Reliability Evaluation of Customers in a Microgrid

A survey of reliability assessment techniques for modern distribution networks

“…The principal techniques are shown in Table 4. Typically both dispatchable and non-dispatchable DG are used to restore the supply and the load shedding actions of noncritical loads are implemented in order to achieve the adequacy in the case of generation shortage [68,22,69]. Energy storage can also be integrated to mitigate the variability of generation and load [67,70,71,61].…”

“…Both analytical [68,22,73] and simulation techniques [72,72,67,70,69,71] have been used for the reliability evaluation of microgrids with DG according to the accuracy and computational times required by the analysis.…”

A novel petri nets algorithm using conditional probability for the evaluation of composite power system reliability

“…Owing to the difficulty of the electric power systems and difficult to define and judge the level of reliability in an interconnected power system. Moderately, several tools, methodologies and measurements are developed to overcome the issues about the power system reliability each from its point of view [1]- [4]. The power system reliability is mainly divided into security and adequacy.…”

Reliability Evaluation of Distribution Systems under <i>μ</i> Grid-Tied and Islanded <i>μ</i> Grid Modes Using Monte Carlo Simulation

“…In recent years, interest in application of distributed generation (DG) in improving power system reliability has grown tremendously [1] [2]. This interest is motivated by the potential to use renewable resources to generate electricity in distribution networks on a small scale, which can lead to µ grid configurations.…”

“…The networks must also be capable of dealing with bi-directional power flow because DGs are normally placed at customer ends. This requires utility companies to upgrade their protection systems to handle different modes of operation [1].…”