Date of Award
Winter 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Committee Director
Yucheng Zhang
Committee Member
Chunsheng Xin
Committee Member
Oscar Gonzalez
Abstract
The power sharing control method is a desirable solution to integrate multiple renewable energy generators into the grid and to keep them working synchronously. Power sharing control between different distributed generators is an important consideration for the stabilized operation of the power grid network. In this thesis work, a novel method is used with the concept of droop control technique and is designed to control power from each individual generator in DC network particularly. The proposed power sharing control method can be widely applied to grid connected network and to islanded power grid network for obtaining high efficiency of power distribution and also provides higher stability.
An efficient power control method to share the load demand power is designed based on the concept of droop control. This method does not follow sequential or predefined topology of power sharing but uses the availability of power from each generator as a factor of control. The proposed controller can be applied to an individual distributed generator to regulate its output power quickly and accurately. The power sharing control method was formulated, modeled and verified by simulation studies of steady state and transient stability tests. The optimal coupling resistance for power sharing was also identified. The interaction of the controller and the communication delay was also studied. The interference of communication delay is negligible for the power sharing controller. The system is simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment.
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DOI
10.25777/3dkd-9z76
ISBN
9781392019887
Recommended Citation
James, Christina.
"A Novel Power Sharing Control Method for Distributed Generators in DC Networks"
(2018). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/3dkd-9z76
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ece_etds/156
ORCID
000-0002-7028-0701