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Research on the Real-Time Distributed Economic Dispatch Strategy for Microgrids

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  • Jian Le

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Qian Zhou

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Liangang Zhao

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Yang Wang

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

Abstract

A microgrid (MG) is one of the most efficient ways to cope with the grid-connection of a large number of small-sized distributed energy resources. This paper presents a consensus-based fully distributed economic dispatch (ED) strategy for MGs, with the aim of tackling the difficulties of existing algorithms in modeling network power loss and providing global information. The external power grid to which the MG connects is treated as a special power source called a virtual generator, and participates in the economic dispatch process. Taking the incremental cost of a power generator as the consensus variable, a distributed ED model was formulated based on consensus protocol and a sub-gradient-based optimization method for solving this model has been proposed. The convergence of the distributed ED system was investigated by utilizing matrix spectrum radius analysis theory. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy was verified by carrying out simulation under normal operation of the MG, both with and without the consideration of network power loss. Moreover, simulation results under several scenarios, including exchanged power order variation and distributed generation plug and play, are provided to demonstrate the robustness of the distributed ED strategy.

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  • Jian Le & Qian Zhou & Liangang Zhao & Yang Wang, 2019. "Research on the Real-Time Distributed Economic Dispatch Strategy for Microgrids," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-16, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:20:p:4007-:d:278859
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    1. Ke Jiang & Feng Wu & Xuanjun Zong & Linjun Shi & Keman Lin, 2019. "Distributed Dynamic Economic Dispatch of an Isolated AC/DC Hybrid Microgrid Based on a Finite-Step Consensus Algorithm," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-18, December.

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