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Resynchronization of islanded unbalanced ADNs: Control, synchrocheck and experimental validation

Fahmy, Sherif  
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Walger, Quentin
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Paolone, Mario  
October 1, 2022
Electric Power Systems Research

The problem of securely reconnecting active distribution networks (ADNs) - e.g. microgrids - to their upstream grids at the point of common coupling (PCC) has been extensively discussed by the existing literature. The latter is commonly referred to as resynchronization and has to be done with care in order to avoid large transient current flows resulting from differences of nodal voltage phasors at both sides of the PCC. The active resynchronization process can be split into two tasks: the PCC-control and the synchrocheck. The PCC-control refers to the process used to steer the PCC nodal voltage at the ADN's side (i.e. downstream) towards the PCC nodal voltage at the upstream-grid's side (i.e. upstream). The synchrocheck refers to the algorithm used to check the synchronization (i.e. phasor alignment within tolerances) of the upstream and downstream PCC nodal voltages. Methods for PCC-control and synchrocheck presented in the literature commonly ignore the ADN's operational constraints and rely on the assumption of a balanced system. In this respect, the contribution of this paper is twofold. First, an approximated optimal-power-flow is proposed to control ADNs' resources in order to rapidly steer their PCC downstream nodal voltages close to their non-controllable upstream counterparts. Second, an Interpolated-Discrete-Fourier-Transform (IpDFT)-based synchrocheck that verifies the alignment of all three-phases of both upstream and downstream nodal voltages at the PCC, is proposed. The algorithms associated to both contributions are experimentally validated on the CIGRE-low-voltage-benchmark-microgrid at the Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory (DESL) at the ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) where the results of the developed synchrocheck are further benchmarked against the Schneider Electric's Micom P143 grid relay.

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DOI
10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108496
Web of Science ID

WOS:000836904300002

Author(s)
Fahmy, Sherif  
Walger, Quentin
Paolone, Mario  
Date Issued

2022-10-01

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Electric Power Systems Research
Volume

211

Article Number

108496

Subjects

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

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Engineering

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active distribution networks

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island resynchronization

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synchronism check

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unbalanced three-phase control

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power

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reconnection

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