{"title":"Are Indian electricity consumers ready to become solar prosumers?","authors":"B. Ravindra","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397377","url":null,"abstract":"An electricity consumer paying residential tariff and is willing to become a producer of power through photovoltaic (PV) panels is termed as a solar prosumer. The demand for distributed deployment of solar energy through such panels in Europe, USA and Japan arose due to the residential rooftop sector. In contrast, large scale power plants led the solar power growth in India. This article presents some of the efforts made to generate awareness regarding roof top PV plants in India and addresses the reasons behind the Indian residential (and even commercial) electricity consumers' unwillingness to become solar prosumers. In the recent times, the concept of adding energy storage capacity to solar panels is referred to as “prosumage”, still uneconomical at large. Going off-grid is a possible option in the Europe and USA, if an inexpensive storage option is provided to take care of intermittency of solar energy. An unreliable grid is one of the reasons for seeking energy storage in the Indian context. In addition there exists a significant captive power generation capacity through diesel generator sets, wind, biomass and other energy sources. Hybridization of solar with such sources can be a way forward to meet the goals of the solar mission.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121859230","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":"Intelligent load frequency control approach for multi area interconnected hybrid power system","authors":"R. Chaudhary, A. Singh","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397381","url":null,"abstract":"This paper illustrates the implementation of intelligent control technique to design a standalone controllers based on fuzzy logic (FLC)) and artificial neural network (ANN) for load frequency control (LFC). The proposed controllers are developed with aim to minimize frequency deviation while reducing transient state time which are integrated in three area interconnected hybrid power system entailing non-reheat, re-heat and hydro power generating units. Performance of these controllers are evaluated from dynamic response obtained on MATLAB Simulink with 1% induced step load disturbances. The comparative analysis between the two controllers' shows that ANN based controller performing better than FL based controller. This type of LFC technique guarantees the steady state system stability which can be verified with the simulation result.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"115 47","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131943337","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":"Day ahead market operation with agent based modeling","authors":"P. Kiran, K. Chandrakala, T. Nambiar","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397302","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses the deregulated electricity market by using an open source software namely Agent based Modeling of Electricity Systems (AMES). DC Optimal Power Flow (DCOPF) method is used for calculating the real power flow during the market operation. The whole electricity market is managed by the Independent System Operator (ISO) which computes the hourly Locational Marginal Price (LMP) and commitments of power exchange for day-ahead market operation. For the analysis and demonstration, a 3 bus system is considered and market operation is illustrated.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134236344","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":"Space vector pulse width modulation strategy for an even level inverter","authors":"G. Shiny, M. Baiju","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397240","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of this paper is to develop a space vector based pulse width modulation (SVPWM) switching strategy for an even-level inverter. The concept of fractal theory is effectively utilized to define the switching vectors for this even-level inverter. No look up tables are used for implementing the scheme. The vectors needed to generate the reference space phasor are derived from the hexagonal coordinates using arithmetic expressions. The work is experimentally tested for a six-level inverter topology using open-end winding configuration of induction motor. Hardware results are presented to verify the design.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132289498","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":"Enhancement of load voltage compensation using positive sinusoidal sequence regulator in fuzzy logic controlled three phase series active filter","authors":"V. Jayasankar, N. B. Kumar, U. Vinatha","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397366","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes a controller for series active Alter for enhancement in load voltage compensation. The controller consists of a positive sinusoidal sequence regulator based fundamental voltage calculator, a closed loop fuzzy logic based voltage controller and a pulse width modulation controller. Positive sequence sinusoidal signal regulator effectively eliminates the phase delay introduced while calculating fundamental voltage. Numerical simulations are done for different cases to verify the effectiveness of controller under different system conditions.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115431105","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}
Sheshadri Shekhar Rauth, K. Srinivas, Mukesh Kumar
{"title":"Grid connected PV/wind single stage converter using PR based maximum power flow control","authors":"Sheshadri Shekhar Rauth, K. Srinivas, Mukesh Kumar","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397352","url":null,"abstract":"Due to ever increasing energy demand and depletion of conventional energy resources, there is a need to generate and fulfill this gap, using clean and green energy resources such as Solar Photo-Voltaic (SPV), Wind Energy System (WES), Fuel Cell and Biomass etc. PV and Wind are abundantly and easily available in the nature. Combining these two intermittent sources are always challenging in the term of sustainability and power quality, so an intelligent technique is required for supplying the reliable, sustainable, and maximum quality power to the power grid and domestic load. In this paper, the power generated by SPV and Wind Turbine (WT) with Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) has been collected on the common coupling point. Then single stage converter along with Proportional-Resonant (PR) based current controller has been used to transfer reliable and maximum power to the grid, in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. In this system, due to high cost, battery utilization has been minimized and intelligent algorithm has been adopted to transfer maximum available solar and wind power into the grid. Further, using the PR controller, the converter reference tracking performance has been enhanced and shortcoming associated with conventional PI control has been alleviated for reliable and stable grid connection as per the IEEE standards. The simulation results of 1 kW show the control performance and dynamic behavior of the grid interfaced PV-wind system.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114886353","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":"Remote triggered wind turbine dynamometer","authors":"Umesh Mohankumar, B. Shankar, K. Achuthan","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397211","url":null,"abstract":"Access to wind turbine dynamometers to learn turbine design in a wind energy laboratory course are rare for students pursuing undergraduate education in engineering or energy studies due to the expensive infrastructure associated with them. Usually, the studies of such systems are limited to simulations owing to the hardships in setting up the hardware. Virtual laboratories have shown immense impact in filling this gap of infrastructure availability by using technologies to simulate and/or remotely connect to real equipment for educational purposes. This work describes the design and implementation of a remote triggered wind turbine dynamometer experiment that will allow students to operate the instrumentation remotely to study the effect of load variations in turbines with different blade configurations at different wind speeds. The impact of blade configurations and wind speeds on load variations in turbines are key learning outcomes designed within the experiments associated to the dynamometer. Data representing torque, power and efficiency characteristics of a wind turbine are detailed in this work. Specific advantages of this design include multi-variable characterization without having to change the physical design by forecasting the running conditions for different blade parameters and tuning the load.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116284746","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":"Operation and control of a microgrid in isolated mode with multiple distributed generation systems","authors":"S. Kulkarni, D. N. Gaonkar","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397210","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper performance study of the microgrid in isolated mode of operation is presented using the real time hardware in loop tool. The droop control and virtual complex impedance concept has been implemented for accurate load sharing among the inverter based DG system in the microgrid. The control strategy for operation of inverters in autonomous mode of operation is given. The implementation detail of the microgrid with voltage source inverter based DG systems is given in this paper. The real time performance verification of the implemented microgrid is presented. The performance results of the microgrid reported in this paper indicate that the DG systems are able to share the load in proportion to their ratings. Also, the results show that the voltage and frequency of the microgrid are maintained without any transients.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121922050","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. O. Sreekala, R. Pragash, K. Sreelatha, I. Jinchu
{"title":"Influence of film thickness of photoanode on dye sensitized solar cell performance","authors":"C. O. Sreekala, R. Pragash, K. Sreelatha, I. Jinchu","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397335","url":null,"abstract":"Solar energy is a potential candidate to fulfill the rapidly increasing energy demands of future generation. Owing to this increasing demand, high efficiency solar cells stand an area of intense research. Dye Sensitized Solar Cells have attracted lot of recognition and is considered as a promising upcoming technology, which can compete with silicon based solar cells, owing to its intrinsic cost reduction potential, relatively modest production technology and its versatility. The efficiency parameter of a cell is governed by the adsorption of dye molecules, which depends on the thickness of the semiconducting layer. This paper emphasizes on the effect of thickness of the TiO2 layer of DSSC on its conversion efficiency by means of spin coating and Doctor blade techniques. The photo voltaic parameters were studied and compared with the thickness of the fabricated devices, measured using ellipsometry. It is found that the device fabricated using spin coating technique with single layer have relatively higher efficiency (about 2.53 %). This work enabled us to know the role of thickness in the efficiency of DSSC.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124431582","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":"Computational analysis on Doubly fed induction generator to determine core loss under normal and low voltage ride through (LVRT) condition","authors":"T. Nikita, K. Manickavasagam, S. Sachin","doi":"10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TAPENERGY.2017.8397285","url":null,"abstract":"In present scenario, the Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) is contributing more than 50% in wind power generation. The computation of core losses and copper losses are essential to analyse the electric machine performance. In this paper, DFIG is modelled and analysed using ANSOFT MAXWELL which results in distribution of magnetic flux and magnetic flux density for all the parts of the machine. To validate the result under the disturbance, the Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) is considered which is the biggest challenges faced by DFIG. The analysis is made using MATLAB SIMULINK to predict the fault current and voltage magnitudes during LVRT. The same fault current and voltage magnitudes are used in DFIG model created using ANSOFT MAXWELL. The core losses of the machine is computed from maximum flux density under normal, during LVRT and after supressing LVRT.","PeriodicalId":237016,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy ( TAP Energy)","volume":"123 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124646779","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}