Design of a Generalized Control Algorithm for Parallel Inverters for Smooth Microgrid Transition Operation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4900-4914

  Wang, Jing ^a   Chang, Nicolás Chialin Prieto ^a   Feng, Xiaowei ^a   Monti, Antonello ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inverse dynamic model; inverter control; microgrid; mode transition; voltage regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL STRUCTURE; INVERSE DYNAMIC MODEL; INVERTER CONTROL; MICRO GRID; MODE TRANSITIONS; MULTI-LOOP CONTROLLERS; SEAMLESS TRANSITION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84934774848     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2015.2404317     Document Type: Article

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