the frequency of the MG …

Coordinated stochastic optimal energy management of grid-connected microgrids considering demand response, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and smart …

S Gupta, A Maulik, D Das, A Singh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
A microgrid comprises renewable and non-renewable power generating sources,
controllable loads, energy storage devices and works as a single controllable entity. A …

Analysis and mitigation of low-frequency instabilities in autonomous medium-voltage converter-based microgrids with dynamic loads

A Kahrobaeian, YARI Mohamed - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The microgrid concept is gaining widespread acceptance in near-term future power
networks. Medium-voltage (MV) microgrids can be subjected to a high penetration level of …

Soft open point in distribution networks

KS Fuad, H Hafezi, K Kauhaniemi, H Laaksonen - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The main objective of this article is to present a comprehensive review of soft open point
(SOP), an emerging power electronics technology to maximize future distribution …

A survey on the contributions of power electronics to smart grid systems

I Colak, E Kabalci, G Fulli, S Lazarou - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The smart grid (SG) as a research area is advancing dealing with a wider range of topics
such as power systems, energy generation and telecommunication. The conventional utility …

Autonomous energy management strategy for solid-state transformer to integrate PV-assisted EV charging station participating in ancillary service

Q Chen, N Liu, C Hu, L Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photovoltaic-assisted charging station (PVCS) is expected to be one of the important
charging facilities for serving electric vehicles (EVs). In this paper, a type of solid-state …

A practical solution of high-frequency-link bidirectional solid-state transformer based on advanced components in hybrid microgrid

B Zhao, Q Song, W Liu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a practical solution of high-frequency-link (HFL) ac solid-state
transformer (ACSST) based on advanced components in hybrid microgrid. In the proposed …

A new way of controlling parallel-connected inverters by using synchronous-reference-frame virtual impedance loop—Part I: Control principle

Y Guan, JM Guerrero, X Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel simple and effective autonomous current-sharing controller for parallel three-phase
inverters is proposed in this paper. The proposed controller provides faster response and …