Control Strategies of DC Microgrids Cluster: A Comprehensive Review

Zaid Hamid Abdulabbas Al-Tameemi, Tek Tjing Lie, Gilbert Foo and Frede Blaabjerg
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Zaid Hamid Abdulabbas Al-Tameemi: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Tek Tjing Lie: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Gilbert Foo: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Frede Blaabjerg: Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-34

Abstract: Multiple microgrids (MGs) close to each other can be interconnected to construct a cluster to enhance reliability and flexibility. This paper presents a comprehensive and comparative review of recent studies on DC MG clusters’ control strategies. Different schemes regarding the two significant control aspects of networked DC MGs, namely DC-link voltage control and power flow control between MGs, are investigated. A discussion about the architecture configuration of DC MG clusters is also provided. All advantages and limitations of various control strategies of recent studies are discussed in this paper. Furthermore, this paper discusses three types of consensus protocol with different time boundaries, including linear, finite, and fixed. Based on the main findings from the reviewed studies, future research recommendations are proposed.

Keywords: decentralized; centralized; distributed; hierarchal control strategies; consensus protocol and multi-agent system (MAS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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