Work Package D : "Development 
        of  Emergency Functions"
      
 Work Package Leader 
        : INESC-Porto
      Partners involved :  
        ICCS, SMA, UMIST, EPRI, EDF
       Objectives :
       The main 
        objective of this WP is to develop the control strategies that will be 
        adopted in the MicroGrid when the systems becomes isolated or has to deal 
        with a local Black Start situation. 
       When failures 
        occur in the MV or HV system, the distribution network may break into 
        isolated “islands”, each of which must be supplied by itself. With an 
        intelligent distributed approach where the micro controllers (MC and LC) 
        will act, in a very fast way, as independent agents and making an efficient 
        use of the local resources, it will be possible to maintain system operation 
        in an islanding condition. 
       If a black 
        out takes place, a local black start will be tried, exploiting the communication 
        capabilities and a centralized approach housed in the MicroGrid Central 
        Controller, together with control rules embedded in the local controllers. 
        
       These Black 
        Start functions contribute to assure an important advantage for power 
        system operation in terms of reliability as a result from the presence 
        of a very large amount of dispersed generation.
       Description of work :
      
         
          |    
              Task 4.1   | 
             
              Analysis of dynamic behaviour of Micro Sources  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              4.2  | 
             Local 
              frequency control  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              4.3  | 
             Local 
              Black Start functions  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              4.4  | 
             Testing 
              simulation for performance evaluation  |