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dc.contributor.authorPape, Marten
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-22 12:46:42 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2015-09-22
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/9690
dc.description.abstractThe last two decades in the electric power sector have been increasingly dominated by a rising interest in the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into electric power systems, many of them based on renewable energies. A wider-scale deployment of DERs raises questions in the design, planning and operation of electricity grids. In particular, the operational paradigms of distribution grids are about to change significantly. One way proposed for putting small-scale DERs into the heart of an electric power system is through realizing “Microgrids”. The concept of Microgrids proposes methods to allow participation of DERs in main and ancillary services on the level of distribution grids. To foster research and development in the fields of Microgrids and grid-connected power electronic converters, test beds with adequate functionality are required. Around the world, many test beds have been created to allow experimentation and collection of experiences using full-scale, real equipment and fixed network layouts. However, these test beds are expensive, costly and large, and do not offer a high flexibility for reconfiguration. Therefore, this thesis proposes, implements and evaluates a Microgrid test bed using the Hardware-in-the-loop approach to simulate the behavior of different types of generation, energy storage and loads in a Microgrid. Identical power electronic converter modules are used to generate the currents, voltages and powers required to imitate the AC-bus grid connection of such grid participants. Software models govern converter control and plant simulation, allowing for a fast and flexible reconfiguration of the en-tire test bed. This approach heavily cuts down cost, size and weight of test beds and allows a much more flexible and reproducible creation and execution of test scenarios.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterloo
dc.subjectMicrogriden
dc.subjectMicrogrid Test Beden
dc.subjectTest beden
dc.subjectPrimary Controlen
dc.subjectPower Electronicsen
dc.subjectDistributed Generationen
dc.subjectTestingen
dc.subjectHardware-in-the-Loopen
dc.subjectHiLen
dc.subjectDistribution Gridsen
dc.subjectDroop Controlen
dc.subjectPower-Hardware-in-the-Loopen
dc.subjectPHiLen
dc.titleDesign of a Flexible and Modular Test Bed for Studies on Islanded Microgridsen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.subject.programElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.description.embargoterms4 monthsen
dc.date.embargountil2016-01-20T12:46:42Z
uws-etd.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Applied Scienceen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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