Swarm Grids—Distributed Power Grid Control for Distributed Renewable Power Generation

Abstract

A distributed power generation with renewable energies benefits from a distributed control of the power distribution. Here, a proposal for the control of such a cellular power grid structure is made, which is named “Swarm Grid” by the author. The name refers to the swarm-like control structure, which implies no master control for the coordination of the grid components. The presentation shows details of the Swarm Grid concept. As exemplary grid components, charging stations of electric vehicles and the background of this use case are presented. First results from a related research project are also be presented, which include methods to estimate the grid’s topology from the measurements and then the calculation of voltage and current states in the determined power grid.