Operation and control strategy of coupled microgrid clusters

Ferdous, S.M. (2021) Operation and control strategy of coupled microgrid clusters. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.

Abstract

A standalone remote area microgrid may frequently experience overloading due to lack of sufficient power generation or excessive renewable-based generation that can cause unacceptable voltage and frequency deviation. This can lead the microgrid to operate with less resiliency and reliability. Such problems are conventionally alleviated by load-shedding or renewable curtailment. Alternatively, autonomously operating microgrids in a geographical area can be provisionally connected to each other to facilitate power exchange for addressing the problems of overloading or overgeneration. The power exchange link among the microgrids can be of different types such as a three-phase ac, a single-phase ac, or a dc-link. Power electronic converters are required to interconnect such power exchange networks to the three-phase ac microgrids and control the power-sharing amongst them. Such arrangement is also essential to interconnect microgrid clusters to each other with proper isolation while maintaining autonomy if they are operating in different standards. In this thesis, the topologies, and structures of various forms of power exchange links are investigated and appropriate operation and control frameworks are established under which power exchange can take place properly. A decentralised control mechanism is employed to facilitate power-sharing without any data communication. The dynamic performance of the control mechanism for all the topologies is illustrated through simulation studies in PSIM® while the stability and robustness of the operation are evaluated using numerical studies in MATLAB®.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	Engineering and Energy
Supervisor(s):	Shafiullah, GM and Arefi, Ali
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/62280

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