Microgrids: Advances in Operation, Control, and Protection

Part I. Operation of Microgrids.- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Microgrids, Concepts, Definitions, and Classifications.- Chapter 2. Operation Management of Microgrid Clusters.- Chapter 3. Energy Management Systems for Microgrids.- Chapter 4. Optimal Dispatch and Unit Commitment in Microgrids.- Chapter 5. The Role of Energy Storage Systems in Microgrids Operation.- Chapter 6. Microgrids and Local Energy Markets.- Chapter 7. Economic assessment of microgrids integrated with demand-side management schemes.- Chapter 8. Microgrids Operation: Real-Time Perspectives and Challenges.- Chapter 9. Applications of Heuristic Techniques and Evolutionary Algorithms in Microgrids Optimization Problems.- Part 2. Control of Microgrids.- Chapter 10. Conventional droop methods for microgrids.- Chapter 11. Distributed control approaches for microgrids.- Chapter 12. On Control of Energy Storage Systems in Microgrids.- Chapter 13. Microgrid Stability Definitions, Analysis, and Examples.- Chapter 14. Voltage unbalance compensation in AC microgrids.- Chapter 15. WAM-based Hierarchical Control of Islanded AC Microgrids.- Part III. Protection of Microgrids.- Chapter 16. Fault Ride Through and Fault Current Management for Microgrids.- Chapter 17. Microgrid protection.- Chapter 18. A New Second Central Moment-Based Algorithm for Differential Protection in Micro-grids.- Chapter 19. Microgrids Protection with Conventional and Adaptive protection schemes.- Chapter 20. Fault Identification, Protection Schemes, and Restoration Requirements of Microgrids.- Chapter 21. Real-time testing of Microgrids.