ABSTRACT
Nowadays, the use of renewable resources in the smart grid is distinct by its distributed nature in comparison with the grids currently used by large centralized power plants. Therefore noncentralized techniques are better suited to provide the required functionality. Within the higher control levels the need for distributed approaches arises because of the desire and need for higher reliability, security, and situational awareness. This chapter provides a study of existing distributed control and management strategies. It considers the tracking problem of voltage synchronization of the microgrid and also considers a microgrid that includes several generators. The chapter explains how to design a distributed fuzzy controller and distributed sampled-data controller. It discusses stability analysis of distributed fuzzy controller and distributed sampled-data control.
