Site-Specific Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Using Controller and Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop
Microgrid assets are built by utilities to improve the resilience and reliability of segments of the distribution system. Controllers with advanced capabilities will operate and control these microgrids with diverse energy technologies, which vary from inverter-based photovoltaics and energy storage systems to conventional diesel generators. There are multiple challenges to building a microgrid controller for a site because of the unique requirements presented by the controllable and uncontrollable elements in a specific microgrid. There are also challenges to testing the performance of the microgrid controller for such unique microgrids. This paper presents the controller and power-hardware-in-the-loop evaluation platform built to enable site-specific evaluation for a microgrid as well as the test cases used to evaluate the operation of a microgrid controller for a specific site. Finally, this paper presents the results from a subset of the experiments performed to evaluate the microgrid controller.
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AB - Microgrid assets are built by utilities to improve the resilience and reliability of segments of the distribution system. Controllers with advanced capabilities will operate and control these microgrids with diverse energy technologies, which vary from inverter-based photovoltaics and energy storage systems to conventional diesel generators. There are multiple challenges to building a microgrid controller for a site because of the unique requirements presented by the controllable and uncontrollable elements in a specific microgrid. There are also challenges to testing the performance of the microgrid controller for such unique microgrids. This paper presents the controller and power-hardware-in-the-loop evaluation platform built to enable site-specific evaluation for a microgrid as well as the test cases used to evaluate the operation of a microgrid controller for a specific site. Finally, this paper presents the results from a subset of the experiments performed to evaluate the microgrid controller.
AU - Prabakar, Kumaraguru
A2 - Pratt, Annabelle
A3 - Fossum, John
A4 - Wang, Jing
A5 - Miller, Brian
A6 - Symko-Davies, Martha
A7 - Usman, Muhammad
A8 - Bialek, Thomas
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354
KW - Power electronics and inverters
KW - Power electronics
KW - Inverters
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Power plant controls
KW - SCADA
KW - Case studies
KW - Performance
KW - Maintenance and operations
KW - Operations
KW - Maintenance
KW - Commissioning
KW - Resilience
KW - Extreme weather
LA - English
DA - 2019/10/01
PY - 2019
PB - NLR
T1 - Site-Specific Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Using Controller and Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop
UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354
ER -
Prabakar, Kumaraguru, et al. Site-Specific Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Using Controller and Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop. NLR, 1 October, 2019, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354.
Prabakar, K., Pratt, A., Fossum, J., Wang, J., Miller, B., Symko-Davies, M., Usman, M., & Bialek, T. (2019). Site-Specific Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Using Controller and Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354
Prabakar, Kumaraguru, Annabelle Pratt, John Fossum, Jing Wang, Brian Miller, Martha Symko-Davies, Muhammad Usman, and Thomas Bialek. Site-Specific Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Using Controller and Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop. NLR, October, 1, 2019. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354
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title = {Site-Specific Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Using Controller and Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop},
author = {Prabakar, Kumaraguru and Pratt, Annabelle and Fossum, John and Wang, Jing and Miller, Brian and Symko-Davies, Martha and Usman, Muhammad and Bialek, Thomas},
abstractNote = {Microgrid assets are built by utilities to improve the resilience and reliability of segments of the distribution system. Controllers with advanced capabilities will operate and control these microgrids with diverse energy technologies, which vary from inverter-based photovoltaics and energy storage systems to conventional diesel generators. There are multiple challenges to building a microgrid controller for a site because of the unique requirements presented by the controllable and uncontrollable elements in a specific microgrid. There are also challenges to testing the performance of the microgrid controller for such unique microgrids. This paper presents the controller and power-hardware-in-the-loop evaluation platform built to enable site-specific evaluation for a microgrid as well as the test cases used to evaluate the operation of a microgrid controller for a specific site. Finally, this paper presents the results from a subset of the experiments performed to evaluate the microgrid controller.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/84},
year = {2019},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354},
note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11},
doi = {10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354}
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927354
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Data from Oct 1, 2019
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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NLR
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Kumaraguru Prabakar
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Keywords
Power electronics and inverters, Power electronics, Inverters, Diesel generators, Other liquid-fuel generators, Battery energy storage, Solar, Photovoltaics, PV, Power plant controls, SCADA, Case studies, Performance, Maintenance and operations, Operations, Maintenance, Commissioning, Resilience, Extreme weather