A coordinated control of hybrid AC/DC microgrids based on master–slave method

Hybrid ac/dc microgrid (HMG) comprises ac and dc microgrids (MGs) interconnected through an interlinking converter (IC). In islanded operation mode of HMG, a coordinated control structure must be implemented to realize voltage and frequency control in ac MG, voltage control in dc MG, active and reactive power sharing among ac sources, active power sharing among dc sources, global active power sharing among dc and ac sources, and reactive power sharing among ac sources and IC. To realize these objectives, a new coordinated control based on master–slave approach is proposed in this paper. In this method, the master source of each MG broadcasts its relative power loading as a common signal to the slave sources of the same MG and IC through a unidirectional low-bandwidth communication network. Based on this information, the slave sources and the IC adjust their operating point. The proposed method provides accurate power sharing as well as zero voltage and frequency deviation. It does not require a centralized control unit and features plug and play capability. The derivation of the proposed method is thoroughly discussed in this paper. Time domain simulation results based on CIGRE benchmark MG are presented to validate the proposed control strategy.