International Journal of Robotics and Control Systems
Vol 2, No 2 (2022)

Coordinated Distributed Voltage Control Methods for Standalone Microgrids

Awatef K. Ali (National Telecommunications Institute)
MagdiSadek Mostafa Mahmoud (Control and Instrumentation Engineering Department, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Apr 2022

Abstract

A microgrid is a small-scale power grid comprising distributed generators (DGs), distributed storage systems, and loads. It will lose contribution from the main grid if it shifts to islanded mode due to pre-planned or unforeseen disturbances. To restore the terminal voltages of all the distributed generators to the reference value, this paper presents three coordinated secondary control strategies. First, motivated by the synchronization control theory of multiagent systems, a distributed control technique is developed where each of the DGs is considered an agent and they exchange information via a communication network. second, a two-level control technique is designed in which a global controller is employed to monitor the overall performance of the DGs by transmitting corrective signals to the local controllers of the agents. In this technique, all the communication is between the global controller and the local controllers without any direct communication between the agents. Third, decentralized control is provided in which each DG is separately controlled by its local controller that operates based on the local feedback measurements. Simulations are carried out on an islanded microgrid consisting of four DGs to illustrate our design approach.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJRCS

Publisher

Subject

Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Robotics and Control Systems is open access and peer-reviewed international journal that invited academicians (students and lecturers), researchers, scientists, and engineers to exchange and disseminate their work, development, and contribution in the area of robotics and ...