Decentralized controls and communications for autonomous distribution networks in smart grid

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-77

  Lo, Chun Hao ^a   Ansari, Nirwan ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous distribution network; bidirectional power flow; distributed control; distributed generation; graph theory; micro grids; network traffic; partitioning; power sharing; scalability; smart grid

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; BIDIRECTIONAL POWER FLOW; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; MICRO GRID; NETWORK TRAFFIC; PARTITIONING; POWER SHARING; SMART GRID;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GRAPH THEORY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SCALABILITY; SMART POWER GRIDS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84875054650     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2228282     Document Type: Article

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