Some Aspects of Stability in Microgrids

This paper investigates some aspects of stability in microgrids. There are different types of microgrid applications. The system structure and the control topology vary depending on the application and so does the aspect of stability in a microgrid. This paper briefly encompasses the stability aspects of remote, utility connected and facility microgrids depending on the modes of operation, control topology, types of micro sources and network parameters. The small signal, transient and the voltage stability aspects in each type of the microgrid are discussed along with scope of improvements. With a brief review of the existing microgrid control methods in the literature and different industry solutions, this paper sets up an initial platform for different types of microgrids stability assessment. Various generalized stability improvement methods are demonstrated for different types of microgrids. The conventional stability study of microgrids presented in this paper facilitates an organized way to plan the micro source operation, microgrid controller design, islanding procedure, frequency control and the load shedding criteria. The stability investigations are presented with different control methods, eigen value analysis and time domain simulations to justify different claims.

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