Communication and Networking in Smart Grids

Chapter 3

Efficient Management of Locally Generated Powers in Microgrids

Tomaso Erseghe, Stefano Tomasin, and Paolo Tenti

Contents

3.1   Smart Microgrids

3.2   Related Literature

3.3   MicroGrid Model

3.3.1   Electrical Model

3.3.2   Economic Model

3.4   MicroGrids Get Smart

3.4.1   Target Optimization Revisited

3.4.2   Nonconvexity Statement

3.5   Suboptimal Solution

3.5.1 Steepest Descent Algorithm

3.6   Distributed Implementation

3.7   Numerical Results

3.8   Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Making the Parameters of (3.2) Explicit

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