Microgrid systems: Current status and challenges

Author

Del Carpio Huayllas, T.E. ; Ramos, D.S. ; Vasquez-Arnez, R.L.

Author_Institution

Electr. Power & Autom. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

fYear

2010

fDate

8-10 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to present the current status and state-of-the-art of microgrid systems as well as the barriers that are being encountered for their integration to the network. The expectation about the microgrid performance is high, thus, issues related to the microgrid standards, autonomous operation, control strategies, regulatory barriers as well as its protection and islanding operation, among other aspects, will be discussed herein. Some examples of practical installations worldwide will also be presented.

Keywords

distribution networks; power grids; autonomous operation; control strategies; islanding operation; microgrid standards; microgrid systems; regulatory barriers; Distributed power generation; Frequency control; Generators; IEEE standards; Power systems; Voltage control; Distributed generation; Distribution systems; Embedded Generation; Intentional islanding; Interconnection; Microgrid systems; Power blackouts;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America (T&D-LA), 2010 IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Sao Paulo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0488-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC-LA.2010.5762853

Filename

5762853