Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability

This paper shows how multiple interconnected microgrids can operate in autonomous mode in a self-healing medium voltage network. This is possible if based on network self-healing capability, the neighbor microgrids are interconnected and a surplus generation capacity is available in some of the Dist...

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Main Authors: Shahnia, Farhad, Chandrasensa, Ruwan, Rajakaruna, Sumedha, Ghosh, Arindam
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Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33875
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author Shahnia, Farhad
Chandrasensa, Ruwan
Rajakaruna, Sumedha
Ghosh, Arindam
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Chandrasensa, Ruwan
Rajakaruna, Sumedha
Ghosh, Arindam
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description This paper shows how multiple interconnected microgrids can operate in autonomous mode in a self-healing medium voltage network. This is possible if based on network self-healing capability, the neighbor microgrids are interconnected and a surplus generation capacity is available in some of the Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) of the interconnected microgrids. This will reduce or prevent load shedding within the microgrids with less generation capacity. Therefore, DERs in a microgrid are controlled such that they share the local load within that microgrid as well as the loads in other interconnected microgrids. Different control algorithms are proposed to manage the DERs at different operating conditions. On the other hand, a Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) is employed to regulate the voltage. The efficacy of the proposed power control, sharing and management among DERs in multiple interconnected microgrids is validated through extensive simulation studies using PSCAD/EMTDC.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-338752017-09-13T15:08:55Z Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability Shahnia, Farhad Chandrasensa, Ruwan Rajakaruna, Sumedha Ghosh, Arindam Not known This paper shows how multiple interconnected microgrids can operate in autonomous mode in a self-healing medium voltage network. This is possible if based on network self-healing capability, the neighbor microgrids are interconnected and a surplus generation capacity is available in some of the Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) of the interconnected microgrids. This will reduce or prevent load shedding within the microgrids with less generation capacity. Therefore, DERs in a microgrid are controlled such that they share the local load within that microgrid as well as the loads in other interconnected microgrids. Different control algorithms are proposed to manage the DERs at different operating conditions. On the other hand, a Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM) is employed to regulate the voltage. The efficacy of the proposed power control, sharing and management among DERs in multiple interconnected microgrids is validated through extensive simulation studies using PSCAD/EMTDC. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33875 10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672794 IEEE fulltext
spellingShingle Shahnia, Farhad
Chandrasensa, Ruwan
Rajakaruna, Sumedha
Ghosh, Arindam
Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
title Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
title_full Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
title_fullStr Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
title_full_unstemmed Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
title_short Autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
title_sort autonomous operation of multiple interconnected microgrids with self-healing capability
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33875