Two-Stage Load Shedding for Secondary Control in Hierarchical Operation of Islanded Microgrids

A two-stage load shedding scheme is presented to cope with the severe power deficit caused by microgrid islanding. Coordinated with the fast response of inverter-based distributed energy resources (DERs), load shedding at each stage and the resulting power flow redistribution are estimated. The first stage of load shedding will cease rapid frequency decline in which the measured frequency deviation is employed to guide the load shedding level and process.

Once a new steady-state is reached, the second stage is activated, which performs load shedding according to the priorities of loads. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is verified through time-domain simulation in PSCAD/EMTDC based on a scaled-down microgrid system.