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generate and supply power within the microgrid if the main grid was damaged. In addition, the
microgrid would continue to provide power to homes and buildings with damaged generators
within the microgrid. The vision for this thesis was to prove the resilience of a microgrid and
show the benefits of restructuring the current power system to a microgrid to prevent power loss
in the event of a natural disaster.
6.2 Future Implementations
This thesis focused on resiliency of the microgrid, there are many more aspects that merit
further studies. One aspect is reliability, [2]; does the microgrid supply a consistent reliable
power to the loads? The main grid is always being monitored because of the demands of
consumers of electricity wanting power for their devices. The loads can increase or decrease
depending on the needs from the consumer. To study this, a researcher would need more
measuring equipment to measure the voltage and current the loads are using in the microgrid.
With this data, researchers can compare with how much voltage and current is being supplied by
the renewable generators and battery banks.
Another point of interest of a microgrid is to make it a smart grid (virtual grid) [21].
Smart grids are an extension of microgrids adding sensors and controllers to control the flow of
power in the microgrid. For instance, if your microgrid has some sensitive equipment running,
they should have priority of the power in the microgrid. Therefore, a controller would act like a
switch to supply most of the power to the most important node with the sensitive equipment.
Accomplished by using controllers and sensors because the current microgrid, as discussed in
this thesis, supplies an equal amount of power to all nodes. This allows the system to be resilient67
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