Networked Microgrids for Improved Resilient Operation: A Case Study in Adjuntas Puerto Rico

Maximiliano Ferrari; Mohammed Olama; Aditya Sundararajan; Yang Chen; Ben Ollis; Guodong Liu; Cynthia Arellano

doi:10.1109/ISGT-LA56058.2023.10328283

Networked Microgrids for Improved Resilient Operation: A Case Study in Adjuntas Puerto Rico

Maximiliano Ferrari, Mohammed Olama, Aditya Sundararajan, Yang Chen, Ben Ollis, Guodong Liu, Cynthia Arellano

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Abstract

This paper presents a case study of a network microgrid orchestrator designed to allow coordinated operation of microgrids. Through Control Hardware in the Loop (CHIL), the proposed microgrid orchestrator was validated using, as case study two community-owned microgrids in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. These two microgrids in Adjuntas were designed to provide affordable and reliable access to electricity to 14 businesses located in the town square. In its current design, these two microgrids operate independently from each other. This paper studies how networking them would increase their resiliency metrics while operating as an island. A distributed optimization is implemented in the microgrid orchestrator due to its superior scalability compared to centralized approach as well as to maintain data privacy. Two operational modes are considered in this study to showcase the advantages of networking microgrids: a) normal island, and b) degraded island. CHIL simulations are performed to validate the proposed microgrid orchestrator. CHIL results show meaningful resiliency improvements obtained by networking microgrids during contingencies such as loss of PV generation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	150-154
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350336962
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-LA56058.2023.10328283
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023 - San Juan, United States Duration: Nov 6 2023 → Nov 9 2023

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Name	2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023

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Conference	2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Juan
Period	11/6/23 → 11/9/23

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Research sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6285; managed by UT Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. This manuscript has been authored by UT- Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05- 00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award Number (CID or WBS): DE-EE 37771. Research sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6285; managed by UT Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award Number (CID or WBS): DE-EE 37771. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (https://www.energy.gov/doe-public-access-plan). DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

Funders	Funder number
United States Government
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-AC05-00OR22725
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Solar Energy Technologies Office	DE-EE 37771
Solar Energy Technologies Office
UT-Battelle

Keywords

ADMM
Networked microgrids
distributed optimization
energy resiliency
microgrid orchestrator
microgrids

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Ferrari, M., Olama, M., Sundararajan, A., Chen, Y., Ollis, B., Liu, G., & Arellano, C. (2023). Networked Microgrids for Improved Resilient Operation: A Case Study in Adjuntas Puerto Rico. In 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023 (pp. 150-154). (2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-LA56058.2023.10328283

Ferrari, Maximiliano ; Olama, Mohammed ; Sundararajan, Aditya et al. / Networked Microgrids for Improved Resilient Operation : A Case Study in Adjuntas Puerto Rico. 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. pp. 150-154 (2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023).

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Networked Microgrids for Improved Resilient Operation: A Case Study in Adjuntas Puerto Rico. / Ferrari, Maximiliano; Olama, Mohammed ; Sundararajan, Aditya et al.
2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 150-154 (2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023).

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