TY - CHAP AU - Luisa Alfieri AU - Antonio Bracale AU - Pierluigi Caramia AU - Guido Carpinelli ED - Wen-Ping Cao ED - Jin Yang Y1 - 2017-08-16 PY - 2017 T1 - Distributed Energy Resources to Improve the Power Quality and to Reduce Energy Costs of a Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid N2 - The utilization of AC or DC microgrids across the world has increased dramatically over the years and has led to development opportunities as well as technical challenges when they are connected to the main grids or used as stand-alone systems. This book overviews the development of AC/DC microgrids; explains the microgrid concepts, design and control considerations, discusses operational and technical issues, as well as interconnection and integration of these systems. This book is served as a reference for a general audience of researchers, academics, PhD students and practitioners in the field of power engineering. BT - Development and Integration of Microgrids SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68766 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.68766 SN - 978-953-51-3400-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -