Active & Reactive Power in Microgrids

Mahdi Izadkhast
Learning Objectives

• What is the phasor representation?

• How can we calculate the active and
reactive flows between two electrical
sources?
• What are the main differences
between active and reactive power
calculations of high voltage
transmission lines and microgrids?
 Phasor Representation

Phasor analysis is a
frequency domain
method ...
Resistor
Inductor
Capacitor
Circuit Representation
Equations for Power System Control

S  VG   i *

*
 VG   VL 
S  VG    
 Z  
(VG   VL )*
S  VG  
R  jX
Active & Reactive Power (Source G as Receiver)
Transmission
Microgrid
Summary