Load shedding scheme with under-frequency and undervoltage corrective actions to supply high priority loads in islanded microgrids

• Published in: IET renewable power generation Vol. 13; no. 11; pp. 1981 - 1989
• Main Authors: de Nadai Nascimento, Bruno, Zambroni de Souza, Antonio Carlos, de Carvalho Costa, Joao Guilherme, Castilla, Miguel
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 19.08.2019
• Subjects: Distribució d’energia elèctrica; distributed power generation; Electric networks; Electric power systems; energy supply; Enginyeria electrònica; Enginyeria elèctrica; global strategies; grid‐connected; high priority loads; islanded microgrids; islanded mode; load flow; load shedding; local strategies; Microgrids (Smart power grids); Monte Carlo methods; operation mode; operation services; power distribution control; power distribution faults; power grids; power systems; proper microgrid time‐continuous load flow; quality standards; reliability; Research Article; security; Sistemes de distribució d'energia elèctrica; state‐of‐the‐art load; undervoltage corrective actions; Xarxes elèctriques; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC; load shedding; power distribution control; global strategies; operation services; reliability; operation mode; power distribution faults; grid-connected; islanded mode; state-of-the-art load; distributed power generation; undervoltage corrective actions; energy supply; Monte Carlo methods; high priority loads; security; local strategies; quality standards; proper microgrid time-continuous load flow; islanded microgrids; power systems; power grids; load flow
• ISSN: 1752-1416; 1752-1424; 1752-1424
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2018.6229

In the last few years, microgrids have become a potential solution to improve reliability and security in the supply of electricity to power systems. When a microgrid changes its operation mode from grid-connected to islanded, particular attention must be paid by the operation services. In the islanded mode, the microgrids’ frequency and voltage may reach undesirable values, harming the security and quality of the operation. This study aims to propose global and local strategies of load shedding to preserve the energy supply to high priority loads within quality standards. The focus of this study is to consider a microgrid operating only with primary control. In this sense, a proper microgrid time-continuous load flow is applied, considering the constant verification of the frequency and the voltage of all buses. Finally, a Monte Carlo simulation is used to validate the proposal presented and to give some indices that quantify the load shed in each period. The results show the superior performance of the proposed strategy compared to a state-of-the-art load shedding solution that does not consider the priority of loads.