{"title":"Analyses and simulation of three-phase MLI with high value of resolution per switch employing SVM control scheme","authors":"M. Hasan, M. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450326","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a three-phase voltage source inverter employing space vector modulation control scheme. The proposed inverter is a modular type that can increase its level by adding more cells to each arm. The phase `a' arm consists of `m' cells and each cell consists of single isolated dc source with two switches. Switches are connected in such a way that one switch is in series with the isolated capacitor and the second switch is connected in parallel with the series dc source and the series switch. In order to increase the resolution of the proposed inverter, isolated dc source voltages with different values are used in such a way that the dc source voltage of a cell equals half of the next cell dc source voltage (Vdc, 2Vdc, 4Vdc, ...). A space vector modulation control technique is employed to generate the different output voltages. The proposed inverter is suitable for renewable energy applications, where many batteries with different values can be available. Analyses and simulation have been executed to validate the the proposed inverter. The proposed inverter has been compared with the existence latest counterpart inverter under the conditions of identical supply dc voltage and switching frequency. Some selected simulation results have been provided for validation.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125939492","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 self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm for transmission network expansion planning with system losses consideration","authors":"T. Sum-Im, W. Ongsakul","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450196","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm (SaDEA) is applied directly to the DC power flow based model in order to efficiently solve transmission network expansion planning (TNEP) problem. The purpose of TNEP is to minimize the transmission investment cost associated with the technical operation and economical constraints. The TNEP problem is a large-scale, complex and nonlinear combinatorial problem of mixed integer nature where the number of candidate solutions to be evaluated increases exponentially with system size. In addition, the TNEP problem with system losses consideration is also investigated in this paper. The efficiency of the proposed method is initially demonstrated via the analysis of low and medium complexity transmission network test cases. A detailed comparative study among conventional genetic algorithm (CGA), tabu search (TS), artificial neural networks (ANNs), hybrid artificial intelligent techniques and the proposed method is presented. From the obtained experimental results, the proposed technique provides the accurate solution, the feature of robust computation, the simple implementation and the satisfactory computational time.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"132 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127490830","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":"Effect of renewable penetration on economic power dispatch in presence of energy storage","authors":"F. Pazheri, M. Othman, N. Malik, T. Ahamed","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450269","url":null,"abstract":"Global electricity demand has been growing very rapidly to meet the needs of modern civilization for uninterrupted supply of electricity. Therefore an efficient operating policy for committed units (CUs), in order to meet the load demand is very important for power utility operators. Economic Dispatch (ED) problem helps to find a suitable operating policy to reduce the fuel cost for CUs without violating system and unit constraints. Efficient use of available renewable energy plays an important role in reducing the fuel cost while dispatching the demand. High value of renewable energy penetration can be achieved with the aid of energy storage devices. ED problem of hybrid power systems with renewable sources and energy storage facilities at various penetration levels is discussed in this paper. MATLAB simulations are performed for 3 generator test data to illustrate the benefits of high penetration level of renewable with the help of energy storage for reducing the fuel cost.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"2016 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127500364","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}
C. Aravind, M. Norhisam, I. Aris, M. Marhaban, M. Nirei
{"title":"Static characteristics of the double rotor switched reluctance motor","authors":"C. Aravind, M. Norhisam, I. Aris, M. Marhaban, M. Nirei","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450246","url":null,"abstract":"Static measurement characteristics of the double rotor switched reluctance motor developed on the basis of double salient dual air-gap structure is put forward in this paper. The reduction of the air - gap length of the conventional machine is constrained by the mechanical intolerances that inherit the torque generating capability. Therefore there is always a limitation on the air-gap length. However, with reduced air-gap length the magnetic flux control is improved with the aid of dual air-gap structure inside the machine. Analytical and finite element analysis is carried out to investigate the magnetic field distribution at different rotor positions and with different currents. The static torque characteristics derived from the fabricated model is compared with that of the finite element methods and analytical methods. The measurement results are in closer agreement with the analytical and simulation. Motor constant square density is used for the performance evaluation of the proposed machine and the characteristics are evaluated and compared by all three methods presented.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132494302","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":"An empirical approach of modelling electricity prices in an oligopoly market","authors":"N. Dahlan, D. Kirschen","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450218","url":null,"abstract":"Most of the electricity markets are an oligopoly rather than perfect competition. In an oligopolistic market, generators tend to increase their profits by raising their bid prices, increasing the market price and hence favoring the investment in a new power plant. This paper proposes a new empirical approach to estimate the price duration curve (PDC) in an oligopoly electricity market based on a shape of a PDC derived from an actual market. The objective of modelling the PDC in the oligopoly market is to have a realistic price in calculating the revenues from a new investment, so that the new investment is not underestimated. Since the PDC is sensitive to the shape of the load duration curve (LDC) and calculated according to each segment of the discretized LDC, an optimal approach to discretize the LDC is introduced prior to the modelling using dynamic programming.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128865599","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":"Analysis of voltage sag sensitivity of LED lamps","authors":"S. Uddin, H. Shareef, A. Mohamed, M. A. Hannan","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450299","url":null,"abstract":"Voltage sag is one of the serious power quality problems especially for sensitive equipment. Electronic devices such as personal computers, lighting system may malfunction due to voltage sag events and may cause nuisance and financial losses in some cases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the sensitivity of various low wattage LED lamps during voltage sag. The test is based on current testing standard and utilizes modern industrial power corruptor and advanced photo detector. Results show that all the tested lamps are sensitive to voltage sags in terms of both depth and duration of sag.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120937807","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":"Improved performance of a single-phase to three-phase converter using a 4-switch Quasi Z-source inverter","authors":"F. Khosravi, N. Azli, A. Kaykhosravi","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450228","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an improved space vector pulse width modulation (PWM) control method for a 4-switch single-phase to three-phase converter using a Quasi Z-source (QZs) network that can be utilized in induction motor drive applications. Without using any extra filtering circuits, this method can work well to reject the effect of DC-link voltage ripple on the inverter output voltage, which can be accomplished by either power supply or voltage variations in the 4-switch structure. This closed-loop control strategy recognizes and senses any unbalanced voltage that occur across two split capacitors and by applying the changes in the vector's activation interval time, the three-phase output voltage can be balanced. In traditional methods, the DC-link voltage without ripple is often achieved at the expense of larger DC-link capacitors that lead to a bulky and heavy DC-link filter with slow response and increase in cost. The simulation results of the proposed control method demonstrate its efficiency and the potential of the structure to be further developed.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121151032","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}
M. Hussein, T. Senjyu, M. Orabi, M. Wahab, M. Hamada
{"title":"Load power management control for a stand alone wind energy system based on the state of charge of the battery","authors":"M. Hussein, T. Senjyu, M. Orabi, M. Wahab, M. Hamada","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450352","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a load power management control strategy for the operation of a stand-alone variable speed wind turbine with a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based on the state of charge (SOC) of the battery. The PMSG is connected to a three phase load through a switch mode rectifier and a voltage source inverter. Battery storage system is connected to the DC-link voltage through a DC-DC bidirectional converter to maintain the DC-link voltage at constant value. Also, it is used to make the batteries bank stores a surplus of wind energy and supplies this energy to the load during a wind power shortage. The SOC changes during charges/discharges the batteries bank. The instantaneous change in the SOC and its value are used to connect/disconnect some loads to/from the consumers' load. The voltage source inverter uses a relatively complex vector control scheme to control the output load voltage in terms of amplitude and frequency under variation of wind speed and load. Control of the generator side switch mode rectifier is used to extract maximum power from available wind power. Extensive simulations have been performed using MATLAB/SIMULINK. Simulation results demonstrate that the performance of the controller is quite satisfactory.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115855416","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 novel algorithm for global peak power point tracking in partially shaded grid-connected PV system","authors":"N. Shah, R. Chudamani","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450276","url":null,"abstract":"Photovoltaic (PV) cell characteristics are highly nonlinear that are affected by varying insolation and temperature condition. In case of uniform insolation condition, the P-V curve shows single maximum power point (MPP), but under partially shaded conditions, the P-V characteristic shows multiple peaks. Therefore, the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm should determine the global peak power point avoiding the PV system getting trapped in local peak that gives considerable power loss. This paper proposes a novel fuzzy logic based tracking algorithm to determine global peak point in grid connected PV system under partially shaded condition. The proposed algorithm can track the maximum power point under normal as well as partial shading condition. The algorithm gives fast convergence and very low oscillation around the MPP with less complexity. The simulation results validate the performance and stability of the grid connected PV system using the proposed algorithm.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123743213","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 review on short term load forecasting using hybrid neural network techniques","authors":"M. Raza, Z. Baharudin","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2012.6450336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2012.6450336","url":null,"abstract":"Load forecasting is very essential for the efficient and reliable operation of a power system. Often uncertainties significantly decrease the prediction accuracy of load forecasting; this in turn affects the operation cost dramatically as well as the optimal day-to-day operation of the power system. In this article, an overview of recently published work on hybrid neural network techniques to forecast the electrical load demand. A hybrid neural network forecasting model is proposed, which is a combination of simulated annealing (SA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) called SAPSO. In proposed techniqiue, particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm has the ability of global optimization and the simulated annealing (SA) algorithm has a strong searching capability. Therefore, the learning algorithm of a typical three layer feed forward neural network back propagation (BP) is replaced by SAPSO algorithm. Furthermore, preprocessing of input data, convergence, local minima and working of neural network with SAPSO algorithm also discussed.","PeriodicalId":135966,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125152014","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}