Optimizing Distributed Energy Resource Control System Architecture

A Distributed Algorithm for Controlling Continuous and Discrete Variables in a Radial Distribution Grid

“…The communication bandwidth, latency, and the scalability of a centralized control architecture limit the ability of DERs from being engaged as active resources [6]. Instead, in most of the reviewed literature, the best outcome is anticipated through a combination of centralized, distributed, and decentralized control systems dispersed throughout the distribution network [7], [8]. Nevertheless, the barriers for practical implementation for the different architectures are not well-understood [9].…”