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An Enhanced Distributed Voltage Regulation Scheme for Radial Feeder in Islanded Microgrid

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  • Muhammad Zahid Khan

    (School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

  • Chaoxu Mu

    (School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China)

  • Salman Habib

    (College of Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Waleed Alhosaini

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
    Engineering and Applied Sciences Research Unit, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia)

  • Emad M. Ahmed

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt)

Abstract

Even the simplest version of the distribution networks face challenges such as maintaining load voltage and system frequency stability and at the same time minimizing the circulating reactive power in grid-forming nodes. As the consumers at the far end of the radial distribution network face serious voltage fluctuations and deviations once the load varies. Therefore, this paper presents an enhanced distributed control strategy to restore the load voltage magnitude and to realize power-sharing proportionally in islanded microgrids. This proposed study considers the voltage regulation at the load node as opposed to the inverter terminal. At the same time, a supervisory control layer is put on to observe and correct the load voltage and system frequency deviations. This presented method is aimed at replacing paralleled inverter control methods hitherto used. Stability analysis using system-wide methodical small-signal models, the MATLAB/Simulink, and experimental results obtained with conventional and proposed control schemes verify the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

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  • Muhammad Zahid Khan & Chaoxu Mu & Salman Habib & Waleed Alhosaini & Emad M. Ahmed, 2021. "An Enhanced Distributed Voltage Regulation Scheme for Radial Feeder in Islanded Microgrid," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-19, September.
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    2. Guodong Liu & Maximiliano F. Ferrari & Thomas B. Ollis & Aditya Sundararajan & Mohammed Olama & Yang Chen, 2023. "Distributed Energy Management for Networked Microgrids with Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-27, March.
    3. Guodong Liu & Zhi Li & Yaosuo Xue & Kevin Tomsovic, 2022. "Microgrid Assisted Design for Remote Areas," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-23, May.
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    5. Guodong Liu & Thomas B. Ollis & Maximiliano F. Ferrari & Aditya Sundararajan & Kevin Tomsovic, 2022. "Robust Scheduling of Networked Microgrids for Economics and Resilience Improvement," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-19, March.

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