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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2024
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Fangxing Li, Knoxville, TN (US);
Buxin She, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jinning Wang, Knoxville, TN (US);
Hantao Cui, Stillwater, OK (US);
Rui Bo, Rolla, MO (US);
Abstract
In examples, provided are decentralized control methods and apparatus for controlling an output of an inverter. Also provided are decentralized control methods and apparatus for controlling demand in islanded microgrids operating with an insufficient distributed energy resource system (DER) power supply. The provided control methods and apparatus can include a power regulator and a voltage-frequency regulator configured to generate supplementary inputs to control the inverter. The power regulator can control an output of the inverter according to a real-time capacity constraint of the DER. The voltage-frequency regulator can control the output of the inverter in a manner that mitigates a voltage-frequency deviation, such as by leveraging load sensitivity.