{"title":"LCL filter resonance mitigation technique for voltage source converters","authors":"Y. Patel, Lixiang Wei, A. Nasiri","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016506","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the control technique to mitigate the LCL filter resonance issue for voltage source converters. Two level voltage source converter with and without passive damping of LCL filter are selected for the comparative study. Control algorithm is discussed to estimate the source impedance based on variable carrier PWM. Estimated source impedance is used to tune the control of the VSC to avoid the resonance of LCL filter has been presented. There have been scenarios when LCL resonance can't be avoided just by tuning the control parameter. In these cases energy efficient technique has been discussed which allows running voltage source converter with minimum performance difference. Simulation studies have been performed to evaluate the above techniques and verified with the experimental results.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134490671","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":"Sensorless multi-loop control of phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter","authors":"A. Aboushady, K. Ahmed","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016435","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a multi-loop controller for phase-controlled series-parallel resonant converter. Output voltage is solely measured for control and inner loop is used to enhance closed loop stability and dynamic performance compared to single-loop control. No additional sensors are used for inner loop variables. These are estimated using a Kalman filter, based on a linearized converter model. The advantage of this sensorless scheme is not only reducing the number of sensors but more significantly providing an alternative to sensing high frequency resonant tank variables which require high microcontroller resolution in real time. First, the converter non-linear large signal behavior is linearized using a state feedback based scheme. Consequently, the converter preserves its large signal characteristics while modeled as a linear system. Comparison is made between the most suitable state variables for feedback, according to a stability study. Finally, simulation and experimental results are demonstrated to validate the improved system performance in contrast with single-loop control.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114768153","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}
B. Balasingam, G. V. Avvari, B. Pattipati, K. Pattipati, Y. Bar-Shalom
{"title":"Robust battery fuel gauge algorithm development, part 3: State of charge tracking","authors":"B. Balasingam, G. V. Avvari, B. Pattipati, K. Pattipati, Y. Bar-Shalom","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016540","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a novel SOC tracking algorithm for Li-ion batteries. The proposed approach employs a voltage drop model that avoid the need for modeling the hysteresis effect in the battery. Our proposed model results in a novel reduced order (single state) filtering for SOC tracking where no additional variables need to be tracked regardless of the level of complexity of the battery equivalent model. We identify the presence of correlated noise that has been so far ignored in the literature and use this for improved SOC tracking. The proposed approach performs within 1% or better SOC tracking accuracy based on both simulated as well as HIL evaluations.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130114914","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":"Reactive power minimization of dual active bridge DC/DC converter with triple phase shift control using neural network","authors":"Yasen A. Harrye, K. Ahmed, A. Aboushady","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016448","url":null,"abstract":"Reactive power flow increases dual active bridge (DAB) converter RMS current leading to an increase in conduction losses especially in high power applications. This paper proposes a new optimized triple phase shift (TPS) switching algorithm that minimizes the total reactive power of the converter. The algorithm iteratively searches for TPS control variables that satisfy the desired active power flow while selecting the operating mode with minimum reactive power consumption. This is valid for the whole range of converter operation. The iterative algorithm is run offline for the entire active power range (-1pu to 1pu) and the resulting data is used to train an open loop artificial neural network controller to reduce computational time and memory allocation necessary to store the data generated. To validate the accuracy of the proposed controller, a 500-MW 300kV/100kV DAB model is simulated in Matlab/Simulink, as a potential application for DAB in DC grids.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125905879","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}
Hasan Ul Banna, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez, Ana K. Cabrera, H. Ghorbani, Shaoqing Ying
{"title":"Performance analysis of conventional PSS and fuzzy controller for damping power system oscillations","authors":"Hasan Ul Banna, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez, Ana K. Cabrera, H. Ghorbani, Shaoqing Ying","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016561","url":null,"abstract":"Electro-mechanical oscillations are produced, in the machines of an interconnected power network, followed by a disturbance or due to high power transfer through weak tie lines. These oscillations should be damped as quickly as possible to ensure the reliable and stable operation of the network. To damp these oscillations different controllers, based on local or wide area signals, have been the subject of many papers. This paper presents the analysis of the performance of Conventional Power System Stabilizer (CPSS) and Fuzzy Logic Controller. Two area 14 bus symmetrical system is considered to demonstrate the performance of these controllers using Simulink/MATLAB. Simulation results depict fuzzy logic based controller having dual inputs of rotor speed deviation and generator's accelerating power is the better cost effective solution for damping the inter area oscillations specifically, in comparison with conventional power system stabilizer.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114682165","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. Sepahvand, S. Madhusoodhanan, K. Corzine, S. Bhattacharya, M. Ferdowsi
{"title":"Topology selection for medium-voltage three-phase SiC solid-state transformer","authors":"H. Sepahvand, S. Madhusoodhanan, K. Corzine, S. Bhattacharya, M. Ferdowsi","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016432","url":null,"abstract":"The first stage in the structure of a three-phase solid state transformer (SST) is a medium voltage active rectifier. Due to its relatively high voltage operating conditions, this rectifier requires careful topology selection for empirical implementation. In this paper, different topologies of active rectifiers are studied as candidates for the first stage in SSTs. The selected topologies are narrowed down to three most suitable topologies. Three selected topologies are the current source buck rectifier, the diode-clamped rectifier, and the series active filter. For comparison purposes, loss analysis of these three rectifiers is carried out using simulations and experimental implementation. In this study, for the sake of practicality and simplicity, 10 kV Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs and diodes are utilized to reduce the number of components in the multilevel structure of the rectifiers. Other than loss analysis, a new technique for capacitor voltage regulation for the series active filter topology is also proposed and experimentally verified. Considering the loss data and other issues such as line current total harmonic distortion (THD), it is concluded that the series active filter topology is the most suitable one for this application.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125875359","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}
K. Rouzbehi, A. Miranian, J. I. Candela, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez
{"title":"A control strategy for DC-link voltage control containing PV generation and energy storage — An intelligent approach","authors":"K. Rouzbehi, A. Miranian, J. I. Candela, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016568","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, DC-link voltage control in DC microgrids with photovoltaic (PV) generation and battery, is addressed based on an intelligent approach. The proposed strategy is based on the modeling of the power interface, i.e. power electronic converter, located between the PV array, battery and DC bus, by use of measurement data. For this purpose, a local model network (LMN) is developed to model the converter and then a local linear control (LLC) strategy is designed based on the LMN. Simulation results on a DC microgrid demonstrates efficacy of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114544282","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":"Value-driven design and sensitivity analysis of hybrid energy systems using surrogate modeling","authors":"W. Du, H. Garcia, William R. Binder, C. Paredis","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016416","url":null,"abstract":"A surrogate modeling and analysis methodology is applied to study dynamic hybrid energy systems (HES). The effect of battery size on the smoothing of variability in renewable energy generation is investigated. Global sensitivity indices calculated using surrogate models show the relative sensitivity of system variability to dynamic properties of key components. A value maximization approach is used to consider the tradeoff between system variability and required battery size. Results are found to be highly sensitive to the renewable power profile considered, demonstrating the importance of accurate renewable resource modeling and prediction. The documented computational framework and preliminary results represent an important step towards a comprehensive methodology for HES evaluation, design, and optimization.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128071646","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":"Justification and conceptual design of solar-powered traffic signal systems","authors":"B. Diong","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016454","url":null,"abstract":"Several recent technology developments have established a set of conditions that currently justify the use of solar power for traffic signal systems sited at locations with adequate sunlight. This paper describes those favorable conditions, and how they justify solar-powered traffic signal systems, as they pertain to the state of Georgia, although they also apply more widely to many other states and countries. We also present a review of the state-of-the-art in powering road traffic systems from “green” sources, and a rough analysis of the cost-effectiveness of using solar and/or wind power generators to power traffic signal systems in Georgia. In addition, the results of our investigation into the issue of broadening the batteries' role, when they are required for Uninterruptible Power Supply purposes at critical intersections, are described. Finally, our proposal of a conceptual design of the dual-input power supply architecture required for a “greener” traffic signal system is presented, as are its key specifications. These set the stage for ongoing work to make solar-powered traffic signal systems a ubiquitous reality.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132118780","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}
Qi Gao, Feng Shi, Xuanshen Xie Xian, X. Cai, Z. Tan, W. Cao
{"title":"A novel wind turbine concept based on a sandwich-typed PMSG and an improved converter","authors":"Qi Gao, Feng Shi, Xuanshen Xie Xian, X. Cai, Z. Tan, W. Cao","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016414","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a wind turbine concept based on a dual-stator-single-rotor (or sandwich-typed) PMSG and a novel converter. First, the structure of the sandwich-typed PMSG is explained. Then, according to the principle of the PMSG, a novel converter topology is proposed. Finally, a detailed direct drive wind turbine model based on the converter and the PMSG is built in the Matlab/Simulink. Thorough simulation results under different wind conditions verify the effectiveness of the generator+converter combination and the typical functionalities of the wind turbine.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132312712","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}