Towards next generation virtual power plant: Technology review and frameworks

EA Bhuiyan, MZ Hossain, SM Muyeen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Modernization in the area of smart energy equipment, are forming the perception of an
interlinked energy network in subsequent times. This energy network is contemplated to …

Evolution of microgrids with converter-interfaced generations: Challenges and opportunities

MA Hossain, HR Pota, MJ Hossain… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although microgrids facilitate the increased penetration of distributed generations (DGs) and
improve the security of power supplies, they have some issues that need to be better …

A review of droop control techniques for microgrid

UB Tayab, MAB Roslan, LJ Hwai, M Kashif - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Coordination of different distributed generation (DG) units is essential to meet the increasing
demand for electricity. Many control strategies, such as droop control, master-slave control …

Power-electronics-enabled autonomous power systems: Architecture and technical routes

QC Zhong - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power systems are going through a paradigm change from centralized generation to
distributed generation and further on to smart grids. In this paper, it is shown that future …

Hierarchical control for virtual oscillator based grid-connected and islanded microgrids

MA Awal, H Yu, H Tu, SM Lukic… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual oscillator control (VOC) is a nonlinear time domain controller that achieves
significantly faster primary control response in islanded microgrids, compared to droop or …

Small-signal modeling and stability prediction of parallel droop-controlled inverters based on terminal characteristics of individual inverters

S Wang, Z Liu, J Liu, D Boroyevich… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallel droop-controlled inverters with renewable energy sources are widely employed in
islanded ac microgrids, where dynamic interactions among them may cause small-signal …

Buffered-microgrid structure for future power networks; a seamless microgrid control

N Nasser, M Fazeli - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new structure and control scheme for future microgrid-based power
system, which is designed to achieve a seamless operation in both islanded and grid …

Recent contributions, future prospects and limitations of interlinking converter control in hybrid AC/DC microgrids

M Najafzadeh, R Ahmadiahangar, O Husev… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work analyzes interlinking converter control in hybrid AC/DC microgrids. The paper
addresses the state-of-the-art general hybrid microgrid structure. The key power electronics …

Distributed hierarchical control of AC microgrid operating in grid-connected, islanded and their transition modes

X Hou, Y Sun, J Lu, X Zhang, LH Koh, M Su… - Ieee …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a distributed hierarchical control is proposed for ac microgrid, which could
apply to both grid-connected (GC) mode and islanded (IS) mode as well as mode …

Comparison of virtual oscillator and droop control

B Johnson, M Rodriguez, M Sinha… - 2017 IEEE 18th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual oscillator control (VOC) and droop control are distinct methods to ensure
synchronization and power sharing of parallel inverters in islanded systems. VOC is a …