Advanced Energy Technologies
A Brief Overview of Microgrid Performance Improvements Using Distributed FACTS Devices

Ghazanfar Shahgholian

Volume 10, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 43-58

https://doi.org/10.30501/jree.2022.321435.1305

Abstract
  Distributed flexible ac transmission system (D-FACTS) is a light-weight version of FACTS, which it is easily allocated and costs less than flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) devices. They have potential benefits to improve the system stability and improvement in power quality in microgrid (MG). ...  Read More

Renewable Energy Resources and Technologies
Improved Droop Control Method for Reactive Power Sharing in Autonomous Microgrids

Babak Keyvani; Bahador Fani; Hamed Karimi; Majid Moazzami; Ghazanfar Shahgholian

Volume 9, Issue 3 , September 2022, , Pages 1-9

https://doi.org/10.30501/jree.2021.298138.1235

Abstract
  Conventional droop control method has been widely adopted for power sharing between Distributed Generators (DGs) in microgrids. However, the mismatched feeder impedance of the Voltage-Sourced Inverters (VSI) may generate reactive power sharing error during islanding operation of a microgrid. In this ...  Read More