ZigBee-Based Communication System for Data Transfer Within Future Microgrids

A wireless data communication system for future microgrids (MGs) is presented in this paper. It is assumed that each MG has a central controller and each distributed generation unit in the MG has a local controller. The communication system is responsible for transmitting and receiving data amongst these controllers. This communication system is based on ZigBee technology, which is a low cost and low power consumption device. However, its main limitation is the low data transfer rate. To reduce the number of data transactions, a data management scheme is presented in this paper. The required data to be transferred are defined and a suitable coding is proposed. Finally, the number of transmitted symbols and the processing time of the proposed data management scheme are numerically analyzed. In addition, the dynamic operation of an MG is evaluated considering the delays that are imposed by this communication system.

[1]  Joao P. S. Catalao,et al.  Photovoltaic and wind energy systems monitoring and building/home energy management using ZigBee devices within a smart grid , 2013 .

[2]  Farhad Shahnia,et al.  Primary control level of parallel distributed energy resources converters in system of multiple interconnected autonomous microgrids within self-healing networks , 2014 .

[3]  Saewoong Bahk,et al.  Opportunistic Routing for Smart Grid With Power Line Communication Access Networks , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

[4]  M. M. A. Salama,et al.  Evaluation of ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks Under High Power Disturbances , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.

[5]  Chuang Deng,et al.  Terrestrial-Satellite Hybrid Backbone Communication Network for Smart Power Grid , 2011 .

[6]  Kim-Fung Man,et al.  The Generic Design of a High-Traffic Advanced Metering Infrastructure Using ZigBee , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

[7]  William Stallings,et al.  Data and Computer Communications , 1985 .

[8]  Paolo Dario,et al.  Transmission Power Requirements for Novel ZigBee Implants in the Gastrointestinal Tract , 2008, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

[9]  Wing-Hong Lau,et al.  Real-Time Power-Quality Monitoring With Hybrid Sinusoidal and Lifting Wavelet Compression Algorithm , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.

[10]  Shafik Ahmad.  Smart metering and home automation solutions for the next decade , 2011, 2011 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC).

[11]  Ioan Serban,et al.  Control Strategy of Three-Phase Battery Energy Storage Systems for Frequency Support in Microgrids and with Uninterrupted Supply of Local Loads , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

[12]  Arindam Ghosh,et al.  Secondary control in microgrids for dynamic power sharing and voltage/frequency adjustment , 2014, 2014 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC).

[13]  Yu-Kai Chen,et al.  Design and Implementation of Energy Management System With Fuzzy Control for DC Microgrid Systems , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

[14]  Qun Li,et al.  Exploiting ZigBee in Reducing WiFi Power Consumption for Mobile Devices , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

[15]  Juan C. Vasquez,et al.  An Improved Droop Control Method for DC Microgrids Based on Low Bandwidth Communication With DC Bus Voltage Restoration and Enhanced Current Sharing Accuracy , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

[16]  Alberto Sendin,et al.  Communication Technologies, Networks and Strategies for Practical Smart Grid Deployments: From Substations to Meters , 2012 .

[17]  R.H. Lasseter,et al.  Microgrid: a conceptual solution , 2004, 2004 IEEE 35th Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37551).

[18]  Sajjad Haider Shami,et al.  Evolution of Communication Technologies for Smart Grid applications , 2013 .

[19]  C. H. Tseng,et al.  Coordinator Traffic Diffusion for Data-Intensive Zigbee Transmission in Real-time Electrocardiography Monitoring , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

[20]  Weihua Zhuang,et al.  Distributed Throughput Optimization for ZigBee Cluster-Tree Networks , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.

[21]  Robert C. Green,et al.  Intrusion Detection System in A Multi-Layer Network Architecture of Smart Grids by Yichi , 2015 .

[22]  N. Radhika,et al.  SMART GRID TEST BED BASED ON GSM , 2012 .

[23]  Chi Zhou,et al.  Developing ZigBee Deployment Guideline Under WiFi Interference for Smart Grid Applications , 2011, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

[24]  Jin-Wook Baek,et al.  Home network configuring scheme for all electric appliances using ZigBee-based integrated remote controller , 2009, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.

[25]  Weibo Gong,et al.  A Dynamic Secret-Based Encryption Scheme for Smart Grid Wireless Communication , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

[26]  Rüdiger Kays,et al.  Performance Evaluation of Wireless Home Automation Networks in Indoor Scenarios , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

[27]  Rafael Asorey-Cacheda,et al.  Smart Grid Last-Mile Communications Model and Its Application to the Study of Leased Broadband Wired-Access , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

[28]  Chonggang Wang,et al.  Priority-Based Traffic Scheduling and Utility Optimization for Cognitive Radio Communication Infrastructure-Based Smart Grid , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

[29]  Weiming Ma,et al.  A switchable high-speed fiber-optic ring net topology and its method of high-performance synchronization for large-capacity power electronics system , 2014 .