A Real-Life Application of a Smart User Network

Giuseppe Barone, Giovanni Brusco, Alessandro Burgio, Daniele Menniti, Anna Pinnarelli, Michele Motta, Nicola Sorrentino and Pasquale Vizza
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Giuseppe Barone: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Giovanni Brusco: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Alessandro Burgio: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Daniele Menniti: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Anna Pinnarelli: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Michele Motta: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Nicola Sorrentino: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy
Pasquale Vizza: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria; 87036 Arcavacata of Rende, Italy

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-23

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Distributed Renewable Energy Source; smart microgrid; distributed control; DC bus signaling control; real-life application test bed (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: 2018
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