Integration, Challenges and Optimization
Editors: Rajeev Kumar Chauhan and Kalpana Chauhan
1st Edition
Distributed Energy Resources are becoming a significant contributor of electric power at all levels of the electric power grid. Since in many cases they are connected to the grid through inverters, their behavior is very different in comparison with the traditional synchronous generators.
This is especially critical in the cases of microgrids when DERs may be the only source of power when disconnected from the grid. That is why the integration of DERs in protection, automation and control systems introduces significant challenges that cannot be resolved using the conventional devices, methods and tools.
Distributed Energy Resources in Microgrids: Integration, Challenges and Optimization is a book that can help the specialists in the protection, automation and control industry to better understand DERs and how they can be integrated in the most efficient way in microgrids.
The more than five hundred pages text in the book is the result of the efforts of a large group of academics from many universities from all over the world. They are assembled by two editors:
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Chauhan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India. He was associated with the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, as a research scientist and with the University of Texas in Austin, USA, as a visiting scientist.
He has received a dozen national and international awards for his research contributions. He is a senior member of IEEE, IAS, WIE, and is also a member of the Institution of Engineers in India.
Dr. Kalpana Chauhan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendargarh, India.
She was associated with the University of Texas in Austin, USA, as a visiting scientist. She has received national and international awards for her research contributions. She is a senior member of IEEE, WIE, IAS, and is also an associate member of the Institution of Engineers in India.
The material in the book is organized in twenty chapters, each written by different authors.
The first two chapters introduce microgrids and their architectures, as well as DERs and their control, including the use of agents for isolated microgrids with frequency regulation.
The next few chapters cover the optimal connections of photovoltaic modules, dynamics of power flow in a stand-alone microgrid and the impact of batteries in microgrids.
The next two chapters are dedicated to communications, cybersecurity, and the internet of things for microgrids, smart buildings, and homes.
The following chapters discuss some innovative energy management methods, as well as power converter solutions and controls for green energy systems.
A chapter is focused on safety and reliability evaluation for electric vehicles in modern power system networks.
Two additional issues – load forecasting and unintentional islanding detection are later covered in dedicated chapters.
The book includes many practical examples, as well as mathematical methods, when necessary. Each chapter ends with conclusions and a detailed list of references.
The editors envisioned the book as a resource that can be used by both researchers and specialists working in the electric power industry to help them with the integration of distributed energy resources in microgrids.
Distributed Energy Resources in Microgrids
Integration, Challenges and Optimization
Editors: Rajeev Kumar Chauhan and
Kalpana Chauhan
Academic Press
ISBN: 9780128177747
