Smart Microgrid Systems: Advanced Technologies

This book highlights microgrids as integrating platforms for distributed generation units, energy storages and local loads, with an emphasis on system performance via innovative approaches. It explains the smart power system concept, transmission, distribution, and utilization, and then looks at distributed generation technologies and hybrid power systems. Smart approaches, an analysis of microgrid design architecture and its implementation, the mitigation of cyber threats, and system optimization are also included. Case studies related to microgrid modeling and simulation are placed at the end of each chapter.

FEATURES

• Focuses on applications of expert systems for microgrid control
• Explores microgrid applications for power networks and applications of expert technologies
• Reviews design and development technologies related to renewable energy for a weak power network
• Discusses cyber security for microgrids
• Includes case studies related to actual developments and research

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in power engineering and electronics.

Prof. K.T.M.U. Hemapala received the B.Sc. (Eng.) degree from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 2004 and the PhD degree from University of Genova, Italy in 2009. Currently he is serving as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa. His research interests are in industrial robotics, distributed generation, power system control and smart grid.

Dr. M. K. Perera received the B.Sc. (Eng.) degree from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 2020. Currently she is a postgraduate student and a Research Assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa. Her research interests are in renewable generation, smart grid and machine learning.