Using Energy Storage-Based Grid Forming Inverters for Operational Reserve in Hybrid Diesel Microgrids
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Studies transient dynamics in a hybrid diesel microgrid during loss of wind generation and evaluates a transition from diesel spinning reserve to a battery energy storage system operating reserve using grid-forming inverters. Combines electromagnetic simulations with a power hardware-in-the-loop setup using a commercially available grid-forming inverter. Results indicate improved power quality compared with diesel-only reserves, including higher frequency nadirs and reduced transient voltage deviations when responding to wind loss events.
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AB - Studies transient dynamics in a hybrid diesel microgrid during loss of wind generation and evaluates a transition from diesel spinning reserve to a battery energy storage system operating reserve using grid-forming inverters. Combines electromagnetic simulations with a power hardware-in-the-loop setup using a commercially available grid-forming inverter. Results indicate improved power quality compared with diesel-only reserves, including higher frequency nadirs and reduced transient voltage deviations when responding to wind loss events.
AU - Hernandez-Alvidrez, Javier
A2 - Darbali-Zamora, Rachid
A3 - Flicker, Jack D.
A4 - Shirazi, Mariko
A5 - VanderMeer, Jeremy
A6 - Thomson, William
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Power electronics and inverters
KW - Power electronics
KW - Inverters
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Wind energy
KW - Power plant controls
KW - SCADA
KW - Maintenance and operations
KW - Operations
KW - Maintenance
KW - Commissioning
KW - Standards
KW - Interconnection
KW - Protection
KW - Resilience
KW - Extreme weather
LA - English
DA - 2022/03/27
PY - 2022
PB - Sandia National Laboratories
T1 - Using Energy Storage-Based Grid Forming Inverters for Operational Reserve in Hybrid Diesel Microgrids
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/176
ER -
Hernandez-Alvidrez, Javier, et al. Using Energy Storage-Based Grid Forming Inverters for Operational Reserve in Hybrid Diesel Microgrids. Sandia National Laboratories, 27 March, 2022, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/176.
Hernandez-Alvidrez, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., Flicker, J., Shirazi, M., VanderMeer, J., & Thomson, W. (2022). Using Energy Storage-Based Grid Forming Inverters for Operational Reserve in Hybrid Diesel Microgrids. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. Sandia National Laboratories. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/176
Hernandez-Alvidrez, Javier, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Jack D. Flicker, Mariko Shirazi, Jeremy VanderMeer, and William Thomson. Using Energy Storage-Based Grid Forming Inverters for Operational Reserve in Hybrid Diesel Microgrids. Sandia National Laboratories, March, 27, 2022. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/176
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_176,
title = {Using Energy Storage-Based Grid Forming Inverters for Operational Reserve in Hybrid Diesel Microgrids},
author = {Hernandez-Alvidrez, Javier and Darbali-Zamora, Rachid and Flicker, Jack D. and Shirazi, Mariko and VanderMeer, Jeremy and Thomson, William},
abstractNote = {Studies transient dynamics in a hybrid diesel microgrid during loss of wind generation and evaluates a transition from diesel spinning reserve to a battery energy storage system operating reserve using grid-forming inverters. Combines electromagnetic simulations with a power hardware-in-the-loop setup using a commercially available grid-forming inverter. Results indicate improved power quality compared with diesel-only reserves, including higher frequency nadirs and reduced transient voltage deviations when responding to wind loss events.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/176},
year = {2022},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, Sandia National Laboratories, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/176},
note = {Accessed: 2026-06-20}
}
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Data from Mar 27, 2022
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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Sandia National Laboratories
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Javier Hernandez-Alvidrez
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Keywords
Battery energy storage, Power electronics and inverters, Power electronics, Inverters, Diesel generators, Other liquid-fuel generators, Wind energy, Power plant controls, SCADA, Maintenance and operations, Operations, Maintenance, Commissioning, Standards, Interconnection, Protection, Resilience, Extreme weather