Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M. S.
Organizational Unit
Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Amin Khodaei
Second Advisor
Shimelis Assefa
Third Advisor
Mohammad Matin
Keywords
DERs, Distributed energy resources, Grid-following, Grid-forming, Holonic, Resilient
Abstract
This thesis investigates how different distributed energy resources (DERs) impact the resilience operation of a holonic grid. The holonic grid consists of two or more connected microgrids and /or provisional microgrids (PMGs). The type of the DER, i.e., grid-forming or grid-following, affects the operations of the holonic grid, particularly during the islanded mode. To study this emerging and timely topic, a resilience-oriented holonic grid optimal operation model is proposed. This model carefully formulates the operations of both grid-forming and grid-following DERs. A variable value of lost load (VoLL) is further employed in the proposed model to help quantify and monetize the potential load curtailments, and accordingly, observe the holonic grid operation in response to various extreme external events. To evaluate the proposed model, two cases and multiple scenarios are performed on a sample holonic grid. The studied cases analyze the impact of microgrids energy exchange within the holonic grid, and scenarios take into account various resilience operations.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Ali M. Alsenan
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
76 p.
Recommended Citation
Alsenan, Ali M., "Impact of Grid-Following and Grid-Forming DERs on Resilient Operation of Holonic Grid" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1714.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1714
Copyright date
2020
Discipline
Electrical engineering, Energy