{"title":"Investigation of net metering as a tool for increasing electricity access in developing countries","authors":"Chukwuma Leonard Azimoh, O. Dzobo, C. Mbohwa","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286187","url":null,"abstract":"Uncertainties associated with implementation of small scale energy projects in most developing countries limited the entrance for independent power producers (IPP) in their energy market. Due to the dismal performance of most utility grids largely owned and operated by governments, integration of IPPs in the energy mainstream is instructive. Net metering is one of the policy instruments used in developed countries to attract private electricity generators in power networks. Previous reports argued that its success is attributable to the large scale energy market, hence, success in developing countries is uncertain. Other policy instruments like renewable energy feed-in-tariff have been used to this end in South Africa, but failed due its lack of compliance with her public procurement laws. As a result, renewable energy independent power producer procurement (REIPPP) program is used instead. The use of net metering as an incentive to encourage private electricity generators has been blithely ignored by most governments in this region. This paper investigates the use of net metering policy as a means of improving electricity access in emerging economies. Our finding shows that it could improve power reliability, reduce economy, limit over dependence on monopolistic utility grid, and relief congestion in power networks.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"518 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116247189","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}
Y. Saad, C. Nohra, R. Younes, S. Abboudi, A. Ilinca, H. Ibrahim, Z. Feger
{"title":"Study of an optimized wind-diesel hybrid system for canadian remote sites","authors":"Y. Saad, C. Nohra, R. Younes, S. Abboudi, A. Ilinca, H. Ibrahim, Z. Feger","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286137","url":null,"abstract":"Diesel generators are the main source of electrical energy that supply most of the remote isolated areas in the world. Unfortunately, these motors still pose enormous technical, financial, and environmental challenges. Therefore, the combination of these generators with renewable sources like wind energy in a wind-diesel hybrid system (WDS) could reduce these deficits by reducing the fossil fuel consumption and the operating time of diesel engines, and by reducing the operation costs and environmental harm. In addition, because the intermittency of wind energy and its dissipation during windy periods require an energy storage system, the WDS combined with compressed air energy storage (CAES) seems to be a good solution for this problem. Many recent studies have shown that the optimal management of the stored air reserve would be to overcharge an existing diesel engine with compressed air. Based on this concept, a new wind-diesel hybrid system with adiabatic air compression and storage at constant pressure has been proposed (ACP-WDCAS). This concept combines CAES and hydro-pneumatic energy storage technologies with a wind-diesel system. In this paper, we will present the operative principle of this system and propose a numerical model of each of its components. Moreover, we studied the effect of the pressure intake and temperature on the thermodynamic cycle of the diesel engine to determine the optimal values of the parameters that will optimize fuel consumption. Finally we will compare this system with available technologies in order to demonstrate its performance.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124651856","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":"Maximization of reliability of stochastic multiple machines power system based on the quasi Hamiltonian system","authors":"Xue Lin, P. Ju, Lixia Sun","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286178","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of stochastic factors on power system operation is increasing because of the high penetration rate of renewable energy, which makes it necessary to study the control of stochastic power system. The quasi-Hamiltonian equations of controlled multi-machine power system are built. The stochastic averaging method of quasi-Hamiltonian system is applied to obtain the average Itô function of the system based on the energy function. A dynamic programming equation is established with the maximum reliability of the bounded fluctuation region as its control objective to obtain the optimal control law of system. A conditional reliability function is introduced to measure the reliability of bounded fluctuation region, which is calculated by analytical method, and it is compared with the result of Monte Carlo method. Simulative results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116782262","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 universal synchrophasor based test platform","authors":"Xiaodong Liang","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286165","url":null,"abstract":"A universal synchrophasor based test platform is developed in this paper. This software platform can transform simulation data from the time-domain simulation software to synchrophasor data format specified by IEEE standards. It can serve as a test platform for various synchrophasor application algorithms, and provide validation for power system simulation models. In this paper, its validation function for power system simulation models is the main focus. Four case studies are conducted using the developed test platform in order to validate a power grid simulation model, where the output of the test platform are compared with the field recorded synchrophasor data from installed Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) in this power grid. These case studies show that the test platform can play an important role in improving accuracy of a power system simulation model.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116986002","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 real case application of ROCOF and vector surge relays for anti-islanding protection of distributed energy resources","authors":"A. Nassif, Colin Madsen","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286136","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a case study where a Canadian utility has implemented passive anti-islanding elements as an alternative to Direct Transfer Trip to interconnect a customer-owned generator. This acceptance was done on an exceptional basis and many challenges were faced, including characterizing analytically the performance of these protection elements, developing settings and coordinating them with customer-owned protective relays. The analytical tools developed during this case study are useful to both predict the rate of frequency change and also to determine when using these passive elements are a viable and reliable alternative to active anti-islanding protection. The operation of the system under study was verified with timedomain simulations and after one year of real life operation, this system has been shown to be stable, safe and reliable.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126994115","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}
Mohamed M. Albarghot, Faisal Alkarrami, S. O'Young, L. Rolland
{"title":"Comparison between experimental results and simulation of a fuel cell powered DC motor using PID controller","authors":"Mohamed M. Albarghot, Faisal Alkarrami, S. O'Young, L. Rolland","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286196","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the comparison between simulation and experimental results of a fuel cell that is powered a DC motor by using Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) controller has been studied and tested. The experimental set-up is done at Memorial University Laboratory to compare and validate the experimental and simulation results. The hydrogen gas was generated in+ separate stage in order to feed the fuel cell. All the components are built in MATLAB/Simulink to compare them with the real experiment. Two different speed readings (300 and 400 rpm) were taken to examine the behavior of the system in both simulation and experiments. The simulation and experiment results were well matched and illustrated.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127137293","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":"Economy of residential photovoltaic generation and battery energy storage in Alberta, Canada","authors":"Shida Zhang, Rodrigo Martins, M. Gul, P. Musílek","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286177","url":null,"abstract":"Economic analysis of installing photovoltaic generation systems combined with battery energy storage in residential homes in Alberta was performed by comparing the net present values over the lifetime of systems with three different configurations: no photovoltaic generation and no battery energy storage, photovoltaic generation alone, and both photovoltaic generation and battery energy storage. The study was performed using real generation and load data from a photovoltaics-equipped home in Edmonton, Alberta. The addition of a battery energy storage system to the system was simulated using an optimized energy management controller. Parameter explorations were performed for combinations of equipment cost, energy prices, and energy purchase/export schemes. The results show that with the equipment and energy prices in 2017, a system with both photovoltaic generation and battery energy storage is the configuration with the highest net present value. It is closely followed by a photovoltaic only system. These systems will become even more favorable in the future, as energy prices increase and system costs decrease.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126462795","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}
H. Cai, Wanchun Qi, Jun-hui Huang, Zhenjian Xie, S. Bu, Tianran Yin, Xi Wu
{"title":"Application of flexible alternating-current transmission system in Jiangsu power grid","authors":"H. Cai, Wanchun Qi, Jun-hui Huang, Zhenjian Xie, S. Bu, Tianran Yin, Xi Wu","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286141","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, current application and its development of flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) are briefly described. Targeting to solve the potential threatens in developing Jiangsu grid, feasibility for application of FACTS to improve system reliability and transfer capacity is investigated. Middle across-Yangtze-river transmission channel, southern-Suzhou system and western-Nanjing inter-city circle grid are set as the examples. The conclusions can be obtained that: with the application of FACTS, power flows in the system can be effectively controlled. The transfer capacity can be obviously improved, and induced voltage unstable problem during the severe faults such as bipolar latched in the ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) system can be prevented. Application of FACTS can also avoid the huge investment and difficult construction for the new across-river transmission channels and across-city cables. In summary, application of FACTS can prominently improve the efficiency and reliability of the system operation, and better economic and social benefits for the grid can be achieved.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128472918","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":"Probabilistic commercial load profiles at different climate zones","authors":"Sami M. Alshareef, W. Morsi","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286233","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a numerical representation for commercial load profiles based on different climate zones. The load profiles of 16 commercial buildings located in 935 cities representing 50 States in the United States (U.S.) are clustered using k-means considering the geographic coordinates and the time zones. The geographic coordinate works as a local criterion to assign a climate zone for cities within the state, the time zone acts as a regional criterion to group cities with the same climate zone in different states based on their time zones. The clusters are evaluated using both external and internal validity indices. A total of 16 annual load profiles are used as representative for 16 different climate zones for each commercial building in this paper. Unlike the prevalent illustration for the commercial load profiles in the literature using graph representation, the obtained profiles in this study are numerically presented. This paper contributes to the literature by proposing a numerical representation for commercial load profiles at 16 climate zones, which are in turn can be used widely in smart grid application.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"454 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116535302","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}
Z. J. Tan, G. Y. Chen, L. Luan, Z. Y. Yu, R. Zhang, W. Tang
{"title":"A novel life evaluation algorithm of XLPE Power cables based on biclustering","authors":"Z. J. Tan, G. Y. Chen, L. Luan, Z. Y. Yu, R. Zhang, W. Tang","doi":"10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC.2017.8286144","url":null,"abstract":"With prolonged operation durations of XLPE power cables, how to determine asset replacement time to avoid the accident caused by aging has become a major issue. In this paper, the biclustering completion (BC) principle is proved for restoring missing elements of a matrix and is firstly applied in the cable life evaluation. Six indicators such as load elongation, permanent elongation, breaking elongation, differential scanning calorimetry peak temperature, breakdown test rate and insulation resistance are selected to the life evaluation of XLPE power cables. The simulation results show that the biclustering algorithm is better than the traditional backpropagation algorithm and regression algorithm in accuracy and robustness.","PeriodicalId":141250,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131601133","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}