Review of control techniques for inverters parallel operation

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1477-1487

  Mohd, Alaa ^a   Ortjohann, Egon ^a   Morton, Danny ^b   Omari, Osama ^c  

^a SOUTH WESTPHALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Control methods for electrical systems; Current power sharing control techniques; Frequency and voltage droop control; Inverter control; Master slave control; Voltage source inverters

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; CURRENT/POWER SHARING CONTROL TECHNIQUES; INVERTER CONTROL; MASTER/SLAVE CONTROL; VOLTAGE DROOP; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

CONTROL THEORY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956338825     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2010.06.009     Document Type: Review

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