{"title":"A Cooperative Game Theory-based Approach to Sizing and Siting of Distributed Energy Resources","authors":"Mukesh Gautam, N. Bhusal, M. Benidris","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654578","url":null,"abstract":"Optimal placement of distributed energy resources (DERs) is desirable for maximizing their potential benefits especially in stressed power grids with high penetration of renewable energy sources and deregulated electricity market. This paper proposes a cooperative game theory-based two-stage approach to effectively determine optimal locations and sizes of DERs. In the first stage, a certain number of candidate locations of DERs are selected based on the equivalent locational marginal costs (LMCs) per unit active power at each bus and the worths (or values) of individual candidate locations and their coalitions are computed. The equivalent LMCs are determined using the weighted average of LMCs for reduced load scenario sets. In the second stage, the Shapley value, one of the solution concepts of cooperative game theory, is used to determine the optimal locations and sizes of DERs. Case studies on IEEE 14-bus and 30-bus systems show that the total cost of generation is reduced after DER placement using the proposed approach as compared to the-state-of-the-art approaches.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127528257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Optimal Perturbation for MPPT in Photovoltaics","authors":"S. S. Shuvo, Huruy Gebremariam, Yasin Yılmaz","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654514","url":null,"abstract":"Methods to draw maximum power from Photovoltaic (PV) modules are an ongoing research topic. The socalled Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method aims to operate the PV module at its maximum power point (MPP) by matching the load resistance to its characteristic resistance, which changes with temperature and solar irradiance. Perturbation and Observation (P&O) is a popular method that lays the foundation for many advanced techniques. We propose a deep reinforcement learning (RL) based algorithm to determine the optimal perturbation size to reach the MPP. Our method utilizes an artificial neural network-based predictor to determine the MPP from temperature and solar irradiance measurements. The proposed technique provides an effective learning-based solution to the classical MPPT problem. The effectiveness of our model is demonstrated through comparative analysis with respect to the popular methods from the literature.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123742306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Khatua, A. Haldar, A. Malkhandi, N. Senroy, S. Mishra
{"title":"A Non-Invasive Estimation Technique for Wide Band Grid Side Thevenin's Impedance","authors":"R. Khatua, A. Haldar, A. Malkhandi, N. Senroy, S. Mishra","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654444","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the authors have discussed a novel technique for estimation of the wide band Thevenin's grid impedance. A non-invasive technique has been proposed to estimate the missing impedance data recursively from the sampled voltage and current from the point of common coupling. The algorithm works on an initial learning and realtime tracking approach. The proposed technique benefits an impedance monitoring algorithm and can also be used for realtime stability analysis based on the impedance stability theory. The efficacy of the technique has been tested by computer simulations of a power system contingency when a grid tied inverter is connected to the IEEE 9 bus benchmark system.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116856926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Talkington, S. Grijalva, M. Reno, Joseph A. Azzolini
{"title":"Recovering Power Factor Control Settings of Solar PV Inverters from Net Load Data","authors":"Samuel Talkington, S. Grijalva, M. Reno, Joseph A. Azzolini","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654671","url":null,"abstract":"Advanced solar PV inverter control settings may not be reported to utilities or may be changed without notice. This paper develops an estimation method for determining a fixed power factor control setting of a behind-the-meter (BTM) solar PV smart inverter. The estimation is achieved using linear regression methods with historical net load advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data. Notably, the BTM PV power factor setting may be unknown or uncertain to a distribution engineer, and cannot be trivially estimated from the historical AMI data due to the influence of the native load on the measurements. To solve this, we use a simple percentile-based approach for filtering the measurements. A physics-based linear sensitivity model is then used to determine the fixed power factor control setting from the sensitivity in the complex power plane. This sensitivity parameter characterizes the control setting hidden in the aggregate data. We compare several loss functions, and verify the models developed by conducting experiments on 250 datasets based on real smart meter data. The data are augmented with synthetic quasi-static-timeseries (QSTS) simulations of BTM PV that simulate utility-observed aggregate measurements at the load. The simulations demonstrate the reactive power sensitivity of a BTM PV smart inverter can be recovered efficiently from the net load data after applying the filtering approach.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"255 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114376161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amro Quedan, Wenzong Wang, D. Ramasubramanian, E. Farantatos, S. Asgarpoor
{"title":"Behavior of a High Inverter-Based Resources Distribution Network with Different Participation Ratios of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverters","authors":"Amro Quedan, Wenzong Wang, D. Ramasubramanian, E. Farantatos, S. Asgarpoor","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654448","url":null,"abstract":"The electrical grid is facing new challenges due to the transformation to high penetration of inverter-based resources. These inverters' controllers are either grid-forming or grid-following. In this paper, the operation of a distribution network with high inverter-based resources is investigated with different ratios of grid-forming and grid-following inverters. The investigation was in two modes: grid-connected and islanded modes. The results show that as the ratio of the grid-forming inverters increased in the network, an enhanced performance was observed and the ability to stabilize frequency and voltage during disturbances was improved in both modes.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116888319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase Identification of Power Distribution Systems using Hierarchical Clustering Methods","authors":"Nicholas Zaragoza, Vittal S. Rao","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654617","url":null,"abstract":"In order to maintain optimal load balancing of transformers in the power distribution systems, the hierarchical clustering methods are investigated for phase identification purposes. This method is based on one minus linear correlation and Euclidean pair-wise distance measures to cluster loads that are on the same phase. The phases are assigned to loads based on a majority vote of phase labels within each cluster. The hierarchical clustering methods are compared with other clustering methods such as k-means clustering for various loads connected to different phases. The Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) ckt5 test circuit is used to generate a synthetic dataset of single-phase load voltage magnitude measurements. Real power load profiles generated from uniform white noise is used with the OpenDSS software to generate the load voltage magnitude measurements. The accuracy and the running time of the proposed hierarchical clustering are comparable with the k-means algorithm.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115584034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Power Globe Celebrates Thirty Years","authors":"G. Heydt","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654575","url":null,"abstract":"The Power Globe is an Internet remailer facility which has an objective of broadcasting information on electric power engineering worldwide. It is implemented using an open subscription listserver available to enrolled subscribers who can add or remove about 7500 subscribers worldwide, with 5 to 15 messages being distributed on an average day. This paper describes some details on the types of messages posted on the Power Globe, details on the traffic, value, strengths and problematic issues of this facility. The impact of the 2020–21 covid-19 pandemic is discussed. The year 2021 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Power Globe.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115716055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of a Two-Stage PV System Testbed with Power Reserves for Grid-Support Applications","authors":"V. Paduani, N. Lu","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654654","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the implementation of a solar tracking algorithm for a small-scale, two-stage photovoltaic (PV) systems with power reserves. The work combines two algorithms found in the literature regarding the power curtailment of PV systems. The first is focused on providing a fast irradiance tracking capability, whereas the second is focused on achieving real-time maximum power point estimation (MPPE) when the system operates in power curtailment mode. By combining both algorithms, a technique providing fast tracking with real-time power reserves estimation is presented. First, a testbed of a two-stage PV system composed by a dc/dc boost converter cascaded with a single-phase inverter is built in Simulink. Next, simulations are carried to match the experimental data from the first algorithm to validate the testbed. Then, the second algorithm is combined with the first to create a testbed with potential to provide power reserves while maintaining fast irradiance tracking. Results demonstrate that the Simulink testbed can match the performance from experimental tests for PV system studies.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123420617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Conceptual Model for Analyzing the Impact of Natural Gas on Electricity Generation Failure during the 2021 Texas Power Outage","authors":"Andrew Schaper, Le Xie","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654761","url":null,"abstract":"The inter-dependence between electrical grid operations and natural gas infrastructure in Texas has been steadily increasing in recent years. The trend has been driven, in part, by the persistent decommissioning of coal-fired power plants and the increasing penetration of renewable generation. Moreover, changes to the type and deployment of natural gas generation facilities over the previous decade have increased the reliance on “just-in-time” natural gas delivery which places the system at increased risk of failure. The purpose of this paper is to delineate previously under-explored drivers of natural gas system operation, present a novel conceptual framework characterizing the integrated system inter-dependencies and outline possible policy measures which would promote enhanced system reliability.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123628407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ikponmwosa Idehen, K. Shetye, T. Overbye, Donald J. Morrow
{"title":"Large-Scale Electric System Research Center at Texas A&M – Description & Associated Research Activities","authors":"Ikponmwosa Idehen, K. Shetye, T. Overbye, Donald J. Morrow","doi":"10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654710","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the Large-Scale Electric System Research Center at Texas A&M (“Center”). The Center has been configured to provide deep insights into performance of the entire electric system, from the retail customer interface to the operation of the three main interconnections in North America. The Center has three main missions - 1) support research into electric system planning, operations and performance, 2) serve as an education platform to support university courses and industry short courses, and 3) provide a comprehensive platform for the industry to perform commissioned studies and analysis. The paper describes the systems and equipment at the Center used to support on-going research. The paper also describes select recent research to better inform the reader of the Center's overall capabilities in grid modernization, grid resiliency, sustainability, GMD impacts, human factors, visualization and synthetic grids.","PeriodicalId":123077,"journal":{"name":"2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123646937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}