Microgrids of commercial buildings: Strategies to manage mode transfer from grid connected to islanded mode

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1337-1347

  Meegahapola, Lasantha Gunaruwan ^a   Robinson, Duane ^a   Agalgaonkar, A P ^a   Perera, S ^a   Ciufo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial building microgrids; islanded mode; mode transition; solar photovoltaic (PV); variable speed drive (VSD)

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL BUILDING; GRID-CONNECTED; ISLANDED MODE; MICRO GRID; MODE TRANSFERS; MODE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR-PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV);

EID: 84907440558     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2014.2305657     Document Type: Article

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