{"title":"New solar radiation Atlas for Saudi Arabia","authors":"Sulaiman Alyahya, M. Irfan","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016564","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents one of the first discussions on the new Solar Atlas of Saudi Arabia which was launched in Feb 2104. The solar atlas data comprises of live data recording from 70 stations across the country. The current paper presents the solar maps of the country through various months. The solar maps show that the DNI in various regions of the country ranges from approximately 9.0 kWh/m2/ day in the summer months to 5.0 kWh/m2/ day in the winter months. GHI in various regions can go as high as 8.3 kWh/m2.A comparison of local temperatures recordings in 2013 shows good agreement with the GEO Satellite data. Finally a brief is presented about the recording station at Qassim University and its results are discussed.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"64 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":"134538524","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 hybrid power flow controller for flexible operation of multi-terminal DC grids","authors":"K. Rouzbehi, A. Miranian, J. I. Candela, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016445","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops a hybrid power flow controller (HPFC) to take one step forward for building future flexible DC transmission system (FDCTS). The idea for proposing HPFC is inspired by the successful operation of flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) devices, the FDCTS includes static power electronics-based elements to provide voltage regulation, power control and load flow control in the multi-terminal DC (MTDC) grids. The HPFC, as one of the devices of the FDCTS, has a hybrid connection scheme (i.e. series-parallel) to the grid and allows power flow control through DC transmission lines by imposing a series voltage to the controlled DC line. In this work, in order to demonstrate the eligibilities of the HPFC, the performance of this device is included in the DC power flow formulation for the power flow control purposes. Finally, it will be shown through dynamic simulations that the proposed HPFC is able to control the power flow through a particular DC transmission line.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131006830","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":"Hybrid microgrid testbed involving wind/solar/fuel cell plants: A desing and analysis testbed","authors":"E. Kabalci, R. Bayindir, Eklas Hossain","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016511","url":null,"abstract":"This study introduces design, integration, control, and analysis of a hybrid microgrid (MG) testbed including a 300 kW wind energy plant of three 100-kW permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs), 50 kW solar energy plant of 200 solar panels, and a 50 kW fuel cell stack. Generation side of the hybrid plant coupled on 120V dc bus where wind energy plant consists of uncontrolled diode rectifier and dc-dc buck converter rail while the solar and fuel cell plants are just controlled by dc-dc buck converters. The energy conversion of solar energy plant is operated by using proportional-integral (PI) controller assisted perturb and observe (P&O) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. The dc-dc converters of the left generators are operated with PI controllers. All the dc-dc converters are constituted with mosfets that are switched at 30 kHz. The islanded AC grid of the plant is built by three-phase inverter that generates 480 V 60 Hz industrial voltages of the U.S. The inverter is operated by a sinusoidal pulse width (SPWM) modulator where the modulation index is set to 0.8 and switching frequency to 5 kHz. The proposed testbed is assumed essential to test and validate several case studies in terms of MG and renewable energy source integration issues. The most recent power control methods (PQ) and amplitude controls (V-f) can also be implemented by using the presented testbed.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"74 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":"132402481","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. Monadi, C. Koch-Ciobotaru, A. Luna, J. I. Candela, P. Rodríguez
{"title":"A protection strategy for fault detection and location for multi-terminal MVDC distribution systems with renewable energy systems","authors":"M. Monadi, C. Koch-Ciobotaru, A. Luna, J. I. Candela, P. Rodríguez","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016434","url":null,"abstract":"A fault location method and a fault clearance strategy are presented in this paper for medium voltage dc (MVDC) distribution system. MVDC systems are applicable for connection between microgrids (MGs) and integration of renewable energy systems (RESs) to distribution systems. Due to the specifications of fault current in dc systems, it is difficult to coordinate the over current (O/C) relays based on the time inverse grading. Hence, in this paper, a communication link between O/C relays is used to diagnose the fault location. On the other hand, the fault clearance is done by the operation of dc circuit breakers (DCCB) and isolator switches. In this protection strategy, O/C relays detect the faulty part using communication links and after the fault extinguishing by DCCBs, the dc switches isolate the faulty part. Finally, the sound parts of the system re-energize when DCCB are re-closed. Moreover, data transmission by communication links is based on the standard messages of IEC61850 protocol.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"11 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":"131909150","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}
E. Kamal, A. El Hajjaji, A. M. Mabwe, A. Aitouche, M. Davarifar
{"title":"Wind farm two-level control for energy management","authors":"E. Kamal, A. El Hajjaji, A. M. Mabwe, A. Aitouche, M. Davarifar","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016551","url":null,"abstract":"A new hierarchical control methodology for the wind farm is addressed in this paper, which consists of centralized and a decentralized controller level. The designed control strategy is able to regulate the output power of the wind farm to the reference power given by the system operators. The centralized controller level, which uses the If-Then fuzzy rules, optimize the whole wind farm power production by generating for each wind turbine generator individual unit the reference power signals whilst the decentralized controller level, which based on the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model, optimize the tracking reference power which given by the centralized controller level and guarantees the stability for wide range of the parameter uncertainties. At the decentralized controller, the stability conditions for the closed loop fuzzy system is using the Lyapunov stability theory and then sufficient design conditions are derived for robust asymptotic tracking in terms of linear matrix inequality. The design method employs the so-called parallel distributed compensation. The validation of the control strategy is done by simulations.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"31 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132810835","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. Jamil, R. Arshad, U. Rashid, Y. Ayaz, M. N. Khan
{"title":"Design and analysis of repetitive controllers for grid connected inverter considering plant bandwidth for interfacing renewable energy sources","authors":"M. Jamil, R. Arshad, U. Rashid, Y. Ayaz, M. N. Khan","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016429","url":null,"abstract":"The plant bandwidth plays a vital role in the design of any feedback controller. Its importance is more for repetitive controller (RC) based systems because it is required to provide higher gains at desired frequencies. This paper discusses design of the repetitive controller (RC) for a LCL filter based grid connected inverter with special emphasis on plant's bandwidth. The relation between plant bandwidth and the capacitor value of the LCL filter is also investigated. The effectiveness of the repetitive controller for different plant bandwidths is tested in the presence of different utility voltage harmonics and uncertainty in utility impedance. The results show that a suitable value of the capacitor in LCL filter must be selected in order to provide enough bandwidth for the repetitive controller to be effective.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"21 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":"134270324","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 massive integration of renewable power plants under new regulatory frameworks","authors":"J. Arrinda, J. Barrena, M. Rodriguez, A. Guerrero","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016428","url":null,"abstract":"Massive effective integration of renewable energies into the electric grid is an issue in almost all electric power systems. These renewable energy sources (RES) are usually based on wind and solar photovoltaic generation and cannot maintain a power reference due to variations in wind and solar irradiance. Currently the integration of these renewable energy sources is possible in strong power systems due to the support of the conventional power plants which maintain the stability of the power system. In weak networks instead, the massive integration of renewable generation systems could generate stability problems to the power system, so they are being required to provide grid support functions as voltage control and frequency control by the new regulations. Moreover, in order to reduce the uncertainty introduced by these RES, some governments are also compelling these RES to reduce the uncertainty of their generation. The main goal of this is to transform the behavior of the current uncontrollable RES to stable and predictable generation, converting it from variable and unpredictable generation into dispatchable generation. But to achieve this goal the RES have to be supported by Energy Storage Systems (ESS). In this paper two different representative regulatory requirements will be described, analyzing the philosophy of them and proposing solutions to face up to these new requirements, taking into account several factors as the location, efficiency of the equipments, and other technical issues.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"30 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":"130579900","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. Ignacio Candela, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez
{"title":"Proposals for flexible operation of multi-terminal DC grids: Introducing flexible DC transmission system (FDCTS)","authors":"K. Rouzbehi, A. Miranian, J. Ignacio Candela, A. Luna, P. Rodríguez","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016553","url":null,"abstract":"The current route of achieving the ultimate plan for flawless operation and control of the multi-terminal DC (MTDC) grids can be significantly accelerated by learning from the vast and valuable experiences gained from the operation of the AC power grids for more than a century. This paper introduces concept of flexible DC transmission system (FDCTS), inspired by the successful operation of flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS), to provide voltage regulation, power control and load flow control within MTDC grids. Considering the current advancements in the field of power electronics, this paper recognizes DC-DC converters as the first element of the FDTCS for providing voltage and power control in MTDC grids. By use of DC-DC converters, this paper developes two elements of the FDCTS, namely the cascaded power flow controller (CPFC) and hybrid power flow controller (HPFC). In this paper, to demonstrate the eligibility of the CPFC and HPFC to play the role of an FDCTS, they are included in the DC power flow formulation for DC voltage regulation and power flow control purposes.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"43 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":"122173708","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. Pattipati, B. Balasingam, G. V. Avvari, K. Pattipati, Y. Bar-Shalom
{"title":"Robust battery fuel gauge algorithm development, part 0: Normalized OCV modeling approach","authors":"B. Pattipati, B. Balasingam, G. V. Avvari, K. Pattipati, Y. Bar-Shalom","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016541","url":null,"abstract":"The open circuit voltage (OCV) characterization of Li-ion batteries as it applies to battery fuel gauging (BFG) in portable applications is considered in this paper. Accurate knowledge of the nonlinear relationship between the OCV and the state of charge (SOC) is required for adaptive SOC tracking during battery usage. BFG in portable applications requires this OCV-SOC characterization to be defined with a minimum number of parameters. With the help of OCV characterization data collected from 34 battery cells each at 16 different temperatures ranging from -25°C to 50°C, we present a novel normalized OCV modeling approach that dramatically reduces the number of OCV-SOC parameters and as a result simplifies and generalizes the BFG across temperatures and aging.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"13 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":"123591766","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":"Analyzing the effect of inverter efficiency improvement in wind turbine systems","authors":"Sadik Ozdemir, U. S. Selamogullari, O. Elma","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2014.7016449","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents the effect of efficiency improvement of wind turbine inverters-especially at low wind velocities-on generated wind energy. In order to present a detailed analysis, actual wind speed data is collected with one minute resolution in Istanbul, Turkey. The wind data is gathered at 10 meters and then projected to 30 meters. Technical data of a 20 kW wind turbine system is used to model the system and to calculate generated wind power. Data analysis shows that the wind turbine system needs to operate at low wind speed most of the time and wind turbine power electronic systems (inverters) should be designed accordingly to maximize wind potential. Case studies are completed to assess the effect of inverter circuit light load efficiency improvement on the energy yield.","PeriodicalId":243870,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA)","volume":"41 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":"128807207","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}