DC voltage control and power sharing in multiterminal DC grids based on optimal DC power flow and voltage-droop strategy

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1171-1180

  Rouzbehi, Kumars ^a   Miranian, Arash ^b   Luna, Alvaro ^a   Rodriguez, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CIGRE B4 dc grid test system; multiterminal dc (MTDC) grids; optimal power flow (OPF); voltage droop control

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS;

CONTROL FRAMEWORK; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROL STRUCTURE; DC VOLTAGE CONTROL; MULTI-TERMINAL DC; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; TEST SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE DROOP;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL;

EID: 84908499216     PISSN: 21686777     EISSN: 21686785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2014.2338738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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