Analysis of the Droop Control Method in DC Microgrids with Regard to the Types of Load

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The droop control approach divides load demand among voltage source converters in microgrids in a decentralized manner. Different factors, such as the microgrid line impedances, have an impact on the power sharing accuracy of the droop approach. This research evaluates the droop controller's power-sharing accuracy for the first time with respect to three different load types: constant impedance (CI), constant current (CC), and constant power (CP). Additionally, the impact of DC microgrid configuration on the accuracy of power sharing is investigated in this work. To support the conclusions, the simulation results in the Matlab/Simulink software environment are shown.

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