A Hybrid Smart AC/DC Power System
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Recently, smart grids are attracting attention. Already, a smart grid based on an AC grid is proposed. However, no study on research is presented or published on a smart grid based on a dc grid. This paper presents an ac/dc hybrid smart power system. The proposed system has advantages of both dc and ac grids. The proposed power system consists of a wind generator and several controllable loads. The controllable loads have different capacities. Therefore, by applying power consumption control with the droop characteristic, the dc bus voltage is maintained within the acceptable range. As controllable loads, electric water heater and electric vehicle are assumed. Effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by numerical simulation results.
Published in:
Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:1
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Issue:
2
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Date of Publication: Sept. 2010