Title
Hierarchical Coordination of a Community Microgrid With AC and DC Microgrids
Abstract
In this paper, a community microgrid with multiple ac and dc microgrids is introduced and analyzed. Individual microgrids with different frequency and voltage requirements would operate as self-controlled entities, which could also cooperate with neighboring microgrids for providing back-up operations in the community microgrid. A hierarchical coordination strategy with primary, secondary, and tertiary coordination is proposed for the economic operation of an islanded community microgrid. The hierarchical strategy is also applied to a grid-connected community microgrid and the results are discussed. The simulation results verify that the proposed hierarchical coordination strategy is an effective and efficient way for coordinating microgrid flows in an islanded community microgrid, while maintaining the rated frequency and voltage with each microgrid. The simulation results also demonstrate the economic operation of a grid-connected community microgrid in which individual microgrids operate as autonomous agents, while satisfying the community objectives.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/TSG.2015.2398853
Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
ac and dc microgrids,community microgrid,droop function,economics and reliability,hierarchical control,hybrid microgrid,microgrid islanding
Autonomous agent,Distributed power generation,Electronic engineering,Control engineering,Engineering,Islanding,Microgrid
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
PP
99
1949-3053
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
19
0.97
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Liang Che1376.32
Mohammad Shahidehpour235575.28
Ahmed Alabdulwahab3868.23
Yusuf Al-Turki45712.44