Design and implementation a specific grid-tie inverter for an agent-based microgrid

Author

Abdar, H.M. ; Chakraverty, A. ; Moore, D.H. ; Murray, J.M. ; Loparo, K.A.

Author_Institution

Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

29-31 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Grid-tie inverters are used to convert DC power into AC power for connection to an existing electrical grid and are key components in a microgrid system. This paper discusses the design and implementation of a grid-tie inverter for connecting renewable resources such as solar arrays, wind turbines, and energy storage to the AC grid, in a laboratory microgrid system while also controlling real and reactive power flows. The Atmel EVK1100 with an AVR32UC3A0512 microcontroller, will be used to coordinate all of the different functions of this grid-tie inverter. The EVK1100 will communicate with Rockwell PLCs via Ethernet. The PLCs are part of the communication, control and sensing network of the microgrid system.

Keywords

control engineering computing; distributed power generation; load flow; local area networks; microcontrollers; power convertors; power distribution control; power engineering computing; power grids; programmable controllers; reactive power; renewable energy sources; AC power grid; AVR32UC3A0512 microcontroller; Atmel EVK1100; DC power conversion; Ethernet; agent-based microgrid system; electrical grid-tie inverter; energy storage; reactive power flow; renewable resource; rockwell PLC; sensing network; solar array; wind turbine; Frequency control; Inverters; MOSFET circuits; Microcontrollers; Pulse width modulation; Switches; Inverter; grid-tie inverter; microgrid;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energytech, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cleveland, OH

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1836-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1834-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EnergyTech.2012.6304676

Filename

6304676