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	Controllo Droop	Flusso di Potenza Ottimale
Campo	Ingegneria elettrica	Ingegneria elettrica
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2013	1962
Ideatore	Juan M. Guerrero	Jean Carpentier
Tipo	Decentralized control for synchronous operation of distributed generators	Nonlinear constrained optimization for power system operation
Fonte seminale	Guerrero, J. M., Vasquez, J. C., Matas, J., Castilla, M., & de Vicuña, L. G. (2013). Hierarchical control of droop-controlled AC and DC microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28(11), 4915-4933.	Carpentier, J. (1962). Contribution à l'étude du dispatching économique. Bulletin de la Société Française des Électriciens, 8(3), 431-447.
Alias	Frequency droop, Voltage droop, Decentralized control	OPF, Economic Dispatch with Constraints
Correlati	3	3
Sintesi	Droop Control is a decentralized control method that enables independent generators (inverters, microgrids) to operate synchronously without direct communication. Introduced by Guerrero et al. in 2013 for microgrids, droop control uses frequency and voltage deviations as signals to share power. By making generator output depend on frequency and voltage (like synchronous generators), microgrids achieve plug-and-play operation. Essential for modern distributed energy resources and grid resilience.	Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is a fundamental optimization framework for computing the most economical and secure operating point of an electrical power system. Introduced by Jean Carpentier in 1962, OPF minimizes operational costs (fuel, losses, or other expenses) while satisfying physical and operational constraints. Modern electric grids depend on OPF for real-time economic dispatch, security analysis, and planning, making it one of the most important problems in power systems engineering.