This book offers a wide-ranging overview of advancements, techniques, and challenges related to the design, control, and operation of microgrids and their role in smart grid infrastructure. It brings together an authoritative group of specialists who approach the subject from a number of different viewpoints in the electric power industry, including electricity distribution companies, aggregators, power market retailers, and power generation companies.

Design, Control, and Operation of Microgrids in Smart Gridsis an authoritative resource for students, researchers, and professionals working with power and energy systems.

Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics at the University of Central Oklahoma, OK, USA. Before that, he was also an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Montana Technological University, MT, USA, and the Engineering Technology Department at State University of New York, Buffalo State, NY, USA, during 2019-2022. He received his first M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering (Power System) from Tarbiat Modares University and Clemson University in 2011 and 2016, respectively, and his second M.Sc. degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2019. Moreover, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sharif University of Technology during 2016-2017. As a professor, he has taught many courses and labs, including Power System Analysis, DC and AC Electric Machines, Feedback Control Systems Analysis and Design, Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage, Industrial Electronics, Analog Electronics, Electrical Circuits and Devices, AC Electrical Circuits Analysis, DC Electrical Circuits Analysis, Essentials of Electrical Engineering Technology, and Algebra and Calculus-Based Physics. Dr. Rahmani-Andebili has more than 200 single-author and first-author publications, including journal papers, conference papers, textbooks, books, and book chapters. He is an IEEE Senior Member and the permanent reviewer of many credible journals. His research areas include Smart Grid, Power System Operation and Planning, Integration of Renewables and Energy Storages into Power System, Energy Scheduling and Demand-Side Management, Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Distributed Generation, and Advanced Optimization Techniques in Power System Studies.

Microgrids: Advantages, Barriers, and Opportunities.- Stochastic Natural Gas and Electricity Energy Scheduling in Coupled Microgrids Considering Demand Response.- Frequency Regulation-based Improved Type-2 Fuzzy Controller in Multi-microgrids With Electrical Vehicles.- Distributed Noise-resilient Control for DC Microgrids Under Dynamic Communication Topology.- Hybrid Method for Islanding Detection in DC Microgrids.- A Convex Formulation for Hosting Capacity Analysis in Microgrids.- Performance and Roles of Microgrids in Smart City.- Statistics and Real Experiences in Design and Operation of Microgrids.- Short-term and Long-term Forecasting Techniques for Microgrids.- Centralized, Decentralized, and Cooperative Distributed Control and Energy Scheduling of Microgrids.- Economic Dispatch of Microgrids.- Operation of Grid-connected and Islanded Microgrids. Implementation of Demand Response (DR) Programs in Energy Management of Microgrids.- Collaboration Between Microgrids and Plug-inElectric Vehicles (PEVs) .- Microgrids and Power Markets.- Microgrids and Distribution Expansion Planning .- Improving Reliability of Microgrids.- AC, DC, and Hybrid Power Flow of Microgrids .- Improving Voltage and Frequency Stability of Microgrids .- Improving Security of Microgrids Against Cyberattacks.- Microgrids and Protection of Distribution System.- Microgrids and Reconfiguration of Distribution System.- Microgrids and Congestion Management of Distribution System.- Application of Internet of Thing (IoT) in Operation of Microgrids.- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Operation of Microgrids.- Application of Optimization Techniques in Design and Operation of Microgrids.