Control of a utility connected microgrid

Author

Colet-Subirachs, Alba ; Ruiz-Alvarez, Albert ; Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol ; Alvarez-Cuevas-Figuerola, Felipe ; Sudria-Andreu, Antoni

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Area, Catalonia Inst. for Energy Res. (IREC), Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

11-13 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper describes the control algorithm of a utility connected microgrid, based on independent control of active and reactive power (PQ control) and working in centralized operation mode. The microgrid under investigation is composed of three configurable units: a generation unit, a storage unit and a load. These units are interfaced with the microgrid through a Voltage Source Converter (VSC) and are controlled by the nodes of the communication system by means of IEC 61850. A set of tests have been conducted to evaluate the microgrid behavior.

Keywords

power convertors; power grids; reactive power control; substations; IEC 61850; PQ control; VSC; active power control; generation unit; reactive power control; storage unit; utility connected microgrid control; voltage source converter; Batteries; Communication systems; IEC standards; Power conversion; Reactive power; Wind turbines; IEC 61850; Microgrid; control algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe), 2010 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8508-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8509-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEUROPE.2010.5639004

Filename

5639004