A multivariable design methodology for voltage control of a single-DG-unit microgrid

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 589-599

  Bahrani, Behrooz ^a   Saeedifard, Maryam ^b   Karimi, Alireza ^a   Rufer, Alfred ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex optimization; Digital multivariable control; Distributed generation; Islanded mode; Loop shaping; Microgrid; Voltage regulation; Voltage source converter

Indexed keywords

ISLANDED MODE; LOOP-SHAPING; MICRO GRID; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

CONTROL; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MIMO SYSTEMS; POWER CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 84889240994     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2012.2221129     Document Type: Article

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