A novel multi-stage fuel cost minimization in a VSC-based microgrid considering stability, frequency, and voltage constraints

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 931-939

  Astero, Poria ^a   Hosseinian, Seyed Hossein ^a   Abedi, Mehrdad ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Droop method; Frequency and voltage regulation; Fuel consumption minimization; Microgrid; Small signal stability

Indexed keywords

FUELS; GAS TURBINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTIVE POWER; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WIND TURBINES;

ACTIVE AND REACTIVE POWER; DROOP METHOD; FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE REGULATIONS; FUEL CONSUMPTION MINIMISATION; MICROGRID; MINIMIZATION METHODS; MULTI-STAGES; SMALL SIGNAL STABILITY; STABILITY MARGINS; VOLTAGE SOURCE;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84884576959     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2012.2210449     Document Type: Article

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