Hierarchical Control Scheme for Voltage Unbalance Compensation in Islanded Microgrids

Mehdi Savaghebi, Josep M. Guerrero, Alireza Jalilian, Juan Carlos Vasquez

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Abstract

The concept of microgrid hierarchical control is presented, recently. In this paper, a hierarchical scheme which includes primary and secondary control levels is proposed for islanded microgrids. The primary control level consists of DG local controllers. Local controller of each DG comprises active and reactive power controllers, virtual impedance loop and voltage and current controllers. The secondary level is designed to compensate the voltage unbalance at the load bus (LB) of the islanded microgrid. Also, restoration of LB voltage amplitude and microgrid frequency to the rated values is considered in the secondary level. These functions are achieved by proper control of distributed generators (DGs) interface converters. The presented simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control structure in compensating the voltage unbalance and restoring the voltage amplitude and system frequency.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011
Number of pages6
PublisherIEEE Press
Publication date2011
Pages3158-3163
ISBN (Print)978-1-61284-969-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event37th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 7 Nov 201110 Nov 2011

Conference

Conference37th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period07/11/201110/11/2011

Keywords

  • Distributed generation
  • Microgrid
  • Hierarchical control
  • Voltage unbalance compensation

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