COORDINATED CONTROL AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION INVERTERS IN A MICROGRID

This project presents a micro grid consisting of different distributed generation (DG) units that are connected to the distribution grid. The proposed micro grid consists of a photovoltaic (PV) array which functions as the primary generation unit of the micro grid and a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell to supplement the variability in the power generated by the PV array. The control design for the DG inverters employs a new model predictive control algorithm which enables faster computational time for large power systems by optimizing the steady-state and the transient control problems separately