Centralized and Distributed Active and Reactive Power Control of a Utility Connected Microgrid Using IEC61850

Author

Colet-Subirachs, Alba ; Ruiz-Álvarez, Albert ; Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol ; Alvarez-Cuevas-Figuerola, Felipe ; Sudrià-Andreu, Antoni

Author_Institution

Catalonia Inst. for Energy Res., Barcelona, Spain

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

2012

fDate

3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

67

Abstract

This paper describes the control algorithm of a utility connected microgrid, based on independent control of active and reactive power and operating in centralized and distributed operation mode. The microgrid is composed of several (three in the experimental tests conducted) configurable units, including generation, storage, and load units. These units are interfaced with the microgrid through a voltage source converter and are controlled by the nodes of the communication system by means of IEC 61850. The proposed control strategy is validated by simulation in MATLAB/Simulink and with experimental tests.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power convertors; power distribution control; reactive power control; IEC 61850 standard; MATLAB-Simulink simulation; centralized active power control; centralized reactive power control; distributed active power control; distributed reactive power control; generation unit; load unit; storage unit; utility connected microgrid; voltage source converter; Control systems; Load modeling; MATLAB; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Real time systems; Control algorithm; IEC 61850; microgrid;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-8184

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSYST.2011.2162924

Filename

6047560