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<article-title>Control strategies in enhanced stand-alone mini-grid operations for the NESI&#x2013;an overview</article-title>
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<institution>Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering</institution>, <institution>Florida State University</institution>, <addr-line>Tallahassee</addr-line>, <addr-line>FL</addr-line>, <country>United States</country>
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<institution>Department of Electrical and Information Engineering</institution>, <institution>Covenant University</institution>, <addr-line>Ota</addr-line>, <addr-line>Ogun</addr-line>, <country>Nigeria</country>
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<bold>Edited by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1951048/overview">Mufutau Adekojo Waheed</ext-link>, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria</p>
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<bold>Reviewed by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/615262/overview">Kenneth E. Okedu</ext-link>, Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia</p>
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<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1586846/overview">Leo Raju</ext-link>, SSN College of Engineering, India</p>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Ayokunle Awelewa, <email>ayokunle.awelewa@covenantuniversity.edu.ng</email>
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<p>Diverse control strategies for enhancing operations of isolated distribution grids are reviewed. Such distribution grids are called mini-grids or micro-grids, depending on their power flow capabilities. Robust control schemes identified in other climates for mini-grid and micro-grid operations are yet to be fully explored in the Nigerian electricity supply industry (NESI). Sustainable control strategies suitable for isolated distribution grids in the NESI predicate on capabilities for diverse objectives, such as energy conservation, affordability, efficient power throughput, and utilization, for enhanced resiliency and reliability. Consequently, the distributed control system in hierarchical layers is identified as a suitable choice for mini-grid operations in Nigeria because of its robustness in scalability and in energy conservation. However, the model predictive control (MPC) scheme is observed to be uniquely applicable in all of the hierarchical control layers. Therefore, a cascade-free MPC with improved robustness against sensitivity to system parameter variation is presented at the primary control layer for an H8 voltage source inverter (VSI) used for grid integration of the solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The H8 inverter gives more promising mitigation strategies against common-mode voltage and leakage current. Moreover, the control of DC link voltage for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is achieved by the H8 inverter, thereby eliminating the need for a separate converter for MPPT. Thus, sustainability is achieved.</p>
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<title>1 Introduction</title>
<p>E<sc>xpansion</sc> of the legacy electric power grids in most emerging economies is increasingly becoming unsustainable. The Nigerian electricity supply industry (NESI), in particular, suffers from investment neglect over the last 3 decades. Therefore, the possibility of availability of electric power to every household through national grids in Nigeria has been heavily degraded.</p>
<p>The concept of a much smaller power grid structure trends globally as a viable alternative to the legacy national grids (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B119">Xin et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Bhandari et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Bidram et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Cai et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Golsorkhi et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B104">Shafiee et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B117">Wu et al., 2018</xref>). Such grids are termed mini- or micro-grids (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Bidram et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Cai et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Golsorkhi et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B104">Shafiee et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B117">Wu et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B94">Pedrasa et al., 2006</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">Guerrero et al., 2013a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B49">Guerrero et al., 2013b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Che et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Amoateng et al., 2018</xref>), with the propensity for more flexibility in configuration (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B97">Qu et al., 2008</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Arnold, 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Aziz et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Li et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">Chen et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">Chu and Iu, 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B102">Sahoo et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B83">Morstyn et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Arfeen et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B63">Lai et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B87">Narang et al., 2020</xref>) and easier in scalability and deployment, as indicated in the following studies (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Bidram et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">Liu et al., 2014a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">Chen et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B50">Guo et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Moayedi and Davoudi, 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B125">Zuo et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B40">Dehkordi et al., 2017a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Antoniadou-Plytaria et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B116">Wu and Shen, 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">Kumar et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B79">Meng et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Dehkordi et al., 2019</xref>). Moreover, with the proliferation of renewable energy sources (RESs) in the energy mix because of near zero carbon footprints, micro-/mini-grids are becoming more competitive and attractive for investors than legacy grids. The reason for such competitiveness is partly because most RESs are usually integrated at the distribution buses (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Arfeen et al., 2019</xref>), which will not require huge capital investment on equipment and manpower because of lower voltage levels of integration (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B74">Lovejoy, 1992</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">Bidram and Davoudi, 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">Hazelton et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B80">Mipoung et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">Dang et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B108">Singh et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B112">Unamuno and Barrena, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B89">Nasirian et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B41">Dehkordi et al., 2017b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Arcos-Aviles et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Castilla et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">Flowers, 1997</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Lasseter, 2002</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B66">Lasseter and Paigi, 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B65">Lasseter, 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B93">Olivares et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B111">Tahir and Mazumder, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">Chen et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">Fioriti et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">Li et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B82">Moayedi and Davoudi, 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">Chen et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B103">Sen and Kumar, 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B120">Xu et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B58">Jumani et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B85">Mujtaba et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B107">Shrestha et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Abdulkareem et al., 2022</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Anand et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Awelewa et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Awelewa et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Buja and Kazmierkowski, 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">Concari et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">De Carne et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">De Carne et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">Faisal et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">Gao et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">Holmes and Lipo, 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B57">Josep, 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B77">Maes and Melkebeek, 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Nasirian et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B91">Nik Idris and Mohamed Yatim, 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B92">Ojo and Kshirsagar, 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B95">Perlack et al., 1988</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B96">Poddar and Ranganathan, 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B110">Surprenant et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B113">Vasquez et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B118">Xiang et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B124">Zhi and Xu, 2007</xref>). Such distribution buses with power generation sources when disconnected from the national grid can operate as stand-alone grids in the islanding mode (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Chen et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">Li et al., 2017</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">Fioriti et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B120">Xu et al., 2019</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">Flowers, 1997</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">Chen et al., 2018</xref>) and can be constituted as the mini- or micro-grids. Power generation systems on such grids are termed distributed generation (DG) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Arfeen et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B85">Mujtaba et al., 2020</xref>) or embedded generation alternatively. Such micro-/mini-grids are promising power solutions much easier to deploy to remotely off-grid sites and regions severely affected by natural disasters that have been cut off from the main grid.</p>
<p>Since power synchronization with the main grid is completely lost in the islanding mode, the need arises to create references for control of voltage magnitude, frequency, phase angle, and phase sequence in such mini-grids with embedded generation systems. Some other control objectives are quite essential for enhancing the flexibility, functionality, and reliability of such isolated distribution grids (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Bhandari et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B119">Xin et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B94">Pedrasa et al., 2006</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">Guerrero et al., 2013a</xref>). As such, concepts of centralized and decentralized (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Li et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">Liu et al., 2014a</xref>) control systems emerged as applicable control schemes to mini-grids and micro-grids. There has not been a generally acceptable defined demarcation between a micro-grid and a mini-grid. In some literature, the quantum of power in a micro-grid is specified to be in the range of tens of kW to hundreds of kW, while the quantity of power flow in a mini-grid could be in the range of tens of MW. In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B115">Worldbank (2024)</xref>, mini-grids were defined as small, privately owned and operated systems with generating up to 10 MW (MW) capacity and a network that distributes power to several customers, which will be adopted herein. However, in (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">NERC, 2024</xref>) a mini-grid was defined as an integrated local generation and distribution system with installed capacity below 1 MW, capable of serving numerous end&#x2010;users independent of the national grid.</p>
<p>In this paper, therefore, the distribution networks that constitute a mini-grid with diverse distributed generation systems such as fossil fuel-based generating systems, solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, battery storage system, and mini-hydro systems are methodologically investigated. The power electronics converter topologies utilized for integration and primary control on such a distribution grid are reviewed, as well as the applicable control architecture, strategies, and objectives. Specific examples of efficient control strategies given by power converters are 1) maximum power point tracking (MPPT); 2) charging of batteries; 3) discharging of batteries; 4) specifying (<italic>forming</italic>) of the grid&#x2019;s voltage magnitude, frequency, and phasors; 5) synchronization of the RES for power evacuation into grids. The power generation resources making up the distributed generation systems are suggested to be diversified as a technical solution for improving resiliency and reliability in the mini-grid. Critical loads are suggested to be well-placed in buses that can be constantly supplied with steady electric power. Consequently, sustainable control strategies for mini-grids in the NESI are suggested. Furthermore, a health monitoring and control scheme for all the control layers in mini-grids in the NESI is proposed.</p>
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<title>2 Electric power distribution grid: mini-grid</title>
<p>The concepts of small autonomous grids have existed for decades in communities that are off-grid due to economic and/or technical factors (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B93">Olivares et al., 2014</xref>). In recent times, the terms &#x201c;mini-grid&#x201d; and &#x201c;micro-grid&#x201d; have been used to characterize such small grids with increased resources, functionalities, and flexibilities. The use of the term &#x201c;mini-grids&#x201d; on power networks can be found in literature as far back as the 1980s (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B95">Perlack et al., 1988</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">Faisal et al., 2018</xref>), which predates the term &#x201c;micro-grids&#x201d; that was introduced in the late 1990s and early 2000s by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B66">Lasseter and Paigi (2004)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Lasseter (2002)</xref>. Going by the terms, it is intuitive that a mini-grid must have greater power flow capability than a micro-grid. Since there is no generally acceptable range in literature that uniquely defines lower and upper boundaries for power flow within a mini-grid or a micro-grid, the lower power range within mini-grids overlap the upper power range boundaries for micro-grids. With such an overlap, the control and protection schemes that are applicable to micro-grids are equally applicable to mini-grids. The only difference would only be in the power capacities in the control and protective devices, which would be much higher for mini-grids. Moreover, more power buses will constitute a mini-grid than a micro-grid. Another significant difference could be in the voltage levels, where the voltage level in a mini-grid would be preferable at a much higher medium level for loss reduction, while the voltage level of smaller micro-grids could be more sustainable at the low voltage. In Nigeria, for example, a mini-grid can be created at the 11&#xa0;kV or 33&#xa0;kV bus voltage level, while a small micro-grid (or nano-grid) could be constituted at the 400 V (line&#x2013;line). Therefore, a mini-grid could be a collection of buses with DERs and load units that can operate in the islanding mode autonomously and in the grid-connected mode.</p>
<p>Typical examples of mini-grids existing in Nigeria are found in large universities campuses; administrative estates owned by state governments with larger economic powers, such as Lagos; and estates owned by multinational organizations. On the other hand, smaller micro- and nano-grids are commonly deployed in serviced residential estates all across the nation. Most of such grids are being powered by fossil fuel-based generators, which are not sustainable for carbon footprint mitigation. Though Nigeria has vast potential for renewable power generation, investment in renewable energy-fed grids is still significantly low. Investors are usually discouraged due to inefficient energy conversion technology and lack of enough seasoned manpower. With a population of 206.14 million that is about the size of Brazil (209.3 million), Nigeria, a tropical country located close to the equator with abundant solar potentials, still suffers from not meeting its electricity demand. Though Nigeria in 2019 achieved a power generation capacity of 12,522&#xa0;MW (10,142&#xa0;MW from fossil fuels and 2,380&#xa0;MW from hydroelectric power), only an average 4,000&#xa0;MW is available for distribution with a peak of 5,222&#xa0;MW. The electricity per person in Nigeria is 128&#xa0;kWh/person, while that of Brazil is 2,500&#xa0;kWh/person. Therefore, increase in investments in renewable energy-fed mini-grids is justified as a more sustainable path to scale up kWh/person in Nigeria.</p>
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<title>2.1 AC mini-grid</title>
<p>Medium- and heavy-power household and industrial equipment are usually developed for AC power applications because of the initial advantage AC power had over DC power in voltage conversion from one level to the other. The invention of power transformers in the 19th century was the game changer in voltage step-up and step-down from one level to the other. However, this advantage is fast fading away since the advent of power semiconductors (power electronics) in the 1960s and subsequent ingenuities and developments in power converters. As such, DC power transmission and distribution had since become a competitive alternative to AC power transmission and distribution.</p>
<p>A typical AC mini-grid is illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>. The mini-grid is a 7-bus system at a medium voltage level of 11&#xa0;kV or 33&#xa0;kV with connected distributed energy resources (DERs) and loads. The DERs in a hybrid mini-grid are made up of RESs, battery storage systems, and fossil fuel-based generation systems. Therefore, the 7-bus mini-grid may be principally fed by solar PV renewable energy resources as the distributed generations embedded in the buses of the mini-grid. Lithium ion batteries and lead acid batteries can be introduced as storage systems in the network to also serve as DERs and equally serve to smoothen the intermittency in power flow that may arise from RESs. Other DERs such as fossil fuel-based generation and wind/hydro can be introduced as embedded generations.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 1</label>
<caption>
<p>An illustration of a hypothetical AC mini-grid.</p>
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<p>Electric power injection by each of the DER into a mini-grid must be adequately synchronized to the grid&#x2019;s bus voltage and frequency references that must be preselected and regulated for system stability. Conventionally, a synchroscope synchronizes an AC generator into a grid&#x2019;s bus, but lately phase-locked loops (PLLs) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">Chung, 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B106">Sheikh et al., 2017</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B110">Surprenant et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B100">Rasheduzzaman and Kimball, 2019</xref>) achieve such synchronization for a grid-following inverter-based RES (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">Kumar et al., 2017</xref>). The real power flow and reactive power flow control, load sharing control, and other control objectives in mini-grids are regulated by either centralized or decentralized control systems or combination of both in form of a hierarchical control strategy. Further discussions and illustrations on centralized, decentralized, distributed, and hierarchical control systems are given subsequently.</p>
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<title>2.2 DC mini-grid</title>
<p>AC generators can inject DC power into a DC grid by connecting a rectifier of the right power capability and control. Likewise, DC power of a voltage level can be injected into a DC mini-grid of another level through DC&#x2013;DC converters, such as the push&#x2013;pull converters or flyback converters.</p>
<p>In general, the control objectives of a DC mini-grid differ from those of an AC mini-grid. Some complex control strategies in AC mini-grids do not apply to DC mini-grids. For example, a DC mini-grid will neither require frequency control nor reactive power control. Grid synchronization will also not be required. However, protection systems in DC mini-grids are more complicated because of no zero crossing point in DC currents. In addition, flow of real power without reactive power flow will degrade voltage stability. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref> illustrates a DC mini-grid. Other merits and limitations of DC grids are given in (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B101">Rocabert et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B57">Josep, 2017</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Anand et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Nasirian et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B114">Wang et al., 2020</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>A block model illustration of a DC mini-grid.</p>
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<title>2.3 Hybrid AC/DC mini-grid</title>
<p>A hybrid AC/DC mini-grid topology consists of the dual layout and configurations of both AC and DC mini-grids, making its control strategies more complicated. Some bus sections of such hybrid mini-grids are usually dedicated DC bus systems, while other sections constitute the AC bus systems (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B101">Rocabert et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Lu et al., 2013</xref>).</p>
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<sec id="s3">
<title>3 Mini-grid control architecture</title>
<p>Solar power and other RESs are very attractive electric power solutions in Nigeria and sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel-based generation, which must be encouraged into the energy mix and made more affordable. Renewables generally are intermittent sources of energy and must be controlled to have good conversion efficiencies that can yield excellent returns on investment. Since the distributed generations (DGs) in mini-grids usually comprise the hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) that is made up of the RES, energy storage system (ESS) such as battery storage system (BSS) or flywheel system, fossil fuel-fed generators and the likes, and the control architecture in a mini-grid must be a multi-task/multi-objective multi-variable control structure. Therefore, the generalized functionalities of the controllers for a stand-alone mini-grid must be responsible for the following:<list list-type="simple">
<list-item>
<p>1) Voltage magnitude and frequency regulation.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>2) Active and reactive power flow/sharing control.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>3) Load-sharing capabilities.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>4) Improve efficiency in energy conversion and utilization.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>5) Reduce environmental impacts of electricity supply.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>6) Power supply to remote communities.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>7) Improve reliability and power quality.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>8) Enhance availability of steady power supply for critical loads.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>9) Capability for black start during voltage collapse.</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</p>
<p>As such, the overall control architecture in a mini-grid is generally classified as follows:<list list-type="simple">
<list-item>
<p>1) Centralized control system</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>2) Decentralized control system</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>3) Distributed control system</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>4) Hierarchical control system.</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</p>
<p>The distributed control system is sometimes considered synonymously with the decentralized control system in some literature (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Liu et al., 2014b</xref>), while other literature differentiates between the two (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B78">Meng et al., 2017</xref>).</p>
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<title>3.1 Centralized control system</title>
<p>The philosophy of the centralized control system in mini-grids emanates from the configuration in which most legacy national grids were structured. In the legacy grid, usually, a central control station exists where coordinated control of power flow and power injection into the grid takes place. The control stations of legacy grids coordinate stiffness of the grid in terms of ensuring operations at constant voltage magnitudes and constant frequency. The stability profile of the legacy grid is also enhanced to prevent occurrence of unhealthy situations like voltage collapse. In the same vein, a centralized control system in a mini-grid coordinates and stabilizes power flow from every DER into load units. However, if unchecked, the point of common coupling (PCC) at which DERs are integrated into mini-grids suffers from more deviations in the voltage magnitudes and frequency, than obtained in PCCs of legacy national grids. The reason for such deviations could be derived from asymmetrical loadings on the individual phases and nonlinear loads, which are typical of distribution grids. Though the centralized control infrastructures of a mini-grid are not as huge and elaborate as those of a typical national grid, they must be able to deal with the emanating peculiarities of embedded generations. A centralized control system for a mini-grid is illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>, which is equally applicable to AC grids. A major disadvantage of the centralized control system is that a single point of fault on the master control may paralyze the entire control structure. An overview of the merits and disadvantages of centralized control system are given in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref>.</p>
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<sec id="s3-2">
<title>3.2 Decentralized <italic>versus</italic> distributed control systems</title>
<p>The decentralized control system does not require a central control unit. The entire control architecture is decentralized on the local controllers, which takes action by some preset or dynamic conditions in real-time. The decentralized control is differentiated from distributed control in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B84">Morstyn et al. (2016)</xref>. As such, a decentralized control method is a non-centralized control technique that assumes a negligible interaction between neighboring subsystems. In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B42">Energy (2004)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref>, the widespread blackout of August 2003 in North America was stated as the consequence of the disadvantages of such non-centralized control. Contrarily, the distributed control system stated in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref> considers the interactions between control units of neighboring subsystems via communication means such as consensus-based communication links and multi-agent-based communication links. However, in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Liu et al. (2014b)</xref>, a decentralized control system was considered equivalent to a distributed control system. The same philosophy of multi-agent control strategies stated in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref> as being peculiar to the distributed control system was also attributed as decentralized multi-agent control strategies in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Liu et al. (2014b)</xref>. Technically, the classical decentralized control techniques, which have negligible interactions with neighboring control subsystems, evolved into more intelligent and smarter decentralized control methods, subsequently called distributed control systems.</p>
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<sec id="s3-3">
<title>3.3 Hierarchical control system</title>
<p>In hierarchical control schemes, the control architecture in isolated distribution grids such as mini-grids is clearly classified into three layers, namely: 1) primary control; 2) secondary control; and 3) tertiary control. Hierarchical control strategies are well-illustrated in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B123">Zhao et al. (2016)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Lu et al. (2013)</xref>. The local controllers of the DERs and load distribution units are grouped under primary control, which may be completely stand-alone or have some limited interactions with neighboring local controllers. The secondary and tertiary control levels are higher-order controllers that can be responsible for higher reliability, security (e.g., cybersecurity), and situational awareness (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al., 2014</xref>). In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B93">Olivares et al. (2014)</xref>, the hierarchical control classification was applied to both centralized and decentralized/distributed control strategies. In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B107">Shrestha et al. (2020)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B101">Rocabert et al. (2012)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Hatziargyriou et al. (2006)</xref> the centralized control methodology was broken down into hierarchical classification, while in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref> the hierarchical classification was extensively adapted to a distributed control system. In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B122">Yazdanian et al. (2014)</xref> the tertiary control was considered the highest and slowest level of control and sets long-term set points based on the status of the DER units, market signals, and other system requirements.</p>
<p>A typical centralized control architecture can comprise a three-level hierarchical structure (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B107">Shrestha et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B101">Rocabert et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Hatziargyriou et al., 2006</xref>), namely:<list list-type="simple">
<list-item>
<p>1) Local controllers, which are the local controllers on each of the DERs and load units.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>2) Mini-grid central controller.</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>3) Distributed management system (DMS), which comprises controllers at the distribution network operator (DNO) and market operator (MO) level at medium and low voltages.</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</p>
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</sec>
<sec id="s4">
<title>4 Distributed secondary control system</title>
<p>The distributed control systems for grid applications have been more flexible in design and implementation and very competitive. A distributed control architecture is illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>. The droop controllers for regulating voltage magnitude and frequency are implemented at the primary control hierarchy level in distributed control systems. Examples of droop controllers in the primary level are given in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Bidram et al. (2013)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B79">Meng et al., (2018)</xref>. The local inverters on the DERs are responsible to implement the droop action and receive their reference command for frequency and voltage magnitude from phase-locked loop (PLL) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">Li et al., 2017</xref>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B55">Hiskens and Fleming, 2008</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B62">Laaksonen et al., 2005</xref>) or more recently from frequency-locked loop (FLL) controllers (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B109">Sun et al., 2016</xref>) on distributed secondary control (DSC) levels in the hierarchy. Therefore, the dynamics of the DSC should be much slower than that of the primary control level (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Golsorkhi et al., 2017</xref>). In a battery storage system, for example, state of charge (SoC) balancing may be required on the secondary level, but the dynamics of the DSC must be much faster than the rate of change of SoCs (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Golsorkhi et al., 2017</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 3</label>
<caption>
<p>An illustration of a health management scheme on distributed control architecture showing hierarchical control with its communication layers in tertiary, secondary, and primary levels of a 3-bus mini-grid.</p>
</caption>
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</fig>
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<title>4.1 Communication layer on secondary control system level</title>
<p>Communication networks are essential for the distributed control systems. Without such communication networks, control interactions between neighboring controllers becomes impossible. In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B76">Lu et al. (2018)</xref>, a micro-grid was considered a multi-agent system, which is equally applicable to mini-grids. As such, each distributed generation (DG) is a follower&#x2013;agent and receives instructions from a tertiary unit that is a virtual leader&#x2013;agent. In general, a multi-agent in a distributed control system improves scalability by ensuring that each agent interacts with a few neighboring agents (and not all agents) through a sparse cyber-communication network to reduce communication infrastructure cost (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B114">Wang et al., 2020</xref>). The communication network in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B76">Lu et al. (2018)</xref> was modeled by a digraph G (V, E, A) with a node set V &#x3d; {V1, V2, &#xb7; &#xb7; &#xb7;, VN}, a communication link set E &#x2286; V &#xd7; V, and a weighted adjacency matrix A &#x3d; (aij)N&#xd7;N, where aii &#x3d; 0, aij &#x2265;0, and aij &#x3e;0 if and only if the link (Vi, Vj) &#x2208; E (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B83">Morstyn et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B51">Haimo, 1986</xref>).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s4-2">
<title>4.2 Compensation control generation from secondary control system level</title>
<p>Beyond implementing the generation of the reference frequency and voltage magnitude control, other compensation control strategies can also be implemented at the distributed secondary control level. The issue of unbalanced phase voltages is a common phenomenon with distribution grids that constitute mini-grids. Such an unbalanced set of phase voltages is not particularly healthy for some loads such as induction motors. The doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), which is apparently the most versatile wind generator because of its smaller converter ratings, will give rise to a negative sequence voltage that spins at a negative synchronous frequency when connected to such a mini-grid. The effect of such negative sequence voltage is that the electromagnetic torque and stator power of the DFIG will have second harmonic pulsations at twice the fundamental frequency that must be mitigated for improved quality of power flow into the grid (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Balogun et al., 2015</xref>). Control compensation strategies have been implemented for such voltage unbalance in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Bidram et al. (2013)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B117">Wu et al. (2018)</xref> under distributed cooperative control at the secondary level. In <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B117">Wu et al. (2018)</xref>, an N&#x2b;1 agent communication contingency plan was implemented in the communication network at the secondary layer called distributed voltage unbalanced compensation (VUC), where N is the number of agents in the grid. The cyber network discharges the global distributed secondary control objective as a reference to the local primary controllers on the DER for enhancing the grid&#x2019;s voltage magnitudes. The control infrastructure, in general, may require bandwidth for wireless communication resources that may be internet of things (IoT)-enabled. Therefore, efficient bandwidth management will be crucial for effective transmission and reception of control and monitoring signals for system devices.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s4-3">
<title>4.3 Health management system and monitoring control</title>
<p>A healthy mini-grid must be able to ensure steady flow of demanded power at good quality that must be free of the following:<list list-type="simple">
<list-item>
<p>1) Harmonics (including inter-harmonics)</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>2) Flickers&#x2013;rapid changes in voltage magnitude</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>3) Voltage dips and swells</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>4) Complete voltage collapse</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>5) Frequency deviations</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>6) Resonance in current and voltage</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<p>7) Cyber-attacks.</p>
</list-item>
</list>
</p>
<p>A way of determining or identifying the sources of degrading power quality in a grid network is by metering the distributed generations&#x2019; points of injection and the points of load connections for power off-takers in the grid. The meters must be smart and IoT-enabled for remote monitoring and management. Moreover, the smart meters must be able to measure power in KVAhr and not only in kWhr for determining the reactive power consumption by the customers. The functionalities of the smart meters should be of those of power analyzers that can determine harmonic frequency pollutions and identify sources of harmonics.</p>
<p>The health monitoring and management schemes should be deployed at the three hierarchical control layers, which will be incorporated into the protection system of the grid system. At the primary control levels on the outputs of the DERs and the points of taking off-loads, the quality of the voltage, current, and power will be observed by monitoring smart meters to comply to IEEE Std 519-2014. The grid-forming inverters and grid-following inverters for grid integration are usually equipped with output filter networks which combine with the inverters for providing active filtering capabilities and compensation. Therefore, the health monitoring on the primary control initiates dynamic responses of the secondary level control to generate appropriate references for the primary control unit to adjust accordingly. The automation involved is closed loop with potentials for open-loop in case of emergencies. The secondary distribution control is illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>.</p>
<p>The tertiary level of control and some aspects of the secondary level of control will be blockchain-enabled for keeping record of the activities of the mini-grid. The blockchain can also be used at the tertiary level of control for resolving financial billing issues by the parties involved in power generation, distribution, and consumption by the system operators. On the generation, distribution, and power off-takes, any violation of IEEE Std 519-2014 will lead to penalties, financial, or other means, that will be generated with the aid of cloud computing at the tertiary level of control and transmitted to the offending parties.</p>
<p>Mobile apps for remote monitoring are encouraged for mobility in health monitoring and management by the system operators (SOs). Such mobile resources will be SIM card-enabled that can use the data resources of any of the private GSM or data providers in Nigeria. The wireless communication system utilized for control and monitoring are low bandwidth resources. An illustration of a health management scheme on distributed control architecture showing hierarchical control with its communication layers in tertiary, secondary, and primary levels of a 3-bus mini-grid is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>.</p>
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<sec id="s5">
<title>5 Trends and applications of power converters in grid integration</title>
<p>Without converters from power electronics, achieving optimal power extractions from renewables becomes practically almost impossible. As such, power converters dictate the optimal regimes for frequency, rotor speed adjustment, and output voltage in electric machines applied in small hydro-energy and wind energy conversion systems. A unidirectional back-to-back connected converter, having a rectifier&#x2019;s output tied to the input of an inverter via a DC-link capacitor, is applicable to deliver AC power from squirrel cage induction generators, wound field synchronous generators, permanent magnet synchronous generator, or synchronous reluctance generators. Those types of back-to-back converters must be rated in full capacity of such machines. It is only in DFIGs that converters are fractionally rated at 30% of machine ratings. The reason for the fractional rating is because the converters are usually connected to the rotor terminals of DFIGs, while the stator terminals do not usually require a converter interface to grids in the conventional configuration. However, the back-to-back converters can be replaced by matrix converters, which eliminate the requirement for a DC-link.</p>
<p>In addition, in solar power plants, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is heavily dependent on the choice and control of the right type of converters. Equally, in the battery storage system (BSS), such as bank of lithium ion batteries, power converters are used for effective charging to maximum SoC and regulated discharge to a minimum of about 20% depth of discharge (DoD). By regulated charge and discharge, lithium ion batteries can deliver at their full cycle life. Although interests and competitiveness in use of lithium ion batteries for grid energy storage have increased in the last 2 decades because of high power densities, they are still quite expensive and require quite complex charging and discharge control strategies. Constant current charging, cell balancing, and constant voltage charging are stages that must be achieved for effective charging of lithium ion batteries. Without power converters, such charging stages cannot be achieved and consequently degrade the battery&#x2019;s benefits. DC&#x2013;DC converters are applicable to charging from DC mini-grids and solar power sources, while rectifiers are applicable to charging from AC mini-grids. Examples of basic DC&#x2013;DC converters are buck converters, boost converters, buck&#x2013;boost converters, SEPIC converters, etc. Other DC&#x2013;DC converters in the form of DC power sources with electrical isolation but magnetic coupling are push&#x2013;pull converters, forward converters, and flyback converters.</p>
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<title>5.1 The three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI)</title>
<p>Three-phase voltage source inverters are frequently used by the RES for integration into AC grids via shunt injection transformers. The inverters are referred to as VSI because their input DC voltages are maintained steady via input polarized capacitors. A current source inverter (CSI), which has input current (DC) maintained as steady as possible via an inductor, exist also, but not as widely applied in the grid&#x2019;s DER. The integrated RES may be solar PV modules in DC or wind/mini-hydro generators in three-phase or multi-phase (5-phase, 7-phase etc.) outputs. Multi-phase machines have been promoted in the literature because of their better resilience against open-phase faults. For example, if a three-phase generator has an open-phase fault, it can never be started up with the two remaining phases, but if a five-phase generator loses two phases, it can still be started up with the remaining three phases. As such, multi-phase generators have greater reliabilities than 3-phase generators, but their power outputs must be converted back to 3-phase via a multi-phase rectifier tied back-to-back to three-phase voltage source inverters for grid integration. The three-phase system still remains the generally acceptable standard for grid systems globally.</p>
<p>In grid integration application, therefore, power inverters are usually classified as <italic>grid-forming</italic> or <italic>grid-following</italic>. In the <italic>grid-forming</italic> inverter, the voltage magnitude, frequency, and phasors of the grid are fixed/determined by droop controllers (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B114">Wang et al., 2020</xref>). However, in <italic>grid-following</italic> inverters, information on the grid&#x2019;s voltage magnitude, frequency, and phasors can be obtained from phase-locked loop (PLL) tied to the grid (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">Chung, 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B106">Sheikh et al., 2017</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B110">Surprenant et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">Kumar et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B100">Rasheduzzaman and Kimball, 2019</xref>), which will consequently be used for generating the modulation frequency in pulse width modulation (PWM) strategies for inverters. The synchronous reference frame PLL (SRF-PLL) given in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">Chung (2000)</xref> is a classic PLL which is suitable for stiff grids where the phase voltages are balanced. The SRF-PLL consists of a phase detector (PD), a loop filter (LF), and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO).</p>
<p>The common modulation techniques are the carrier-based PWM(CB-PWM), the space vector PWM (SVM), and discontinuous PWM (DPWM). Other PWM schemes are given in (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Hava et al., 1999</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">Holmes and Lipo, 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B92">Ojo and Kshirsagar, 2003</xref>). Modulation schemes enable sequential turn-on and turn-off of the semiconductor devices of converters for effective operation. Analytically, modulation schemes can be embedded into the voltage equations of the inverter&#x2019;s power model by the use of switching functions. In such an approach, switching functions are assigned to indicate the switching states of power semiconductor devices of the converter. The respective switching function is assigned either logic <italic>&#x2018;1&#x2019;</italic>, when the switching device (e.g. <italic>IGBT</italic> and <italic>MOSFET</italic>) is turned on, or logic <italic>&#x2018;0&#x2019;</italic>, when switched off. For a three-phase inverter system, the switching functions of the upper devices are represented by <italic>S</italic>
<sub>
<italic>ip</italic>
</sub> and the lower devices by <italic>S</italic>
<sub>
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</sub>, where the subscript <italic>i</italic> represents the respective phase, subscript <italic>p</italic> represents a positive voltage switching device, and subscript <italic>n</italic> represents a negative voltage switching device (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Hava et al., 1999</xref>). By Kirchhoff&#x2019;s Voltage Law (<italic>KVL</italic>), the voltage equations of the inverter in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref> are as follows:<disp-formula id="e1">
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<p>Although power converters have tremendously changed the dynamics in electric power engineering, they also pollute power networks by injecting harmonics when adequate filters are not incorporated. Common power filter configurations include C, L, RL, LC, and LCL. C stands for capacitor; L for inductor; and R for resistor. In all the configurations, the presence of little or more resistive composition is common for stability improvement. The LCL filter network is presented in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B70">Liserre et al. (2001)</xref> to give an optimal performance.</p>
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<title>5.2 Three-phase H8 2-level VSI</title>
<p>A new H8 2-level inverter was proposed in (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">Concari et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B99">Rahimi et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B118">Xiang et al., 2019</xref>) to have a reduced common-mode current level than conventional two-level inverters. The name 2-level is derived from switching at &#x2b; <italic>V</italic>
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</fig>
</sec>
<sec id="s5-3">
<title>5.3 Multilevel inverters</title>
<p>VSI outputs are characterized by their voltage levels which determine them to be either two-level inverters or multilevel inverters. The multilevel inverter was first introduced in 1981 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B86">Nabae et al., 1981</xref>). However, it gained more interests in the last 2 decades about the same time window when interests in the distributed grid system sprung up. The multilevel inverter introduced in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B86">Nabae et al. (1981)</xref> was a three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter that switches at &#x2b; <italic>V</italic>
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</sec>
<sec id="s5-4">
<title>5.4 Multistring multilevel inverters</title>
<p>Multistring multilevel inverters (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B69">Liao and Lai, 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Angirekula and Ojo, 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B98">Rahim and Selvaraj, 2010</xref>) are even better replacements for CHB multilevel inverters because of their unique advantage of reduced number of power electronics devices (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Agoro et al., 2018a</xref>). As such, they have lower switching losses and reduced total harmonic distortions (THDs) and consequently lower electromagnetic interference (EMI) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Angirekula and Ojo, 2014</xref>). The same multistring inverters can be switched as multistring rectifiers that can enable bi-direction flow of power. Such reverse-flow switching is also applicable to multilevel CHB inverters. Capability for bi-directional power flow gives such multilevel converters more flexibility in SST applications.</p>
<p>A proposed three-phase five-level multistring inverter in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Agoro et al. (2018a)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Balogun et al. (2019)</xref> connected to the grid through an R-L filter is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6A</xref>. In each phase, two PV strings are connected to six power switches through DC capacitors. The connection of these switches is such that on each side of each phase-leg, similar terminals of the switch are connected. Each PV string incorporates a MPPT control scheme that provides the appropriate reference for maximum power output.</p>
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<title>5.5 Solid-state transformer and smart transformer</title>
<p>Interests have sprung up in the last decade on developing SSTs (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B105">She et al., 2014</xref>) and consequently smart transformers (STs) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">De Carne et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">Gao et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">De Carne et al., 2018</xref>) for grid integration. Though a ST is of a much higher order of control intelligence than an SST, both are made from topologies of back-to-back connected group of converters in two or three layers for power conversion with a high frequency magnetic core isolation. With converters involved, dynamic control of real power and reactive power control becomes possible with the SST and ST. Other control objectives include harmonic elimination and power quality improvement. In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6B</xref>, a smart transformer layout developed from a three-phase multistring inverter is presented. The ST has got three stages of power conversion: AC to DC rectifier, DC to DC double active bridge (DAB) converter via high frequency core (transformer), and three-phase 5-level multistring multilevel inverter. Some other STs could be arranged for a two-stage power conversion that could be applicable to directly integrate renewable into an AC grid.</p>
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<title>6 Grid integration and modeling</title>
<p>Power injection into the grid network is mostly conducted in shunt (parallel) formation, whereby current is injected into the grid. Though series injection methods exist whereby series voltage is injected via special transformers, they are more complicated, which makes them not as competitive as shunt injection. A typical example depicting the two methods of injection can be found in unified power flow controllers (UPFCs). One end of the UPFC uses the series integration, while the other end utilizes the shunt injection strategy.</p>
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<title>6.1 Solar PV power integration</title>
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<title>6.2 System bifurcation</title>
<p>The dynamic model given in (15) to (17) could yield a non-linear system, particularly when frequency deviation occurs. Therefore, a Jacobi expansion or performing small perturbation on (15) to (17) changes the entire nonlinear dynamics into linear dynamics. If a small perturbation is performed on the model by setting the state variables <italic>x &#x3d; x</italic>
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<title>7 Primary level dynamic control schemes on the RES</title>
<p>There are various types of linear, non-linear, and predictive control schemes available in literature for grid applications with different control objectives but with a commonality in efficiency optimization. In the RES that utilizes electric machines such as wind and hydro-energy conversion systems, variable-frequency variable-voltage control by its local controllers is essential for variable speed control. The volt per Hertz control is the simplest control strategy that can deliver variable-frequency variable-voltage regulation but at a lower efficiency than the vector control schemes. The volt per Hertz is a scalar control scheme.</p>
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<title>7.1 Vector control scheme</title>
<p>In vector control, alignment of variables is usually done to achieve control schemes similar to DC controllers. Vector control is the favorite control strategies by many for industrial drive applications, and it is usually a cascade of inner-loop and outer-loop controllers. However, the inner-loop current controllers are more significant in dictating the stability of the entire control structure (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">Ali et al., 2020</xref>). Vector control is also applicable on grid-side converters (GSCs) by alignment of magnitude of voltage or current along the q or d axis. A vector control scheme for a grid-side converter is illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">Figure 8</xref> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Balogun et al., 2021</xref>) with the magnitude of the grid&#x2019;s voltage aligned along the q-axis. Orientation of variable&#x2019;s magnitude along an axis usually gives a linear relationship between the controlled variable and control input. Both volt per Hertz and vector control schemes are classified under linear control systems.</p>
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<title>7.2 Direct scalar control scheme</title>
<p>In vector control, alignment of variables is usually done to achieve control schemes. Direct scalar control schemes such as direct torque control (DTC) and direct power control (DPC) are non-linear control schemes that are applicable to DERs. DTC strategies are applicable to machine-based RES, while DPC strategies are applicable to both machine-based RES and GSC for integrating solar PV and battery storage systems. No inner-loop current regulation is required in both DTC and DPC, which makes it less sensitive to system parameter variations, i.e., they are more robust against system parameter mismatch. Classical DTC and DPC are achieved by non-linear hysteresis controllers (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B77">Maes and Melkebeek, 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Buja and Kazmierkowski, 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B96">Poddar and Ranganathan, 2004</xref>) with an asymmetrical switching frequency dependent on the load, but interest in symmetrical switching in DTC and DPC have yielded promising results via feedback linearization techniques and proportional plus integral (PI) controllers (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B91">Nik Idris and Mohamed Yatim, 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B124">Zhi and Xu, 2007</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Balogun et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Awelewa et al., 2020</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Awelewa et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Abdulkareem et al., 2022</xref>). A DTC for a DFIG that is applicable to both wind and small hydroenergy conversion systems is illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F9">Figure 9</xref> with symmetrical switching frequency. Similar to vector control, the direct scalar control schemes are local control strategies at the primary control level.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 9</label>
<caption>
<p>A direct torque control scheme with symmetrical switching for a DFIG (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Balogun et al., 2013</xref>).</p>
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<title>8 Predictive control</title>
<p>In grid power integration, predictive control schemes have significantly gained interests lately, principally because of their applications at all three layers of control (primary, secondary, and tertiary) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Arfeen et al., 2019</xref>). Usually, predictive control schemes are less sensitive to system parameter mismatch.</p>
<sec id="s8-1">
<title>8.1 Model predictive control</title>
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<title>8.2 Model predictive control on H8 VSI</title>
<p>Consequently, the direct MPC scheme developed in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Agoro et al. (2018b)</xref> for an <italic>H6 VSI</italic> is adopted in this sub-section for an <italic>H8 VSI</italic>. As such, applying (24) to the CT state space model of <italic>q-d</italic> expansions of (15) to (17) in Sub-Section VI <italic>A</italic> gives the predictive model in <xref ref-type="disp-formula" rid="e25">(25)</xref>, which is used for closed loop predictive control.<disp-formula id="e25">
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<title>8.3 Simulation of model predictive control on H8 VSI</title>
<p>The direct MPC in the previous sub-section was simulated in the MATLAB/Simulink environment for two different categories. In the first category, the MPC was deployed on the <italic>H6</italic> PV inverter system in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7,</xref> and the results obtained are presented in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">Figures 11</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F16">16</xref>. The entire simulation was performed for a solar irradiance shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">Figure 11</xref>. The PV current in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F12">Figure 12A</xref> is seen to follow the path of the irradiance in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">Figure 11</xref> and peaked at about 170 A. In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F12">Figure 12B,</xref> the DC-link voltage was maintained steady at 800 V. The q-axis and d-axis currents injected into the grid are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F13">Figures 13</xref>, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F14">14,</xref> respectively. The common-mode voltage and common-mode leakage current are shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F15">Figures 15</xref>, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F16">16,</xref> respectively.</p>
<fig id="F11" position="float">
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<p>Solar irradiance.</p>
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<p>q-axis current into the grid from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7</xref>.</p>
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<p>d-axis current into the grid from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7</xref>.</p>
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<p>Common-mode voltage from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7</xref>.</p>
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<p>Common-mode leakage current from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7</xref>.</p>
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<p>Under the second category, the MPC was deployed on an <italic>H8</italic> PV inverter system <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F17">(Figure 17)</xref>, and similar results obtained are presented in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F18">Figure 18</xref>&#x2013;<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F21">21</xref>. However, comparing previous <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F16">Figures 16</xref>, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F17">17</xref> reveals significant reduction in the magnitudes of the common-mode voltage and common-mode leakage current. This is seen translating into improved quality of grid currents, as evident in q-axis current of <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F18">Figure 18</xref> with lower ripples than shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F14">Figure 14</xref>. Therefore, the inverse transformation of the q-d currents in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F18">Figures 18</xref>, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F19">19,</xref> respectively, to the &#x201c;a-b-c&#x201d; reference frame as shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F22">Figure 22</xref> reveals balanced three-phase current injection into the grid with negligible distortions.</p>
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<p>PV H8 inverter system.</p>
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<p>q-axis current into the grid from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">Figure 11</xref>.</p>
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<p>d-axis current into the grid from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">Figure 11</xref>.</p>
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<title>9 <sc>C</sc>ontingency structure</title>
<p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F23">Figure 23</xref>, the profile of line-to-line voltages in an 11-kV distribution grid in Nigeria with a steel mill connected at its PCC is shown. The steel mill uses both induction and arc furnaces. Evident in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F23">Figure 23</xref> is the profound levels and frequency of voltage dip occurrence at such a distribution grid. If a similar load in the distribution grid exists in the 7-bus mini-grid given in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref> and a stable voltage profile is desired, then robust contingency must be in place to support compensation whenever required. The 7-bus mini-grid may be modeled in ETAP as given in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F24">Figure 24</xref>. A fundamental technical solution for improved resiliency in such an isolated distribution grid is diversifying the power generation resources making up the distributed generation. This is evident in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F24">Figure 24</xref> whereby the distributed generations (DGs) in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref> are diversified as follows:</p>
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<p>DG1&#x2013;Wind or mini-hydro or bio-fuel-based energy resources without storage.</p>
<p>DG2&#x2013;Fossil fuel-based generation (<italic>spinning reserve</italic>).</p>
<p>DG3&#x2013;Battery storage systems.</p>
<p>DG4&#x2013;Fossil fuel-based generation.</p>
<p>DG5&#x2013;Solar PV system with storage.</p>
<p>DG6&#x2013;Wind or mini-hydro or bio-fuel based energy resources with storage.</p>
<p>DG7&#x2013;Solar PV system without storage.</p>
<p>The nomenclature of the buses in the ETAP model of <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F24">Figure 24</xref> when compared to the hypothetical model in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref> is given in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>.</p>
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<p>Nomenclature of buses.</p>
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<th align="left">Hypothetical (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>)</th>
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<td align="center">PCC<sub>1</sub>
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<td align="center">Bus 2</td>
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<td align="center">Bus 100</td>
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<td align="center">PCC<sub>3</sub>
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<td align="center">Bus 103</td>
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<td align="center">PCC<sub>4</sub>
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<td align="center">Bus 106</td>
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<p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F24">Figure 24</xref>, the classical contingency strategy of <italic>N-1</italic> is fulfilled by ensuring that fossil fuel-based generation is set aside as a spinning reserve for redundancy. Therefore, the fossil fuel-based generation does not always inject power into grid except when called upon for contingency. The other renewable energy resources are solar PV systems, wind, and/or mini-hydro energy resources. Battery storage systems are also connected to smoothen the intermittencies that may result from the renewable energy resources. Furthermore, critical loads are connected where steady power can always be guaranteed, such as buses 112 and 106. Buses 2 and 120 would not be considered for critical loads because whenever a fault occurs that isolates those buses, then the load connected gets completely isolated. However, a more comprehensive selection of buses suitable for steady power supply can be achieved via power flow studies. Moreover, the health management in sub-<xref ref-type="sec" rid="s4-3">Section 4.3</xref> will entail monitoring and management at the utilization/demand side to promote efficient and responsible utilization by power off-takers.</p>
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<title>10 Conclusion</title>
<p>Control structures and strategies of autonomous distribution grids with embedded generation systems have been reviewed. The papers reviewed are from diverse climes of the world. The power infrastructure layouts in the papers are identified to have common control objectives, such as efficiency optimization. What really differs in all of the climes was in the availability of resources for distributed generation. Usually, technical, economical, and environmental factors dictated the choice of suitable technological outlay for stand-alone distribution grids. Therefore, the applicable control strategies reviewed can be adopted in the NESI to enhance mini-grid operations and promote green energy generation and utilization.</p>
<p>The distributed control system in hierarchical layers was observed to be generally preferred because of its robustness and easier scalability. MPC was seen to be applicable at the three hierarchical control layers. MPC on the PV H8 inverter system at the primary control layer was simulated, and the results revealed more reduction in common mode voltage and common mode leakage current than the conventional 2-level inverter.</p>
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<p>AB: conceptualization and writing&#x2013;original draft. AO: investigation, software, and writing&#x2013;review and editing. AW: funding acquisition, investigation, and writing&#x2013;review and editing. SA: conceptualization, methodology, and writing&#x2013;review and editing. FO: project administration, supervision, and writing&#x2013;review and editing. TS: funding acquisition, investigation, and writing&#x2013;review and editing. IS: funding acquisition, investigation, and writing&#x2013;review and editing. AA: funding acquisition, software, and writing&#x2013;review and editing.</p>
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