A Review of Communication Protocols and Control Strategies in DC Microgrids: An experimental validation focus

Véliz, Antonio; Riffo, Sebastián; Rivera, Marco; Restrepo, Carlos; Garcés-Ruiz, Alejandro; Chub, Andrii

Abstract

Given the growing presence of microgrids, it is necessary to investigate how communication protocols impact their behavior. The study of DC microgrid topologies is of great importance due to their fast proliferation and the fact that they allow for quick and easy integration of energy generation and storage systems since both are also of DC nature. This paper presents a comprehensive study of how the communications protocols and control strategies affect the behavior of a DC microgrid. There is no standard communication protocol in DC microgrids; therefore, it is relevant to perform experimental tests of the control schemes implemented over various communication protocols to study intrinsic communications problems such as delays and package losses. This paper reviews the communication protocols used to implement microgrid control strategies with a particular focus on their experimental validation. Finally, the experimental results are presented by employing a hardware-in-the-loop system to model a DC microgrid and with a communications board to implement different control topologies.

Citation

Véliz, A., Riffo, S., Rivera, M., Restrepo, C., Garcés-Ruiz, A., & Chub, A. (2023, June). A Review of Communication Protocols and Control Strategies in DC Microgrids: An experimental validation focus. Presented at 17th IEEE International Conference on compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2023), Tallinn, Estonia

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 17th IEEE International Conference on compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2023)
• Start Date: Jun 14, 2023
• End Date: Jun 16, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Apr 12, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 23, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 658-663
• Book Title: 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG)
• ISBN: 979-8-3503-0005-5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CPE-POWERENG58103.2023.10227442
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/21102855