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Distributed Control and Energy Management for Microgrids with High Shares of Renewables and Power Electronics

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 14021

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Quan Zhou

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Guest Editor
College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
Interests: distributed control and communication; networked microgrids; cybersecurity; power-electronized power systems; smart cities
Dr. Yelun Peng

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Guest Editor
College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
Interests: microgrid; power sharing; inverter distributed control and communication; networked microgrids; cybersecurity; power-electronized power systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editor is inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Distributed Control and Energy Management for Microgrids with High Shares of Renewables and Power Electronics”. The high penetration of renewables and power electronic apparatus in microgrids not only introduces great potential for enhancing system efficiency, sustainability, and resilience but also raises critical operational challenges, calling for advanced optimization, control, communication, and information technologies. The objective of this Special Issue is to identify promising potentials in microgrids with high shares of renewables and power electronics and support the development of innovative distributed control and energy management strategies, working toward efficient, reliable, sustainable, and resilient microgrids. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Distributed optimization;
  • Distributed control;
  • Distributed energy resource;
  • Converters;
  • Energy storage systems;
  • Energy management systems;
  • Applications of IoT and machine learning techniques;
  • Cyberattack and countermeasures.

Prof. Dr. Quan Zhou
Dr. Yelun Peng
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • microgrids
  • converters
  • distributed energy resources
  • energy management
  • distributed control
  • resilience
  • IoT
  • machine learning

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Multilevel Dynamic Master-Slave Control Strategy for Resilience Enhancement of Networked Microgrids
by Rui Huang, Yu Xiao, Mouhai Liu, Xia Shen, Wen Huang, Yelun Peng and John Shen
Energies 2022, 15(10), 3698; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103698 - 18 May 2022
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Conventional power management methods of networked microgrids (NMGs) are limited to the failure of pinned communication terminals and heavy communication burdens. This paper proposes a multilevel dynamic master-slave control strategy via two-level dynamic leaders to realize the resilience enhanced power management of NMGs. [...] Read more.
Conventional power management methods of networked microgrids (NMGs) are limited to the failure of pinned communication terminals and heavy communication burdens. This paper proposes a multilevel dynamic master-slave control strategy via two-level dynamic leaders to realize the resilience enhanced power management of NMGs. The first level dynamic leader with considerations of distributed energy resources (DERs) feature is selected to guide the output of DERs and achieve the power management within individual microgrid (MG). Subsequently, the secondary level leader considering each MG feature is selected among the bidirectional interlinking converters (BICs), whose signals would be shared with other BICs by communication to achieve power management among MGs. Moreover, the local weight selecting method (LWSM) is proposed to automatically select the two-level dynamic leaders according to the real-time system operation state. Compared with conventional methods, the communication among MGs is essentially realized through the dynamic DER leaders instead of pinned ones. Therefore, unreliability issues in the event of pinned terminal outage and converters’ communication failure can be fully addressed and the communication bus within each only needs to transmit one DER’s signals. The proposed strategy can be also extended to NMGs with various topologies and provide the “plug and play” capabilities of DERs or MGs. Finally, the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed strategy are verified through the PSCAD/EMTDC platform. Full article
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Grid Forming Inverters: A Review of the State of the Art of Key Elements for Microgrid Operation
by Sara Anttila, Jéssica S. Döhler, Janaína G. Oliveira and Cecilia Boström
Energies 2022, 15(15), 5517; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155517 - 29 Jul 2022
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In the past decade, inverter-integrated energy sources have experienced rapid growth, which leads to operating challenges associated with reduced system inertia and intermittent power generation, which can cause instability and performance issues of the power system. Improved control schemes for inverters are necessary [...] Read more.
In the past decade, inverter-integrated energy sources have experienced rapid growth, which leads to operating challenges associated with reduced system inertia and intermittent power generation, which can cause instability and performance issues of the power system. Improved control schemes for inverters are necessary to ensure the stability and resilience of the power system. Grid-forming inverters dampen frequency fluctuations in the power system, while grid-following inverters can aggravate frequency problems with increased penetration. This paper aims at reviewing the role of grid-forming inverters in the power system, including their topology, control strategies, challenges, sizing, and location. In order to facilitate continued research in this field, a comprehensive literature review and classification of the studies are conducted, followed by research gaps and suggestions for future studies. Full article
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