Active load control in islanded microgrids based on the grid voltage

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-151

  Vandoorn, Tine L ^a   Renders, Bert ^a   Degroote, Lieven ^a   Meersman, Bart ^a   Vandevelde, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active load control; active power control; droop control; islanded microgrid; voltage source inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVE LOAD CONTROL; ACTIVE POWER CONTROL; DROOP CONTROL; ISLANDED MICROGRID; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

POWER CONTROL;

EID: 79951949840     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2010.2090911     Document Type: Article

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