The Application of Versatile Power Electronic Inverters in Lab-Scale Microgrids

Author

Driesen, J. ; Deconinck, G. ; Dexters, A. ; Belmans, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Leuven

fYear

2007

fDate

24-28 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Teaching courses on and doing research in the application of distributed generation in general and microgrids in particular requires a flexible experimentation environment. The core hereof is a versatile 4-wire power electronics inverter allowing to implement grid-connected front-ends of small generators and different types of loads as well as power conditioning devices in the same lab environment. The philosophy behind the rapid-prototyping inverter is explained and examples from teaching as well as research practice are given.

Keywords

distributed power generation; invertors; power engineering education; power grids; 4-wire power electronics inverter; distributed generation; grid-connected front-end; lab-scale microgrids; power conditioning devices; rapid-prototyping inverter; teaching courses; Control systems; Distributed control; Education; Energy resources; Inverters; Power electronics; Power generation; Power quality; Prototypes; Voltage; Distributed generation; distributed energy resources; education; inverter; power electronics; rapid-prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1296-X

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2007.386031

Filename

4275797