This text is an introduction to the use of control in distributed power
generation. It shows the reader how reliable control can be achieved so
as to realize the potential of small networks of diverse energy sources,
either singly or in coordination, for meeting concerns of energy cost,
energy security and environmental protection.
The book demonstrates how such microgrids, interconnecting groups of
generating units and loads within a local area, can be an effective
means of balancing electrical supply and demand. It takes advantage of
the ability to connect and disconnect microgrids from the main body of
the power grid to give flexibility in response to special events,
planned or unplanned.
In order to capture the main opportunities for expanding the power grid
and to present the plethora of associated open problems in control
theory Control and Optimization of Distributed Generation Systems is
organized to treat three key themes, namely:
- system architecture and integration;
- modelling and analysis; and
- communications and control.
Each chapter makes use of examples and simulations and appropriate
problems to help the reader study. Tools helpful to the reader in
accessing the mathematical analysis presented within the main body of
the book are given in an appendix.
Control and Optimization of Distributed Generation Systems will enable
readers new to the field of distributed power generation and networked
control, whether experienced academic migrating from another field or
graduate student beginning a research career, to familiarize themselves
with the important points of the control and regulation of microgrids.
It will also be useful for practising power engineers wishing to keep
abreast of changes in power grids necessitated by the diversification of
generating methods
