Prince - Electrical Energy Systems Lab A pilot project for smart microgrids

The aim of this paper is to define an organized approach for improving the economic, reliable and secure operation of microgrids operating either in the On-grid or in the Off-grid. According to this methodological approach, a microgrid can be operated into five Operating Modes and five Transitions. Proper management of each of them has been examined and implemented on the existing microgrid developed at the Prince Electrical Energy System Lab of the Polytechnic of Bari. This microgrid can be considered a hard test bed for dynamic stability studies since it is an inertialess system. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.