Influence of power control strategies on the voltage profile in an islanded microgrid

Author

Vandoorn, T.L. ; Loix, T. ; Vandevelde, L. ; Meersman, B. ; Driesen, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Energy, Syst. & Autom., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2010

fDate

26-29 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The emergence of large amounts of distributed energy resources (DER) poses new challenges for the active participation of those units in the control of the grid. In this context, a recent development is the microgrid, which presents a coordinated approach for integrating the DER in the electrical grid. Microgrids are able to operate either connected to the distribution grid or in islanded mode. In this paper, the influence of different power control strategies of DER is studied with respect to the voltage profile in an islanded microgrid. A description of the control strategies is presented, as well as some simulation results for a basic microgrid.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power control; power supply quality; power system control; distributed energy resources; distribution grid; islanded microgrid; power control strategy; voltage profile; Frequency control; Generators; Inverters; Power control; Power generation; Reactive power; Voltage control; Microgrids; distributed generation; voltage control; voltage-source inverter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), 2010 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bergamo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7244-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7245-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2010.5625450

Filename

5625450