DMC490 Microgrid Controller Software Configuration Guide
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Configure Electrical Assets
»
To configure Electrical Settings:
Navigate to
Configuration
>
MGC
>
Electrics
>
•
Renewable asset
•
Dispatchable asset
•
Storage asset
•
Load asset
•
Grid asset
Renewable Asset
Configure each renewable resource with settings such as power generating capacity and operating cost of a
photovoltaic array.
Renewable resources of the same type that are co-located are considered one device.
Point Settings
Setting
Description
Range
Default
Asset ID
Unique asset ID assigned by the DMC490 MGC.
Name
Specify the name of the asset.
4 to 20
characters
Renewable
Asset_
Enabled
Specify if the asset is to be included in the microgrid
optimization calculations.
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Rated Power
(kW)
Specify the maximum power generation capacity in kW
depending on the availability of the renewable resource.
0 to 1,000,000
kW
250 kW
Operating
Cost ($/kWh)
Specify the operating cost of the equipment in dollars per
kWh. Include operations, maintenance, and (any) fuel costs.
The cost is in dollars; for other currencies simply enter that
value and be consistent in all fields involving the currency.
$0 to
$1,000,000
$0
Isochronous
Operation
Mode1
Specify if isochronous or droop (non-isoch) mode is to be
used for the renewable resources in each of the microgrid
operation modes.
The numbers 1 to 4 for this setting refer to operation modes
for the microgrid. Depending on the type of isochronous
machine and how the reserve margins are provided, four
different operation modes can be considered for the
microgrid. The following modes are some examples that can
be used:
Isoch
Droop
Droop
Isochronous
Operation
Mode2
Isochronous
Operation
Mode3
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