{"title":"Investigation of the Effect of Different Boundary Conditions on the Islanding of Microgrids","authors":"M. Buchner, K. Rudion","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1403","url":null,"abstract":"Microgrids are a promising method to integrate the increasing number of decentralized generation into the energy system and to increase the security of supply through the possibility of island formation. Prior to islanding of the microgrid, it must be ensured, that the microgrid can operate as a stable autonomous island. This work tries to answer this question by transferring the internal state of the microgrid in interconnected operation to the microgrid in island operation. For this purpose, corresponding models are created in the dq-system, which enable a single-value analysis due to their stable operating point. In order to evaluate the method and to obtain a reliable result, several scenarios are examined. Based on the resulting eigenvalues, conclusions are then drawn about the stability of the microgrid in islanded operation.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117154927","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}
W. W. Baker, D. Ramasubramanian, M. Val Escudero, E. Farantatos, A. Gaikwad
{"title":"Application of an Advanced Short Circuit Strength Metric to Evaluate Ireland's High Renewable Penetration Scenarios","authors":"W. W. Baker, D. Ramasubramanian, M. Val Escudero, E. Farantatos, A. Gaikwad","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1363","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a case study using the Electric Power Research Institute's Grid Strength Assessment Tool to screen Ireland's system for potential weak grid issues. The tool calculates system strength metrics as well as the critical clearing time of the inverter-based resources without the need for dynamic simulations. The case study identifies areas that may potentially be susceptible to controller instability where more detailed analysis is warranted. The effect of different assumptions for controller gains for inverter-based resources is investigated.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121682406","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 APPROACH FOR DISTRIBUTION GRID PLANNING UNDER CONSIDERATION OF LINE LOADING INDICATORS","authors":"M. Miller, K. Rudion, F. Fischer, H. Nägele","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1382","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new probabilistic approach to the planning of high-voltage distribution grids, which aims to use the existing grid structure and the renewable energies sources (RES) in the best possible way and to carry out the required grid expansion in a directed manner. For this purpose, the developed planning method based on the (n-1)-criterion determines the line loading indicators, which, in addition to line overloadings in the contingency analysis, take into account the transmission losses and the average line loading in the normal state. These can then be used in the time-series-based probabilistic grid planning to make suitable grid reinforcements and expansion measures. This expansion planning is carried out independently in the simulation process presented here.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130738570","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 DISCRETE-TIME STATE SPACE MODELLING METHOD APPLYING TO SSO OF RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION","authors":"Y. Han, H. Sun, Butian Huang, Y. Yu","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1354","url":null,"abstract":"With an increasing integration of renewable power generation (RPG) in the power system, the issue of sub-synchronous oscillation (SSO) is becoming increasingly significant. In this paper, a discrete-time state space modelling and analysis approach with nodal analysis method for SSO investigation is proposed, which solves the disadvantages of traditional eigenvalue analysis method in the face of complex power grids, especially the inconvenience of modelling improper network. This new method modularizes the system components and can directly obtain the discrete transition matrix of any complex network through coefficient matrix expansion. The stability of the system can be discussed by analysing the eigenvalues of discrete-time state matrix in z- and s-domain. The accuracy of the new method is validated by simulation results of a practical wind farm example in northwestern China.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"272 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134260954","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":"Automated approach to power system operational planning and congestion management for a system with high levels of renewable generation","authors":"Dairíne Frawley, J. Ging","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1397","url":null,"abstract":"The Ireland and Northern Ireland power system is undergoing a period of rapid transition from a dependence on conventional fossil fuel based generation to an increased reliance on distributed renewable generation, to date, mainly wind generation. Large quantities of wind generation have already connected and are concentrated in the west. This creates large west to east power flows across the network under high wind conditions as the main demand centre and HVDC interconnection is located in the east. Under high wind conditions, thermal congestion issues are seen on the network. As the amount of installed wind on the system has increased, these issues have started to shift from localised issues to inter-regional congestion issues associated with the thermal limitations of key west to east power flow paths. An assessment of wind generator effectiveness in managing such inter-regional issues requires more complex analysis than for localised congestion issues. EirGrid has developed an automation tool to facilitate this analysis and to allow for an efficient look-ahead assessment of the effect of changing transmission outages and network sectionalising arrangements on thermal congestion issues associated with high wind generation. This paper outlines the methodology behind the tool and presents some analysis carried out using the tool.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131093644","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}
T. Streubel, A. Eisenmann, C. Kattmann, Krzystzof Rudion
{"title":"TRANSIENT CLUSTERING APROACH FOR PQ MONITORING","authors":"T. Streubel, A. Eisenmann, C. Kattmann, Krzystzof Rudion","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1358","url":null,"abstract":"Power quality monitoring systems play an increasingly important role in the future operation of distribution grids. A major challenge for operating a monitoring system is the processing of measurement data in an efficient and meaningful manner. The generated data sizes are considerable and require experts in the field for a detailed site evaluation. This is both time and cost intensive. One particular problem is the analysis of power quality events, such as transients, which usually occur in high numbers. The identification of the transient’s sources require a detailed analysis of the distorted waveforms and corresponding rms-measurements. The approach in this paper categorizes transients based on the similarity of features in order to link the events to a source. The transient waveforms and rms-measurements are both considered in the segmentation, feature extraction and data reduction process. A data set consisting of 3500 transients, measured at an electric vehicle-charging infrastructure, was utilized to validate the method. Results show that the method was able to categorize the samples into different types of transients, allowing the identification of the sources of the majority of disturbances.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126863221","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":"Design and feasibility study of a biomass/diesel/PV/battery microgrid system for an off-grid application","authors":"T. Adefarati, R. C. Bansal, R. Naidoo","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1406","url":null,"abstract":"The acceptance of renewable energy technologies (RETs) has increased tremendously owing to government policies, sustainable energy development programs and agenda of most independent power providers (IPPs) and private individuals around the world. The potential of RETs can be utilized by the utilities to meet the energy needs of over 1.1 billion people on the global note that do not have access to electrical power supply. As a result of the persistent load growth, it is imperative to plan how RETs can be strategically structured to achieve the optimal operation in the deregulated power sector. The design and planning of RETs in the open market scheme require the technical, environmental and economic analyses of the power system to be implemented. The performance assessment of the power system is carried out in this research work with the application of the HOMER application tool as a measure to optimize the key performance indicators of a microgrid system (MGS) and promote the utilization of RETs for power solutions. A renewable energy-based MGS proposed in the study consists of biogas generator, diesel generator (DG), photovoltaic (PV), battery system (BS) and electrical loads. The system is designed for rural electrification project and to satisfy the load demands of a rural community in accordance to the sustainable energy goals and policies of many international organizations.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115206510","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":"Dynamic Wake Analysis of a Wind Turbine Providing Frequency Containment Reserve in High Wind Speeds","authors":"Narender Singh, J. D. De Kooning, L. Vandevelde","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1364","url":null,"abstract":"With the continuous evolution of the power system towards a more renewable energy based system, a natural and gradual transition will be to provide ancillary services by using renewable production units. Research has shown this to be feasible for wind farms by using efficient prediction and sophisticated control systems. In some parts of the world, strict grid codes are already being implemented that require wind farms to provide ancillary services. Moreover, the primary reserve market in Europe is moving towards shorter procurement periods, providing wind farms an opportunity to more efficiently optimise their resources based on short term forecasts. As a result of these developments, it is expected that more wind farms will provide ancillary services in the near future. The provision of Frequency Containment Reserve (FCR) requires a fast regulation of the turbine power based on the changes of the grid frequency. It is expected that this will have an impact on the wake behind the wind turbine. In wind parks with a high capacity density, such as the offshore wind parks in Belgium, it is important to investigate this impact as it can affect other neighbouring turbines. This paper investigates the dynamic behaviour of the wake generated by a wind turbine providing grid frequency support with FCR.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"2012 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121509575","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":"Dynamic Studies for 100% Converter-based Irish Power System","authors":"X. Zhao, D. Flynn","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1351","url":null,"abstract":"Given increasing shares of wind and/or solar power in many power systems, the possibility of a 100% power converter-based system becomes more plausible. Consequently, the dynamic response of the Irish transmission system with 100% (grid-following and grid-forming) power converters under 3-phase faults is investigated. Time domain simulations show that when active or reactive current prioritisation limits are applied, grid-forming converters can introduce large high-frequency oscillations, but a scaling-down current limitation approach can help to avoid such problems. Furthermore, applying scaling-down current limits, together with freezing the virtual angular speed, for a grid-forming converter, can limit the current and enhance transient stability during faults. Finally, with modified controls applied to the grid-following converters, the grid-forming requirement can be reduced from approximately 40% to less than 30%, with the future Irish grid remaining robust against bolted 3-phase faults, and oscillations quickly damped out during and post fault.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115044653","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":"Tri-State Cuk Inverter with Power Decoupling for Photovoltaic Applications","authors":"A. Darwish, S. Alotaibi, M. Elgenedy","doi":"10.1049/icp.2021.1408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1408","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes modified modulation and control schemes for power decoupling of single-stage single-phase Cuk inverter in continuous conduction mode. Because it has inherent two inductors at the input and output side, the Cuk inverter is able to step up/down the voltage with reduced input and output current ripples. Thus, smaller filtering capacitance, especially at the input side, can be used which increases its suitability for photovoltaic applications. For the maximum power point tracking control, the oscillating even order harmonic components should be eliminated from the inverter's input side otherwise the maximum power cannot be extracted. The inverter's input and output currents will be controlled independently using the proposed modulation scheme and hence even harmonics can be decoupled from the input side's current without adding additional circuitry. In addition, the paper presents a control scheme to generate sinusoidal output grid current while the input current is kept constant with time. The presented systems is verified using MATLAB simulations as well as an experimental prototype controlled by F28335 ezdsp.","PeriodicalId":223615,"journal":{"name":"The 9th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG Dublin Online 2021)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124627264","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}