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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299607303321

Autore

Mahmoud Magdi S

Titolo

Control and Optimization of Distributed Generation Systems / / by Magdi S. Mahmoud, Fouad M. AL-Sunni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-16910-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVIII, 578 p. 363 illus., 184 illus. in color.)

Collana

Power Systems, , 1612-1287

Disciplina

621.3121

Soggetti

Energy systems

Control engineering

Power electronics

Energy Systems

Control and Systems Theory

Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Distributed Generation Plant -- Supply and Demand in the Electric Power Grid -- Control Methods for Microgrids -- Computational Intelligence for Microgrids -- A System-of-Systems Framework for Microgrids -- Networked Control of Microgrid System-of Systems -- Distributed Control Approach -- Hierarchical Structuring and Control -- Appendix: Mathematical Preliminaries.

Sommario/riassunto

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, 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 academics migrating from another field or graduate students 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.