A Systematic Review on Operation Management of Multi-Microgrid Systems: Objectives, Networks, and Energy Management Systems

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Qom University of Technology, Qom, Iran.

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This paper presents a comprehensive review of the operation management of multi-microgrid systems. The multi-microgrid systems focus on the coordination between neighbor microgrids in the distribution systems. The microgrids integrate different distributed energy resources to supply the required loads. Renewable resources, dispatchable resources, battery energy storage systems, and demand-side management including price-based and incentive-based demand response programs are common distributed energy resources in microgrid systems. This review paper studies the application of different distributed energy resources and provides to determine the application of which distributed energy sources are significant in microgrid systems. Besides, this paper divides the multi-microgrid systems into single and multi-carrier systems. The multi-carrier multi-microgrid systems integrate the electrical, heating, cooling, hydrogen, and water systems to increase the flexibility of the system. In this paper, the structure of multi-carrier multi-microgrid systems also has been studied. This review work lists the advantages/disadvantages of different research works in multi-microgrid fields. The outlines and results of this review show that operating costs are the main objective of multi-microgrid systems. Also, uncertainty modeling for renewable energy is an integral part of energy management. Besides, the review work shows that multi-microgrid systems are developing towards multi-carrier energy systems to improve synergy.

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  • Receive Date: 16 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 14 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 03 March 2025
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