Research

Energy Sciences

Title :

Advanced Control and Protection of Intelligent DC Microgrids

Area of research :

Energy Sciences

Focus area :

DC Microgrids

Principal Investigator :

Dr Soumya Ranjan Sahoo, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur

Timeline Start Year :

2019

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

Microgrid is a power distribution system comprising distributed energy sources like renewables, battery storage, and diesel generators connected using power electronic converters. Due to the presence of a significant number of power sources in a small area, it is essential to ensure proportional power-sharing, high power quality, low voltage regulation in the microgrid for its reliable operation. The microgrid must function in islanded or grid-connected mode as and when required. During operation in grid-connected mode, the microgrid may import/export power from/to the grid. Multiple microgrids can be interconnected to facilitate power exchange among themselves. This project aims to develop technologies related to dc microgrids that would be useful in utilizing these systems for electrification in rural, semi-urban and urban areas. The developed control and protection schemes will be tested on the lab-scale prototype. The project is spread into three main phases: (i) design and development of dc microgrid prototype, (ii) controller and protection design, and (iii) hardware-in-loop with multi-microgrid system. The project deliverable includes field-implementable control and protection technologies for DC microgrid. The control scheme will rely on available local measurements and data exchange between various sources, but not necessarily all sources.

Co-PI:

Dr Sandeep Anand, Associate Professor, Dr Abheejeet Mohapatra, Assistant Professor, Dr Anju Meghwani, Research Establishment Officer, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur

Total Budget (INR):

89,47,830

Achievements :

1. Control of source interfacing converters to maintain voltage within allowable limits during operation 2. Primary and secondary control design for the dc microgrid based on full and reduced communication topologies to ensure proportional power-sharing between sources and improved voltage regulation. 3. Two types of fault location techniques were developed.

Publications :

 
2

Organizations involved