Hierarchical structure of microgrids control system

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1963-1976

  Bidram, Ali ^a   Davoudi, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical control strategies; inverters; microgrid; primary control; secondary control; tertiary control

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROL HIERARCHY; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ECONOMICAL ASPECTS; FUTURE TRENDS; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MICRO GRID; PRIMARY CONTROL; SECONDARY CONTROL; TERTIARY LEVELS; VERSATILE TOOLS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EID: 84872054040     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2197425     Document Type: Article

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