Model-Driven Microgrid Controller

Microgrid control strategy heavily depends on microgrid sources, loads, network topology, operation conventions and reliability requirements. Conventional approaches of devising and testing microgrid control functions involve higher level of complexity and requires extensive expert engineering effort. This paper presents a model-driven microgrid control approach that significantly simplifies the process of development and testing of microgrid control functions as well as performing microgrid feasibility study. A case study is presented here in which the proposed controller is applied to provide four main functions, including: 1- Control power at the microgrid point of common coupling, 2- Dispatch energy storage to minimize the cost of importing power, 3- Smooth the profile of aggregated power of renewable and energy storage, and 4- Devise load shedding strategy.