Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Solid State Semiconductor-based Transformer, Microgrid and Storage Systems

Smart Grids are power grid models designed with the idea of including the growing new technologies, from generation to storage devices, and are a response to the growing demands from consumers and the presence of electronic components being commonplace in the modern devices. The design requires a dynamic alternative in order to build an independent grid that can also work in cooperation with other micro-grids and the power grid in an integrated way. Smart-grids present several advantages over the traditional power grid scheme, but the economic costs of the components required to implement smart-grids is currently a great limitation. This thesis endeavors to contribute to the introduction of the concept, understanding of the model, to acknowledge and present further advantages of the Micro Grid model versus the traditional grid, and provide a computer model that can be used to develop further research. Advisor: Wei Qiao