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With the rapid growth of power market reform and power demand, the power transmission capacity of a power grid is approaching its limit, and the secure and stable operation of power systems becomes increasingly important. In particular, in…
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Advanced microgrids consisting of distributed energy resources interfaced with multi-inverter systems are becoming more common. Consequently, the effectiveness of voltage and frequency regulation in microgrids using conventional droop-based…
The growing complexity of the power grid, driven by increasing share of distributed energy resources and by massive deployment of intelligent internet-connected devices, requires new modelling tools for planning and operation. Physics-based…
It is speculated that higher penetration of inverter-based distributed photo-voltaic (PV) power generators can increase the risk of tripping events due to voltage fluctuations. To quantify this risk utilities need to solve the interactive…
This letter proposes a distributed and adaptive demand response approach for primary frequency regulation in high-PV power systems. Using solar irradiance measurement at substations, the proposed approach allows accurate estimation of…
The smart grid spawns many innovative ideas, but many of them cannot be easily integrated into the existing power system due to power system constraints, such as the lack of capacity to transport renewable energy in remote areas to the…
This paper addresses the optimal operation problem of a PV-diesel microgrid considering grid blackouts, which is a usual case of discontinuous power supply in developing countries. The model of a grid-connected PV-diesel microgrid is…