Secondary Control in AC Microgrids - Challenges and Solutions

Omid Palizban, Kimmo Kauhaniemi

2015

Abstract

The hierarchical control structure of a microgrid can be described as consisting of four levels: processing, sensing and adjusting, monitoring and supervising, and maintenance and optimizing. This paper focuses on the secondary control level, which can be classified as centralized or decentralized control. A comprehensive investigation of both centralized and decentralized control is presented in this paper. Decentralized control is proposed in order to deal with some of the disadvantages of central control, such as the high risk of unplanned interruption arising from a Microgrid Central Controller (MGCC) malfunction. However, decentralized control is not yet complete, and some challenges to its implementation remain. This paper also looks at these challenges and proposes some solutions that may help to improve the performance of decentralized control and overcome its disadvantages. Finally, a general methodology of microgrid control is modeled.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Palizban O. and Kauhaniemi K. (2015). Secondary Control in AC Microgrids - Challenges and Solutions . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-758-105-2, pages 294-299. DOI: 10.5220/0005488102940299

in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens15,
author={Omid Palizban and Kimmo Kauhaniemi},
title={Secondary Control in AC Microgrids - Challenges and Solutions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2015},
pages={294-299},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005488102940299},
isbn={978-989-758-105-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - Secondary Control in AC Microgrids - Challenges and Solutions
SN - 978-989-758-105-2
AU - Palizban O.
AU - Kauhaniemi K.
PY - 2015
SP - 294
EP - 299
DO - 10.5220/0005488102940299