A Real-Life Application of a Smart User Network

Smart Community microgrids could help to improve overall energy efficiency reducing transmission and distribution losses and allowing the implementation of optimal load control and resource dispatching. In this context, the authors have proposed the realization of DC smart microgrids. They are consi...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 12; p. 3504
Main Authors Barone, Giuseppe, Brusco, Giovanni, Burgio, Alessandro, Menniti, Daniele, Pinnarelli, Anna, Motta, Michele, Sorrentino, Nicola, Vizza, Pasquale
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2018
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
Building automation
Community
Converters
Data buses
DC bus signaling control
distributed control
Distributed generation
Distributed Renewable Energy Source
Electric potential
Electrical engineering
Energy management
Energy resources
Energy sources
Environmental impact
Frequency deviation
Impedance
International conferences
Loads (forces)
Phase deviation
real-life application test bed
Renewable energy sources
Research projects
smart microgrid
State of charge
Sun
Sustainable development
Voltage
United States > US
Italy
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Summary:Smart Community microgrids could help to improve overall energy efficiency reducing transmission and distribution losses and allowing the implementation of optimal load control and resource dispatching. In this context, the authors have proposed the realization of DC smart microgrids. They are considered as a future prospective according to the increase of DC loads and DC output type distribution energy sources such as Photovoltaic and energy storage systems. In this paper, a DC smart microgrid, called Smart User Network, realized in a real-life application as a part of pilot site under the national research project PON04_00146 Smart cities and Communities and Social innovation named “Reti, Edifici, Strade Nuovi Obiettivi Virtuosi per l’Ambiente e l’Energia” (RES NOVAE), is illustrated. The Smart User Network, is managed by a distributed and decentralized control logic, the DC Bus Signaling, which allows the converters to operate independently of each other according to a decentralized logic. It guarantees the reliability, the continuity and the quality of supply, optimizing the use of energy produced by renewable energy sources, also in stand-alone configuration. The most significant experimental results obtained both in grid-connected and stand-alone configuration are presented and discussed.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en11123504