{"title":"Dual Closed-Loop Scheme with Lead Compensator and Proportional Controller for Quasi Z-Source Inverter Based STATCOM","authors":"K. H. Law, Wendy Pei Qin Ng","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684182","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last decade, numerous control schemes have been proposed by researchers for quasi Z source inverter (qZSI) to provide fast dynamic response and good transient performances. This paper proposed a novelty and an effective tuning method of dual-loop controller based on lead compensator and proportional (P) controller for single-phase qZSI to ensure reliable DC-link power regulation. Specifically, lead compensator and P controller act as voltage control and current control loop, respectively, to generate the desired shoot-through duty cycle feeding towards the unipolar carrier based pulse width modulation (CB-PWM). The lead compensator contributes to move the system poles from the left to the right half of the s-plane while the P controller damps any high frequency oscillation occurrence caused by the newly sited complex conjugate pole pair. To demonstrate the effectiveness and the feasibility of the proposed controller, the qZSI is utilized as a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) system to provide reactive current compensation at the point of common coupling (PCC). All simulation models and results which documented in this paper are carried out using MATLAB/Simulink software.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127994869","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}
A. Nasib, M. H. Ahmad, N. Azrin, Z. Nawawi, M. Sidik, M. Jambak, R. F. Kurnia
{"title":"Silicone Rubber Nanocomposites filled with Silicone Nitride and Silicone Dioxide Nanofillers: Comparison of Electrical Treeing and Partial Discharge Characteristics","authors":"A. Nasib, M. H. Ahmad, N. Azrin, Z. Nawawi, M. Sidik, M. Jambak, R. F. Kurnia","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684054","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents comparative study on electrical treeing with its associated partial discharge (PD) grown in silicone rubber (SiR) samples having different concentration of silicon dioxide (SiO<inf>2</inf>) and silicon nitride (Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>) nanofillers. Despite many studies on electrical treeing in SiR with SiO<inf>2</inf> nanofillers, none of the publication have reported on Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> nanofillers for the purpose of the electrical tree growth suppression. By applying a fixed AC voltage of 12 kV at power frequency of 50 Hz, the treeing experiments were conducted on unfilled SiR, SiR/SiO<inf>2</inf>, and SiR/Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> nanocomposites with 1, 3, and 5 weight percentages (wt%) of filler weight concentration and the treeing parameters were observed together with its correlated PD patterns. This study found that among the samples of SiR, SiR/SiO<inf>2</inf> and SiR/Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>, the best nanocomposites to suppress the electrical tree growth is SiR/Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>. Moreover, when the electrical treeing progresses, the PD activity shows increment thus indicating correlation in both parameters which can be a key tool for monitoring unseen treeing in opaque samples.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128642076","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}
A. Kewo, Pinrolinvic D. K. Manembu, Xiufeng Liu, P. S. Nielsen
{"title":"Statistical Analysis for Factors Influencing Electricity Consumption at Regional Level","authors":"A. Kewo, Pinrolinvic D. K. Manembu, Xiufeng Liu, P. S. Nielsen","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684037","url":null,"abstract":"A regional analysis of factors influencing electricity consumption is performed using panel dataset. It was identified that climate factors and an economic factor of hotel occupancy could be used to characterise the regional monthly electricity consumption. This study selects Jakarta, Indonesia as the case study, covering the monthly time period from 2006-2012. Multiple linear regression approach is applied to analyse the association between the continues variables. The computation and visualisation is executed in R. One of the explanatory variables, namely hotel room occupancy, is interesting to be analysed in this case because the case study is the capital of the country. Many national events are being held centrally in Jakarta. In practice, limited studies have used this variable to model electricity consumption. The finding shows that the simplest model is conducted by excluding the variable day of rain and variable rainfall that slightly contribute to the model. The result identifies that the relationship between electricity consumption and hotel occupancy is statistically significant, as well as the relationship between electricity consumption and temperature.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129907435","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":"Optimal Energy Management of an Autonomous Hybrid Energy System","authors":"A. Obaro, J. Munda, M. Siti","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684131","url":null,"abstract":"The rising operating cost of power systems and over-utilization of fossil fuel deposits have led to continuous energy scarcity and a wide gap between energy demand and supply. These pose critical challenges across the world. The renewable energy sources (RESs) provide a viable and sustainable energy alternative which is capable of meeting the exponential energy growth, reducing over-dependency on fossil fuels as well as minimizing global warming. This paper presents an optimal control and management of an autonomous hybrid energy system (AHES) that reliably supplies energy demand at a minimum daily operating cost. The non-linear cost function is formulated as a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem to optimize the use of renewable resources and minimize the utilization of diesel generator (DG). The unpredictability inherent in RESs is addressed through the optimal design and management of multiple energy generation sources, and battery storage system (BSS). The MINLP optimization technique employed is validated with a dynamic commercial daily load profiles. The simulation results show that the proposed hybrid system significantly minimizes daily operating cost and improves supply reliability when compared to DG-single system.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125897844","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}
Nursyahirah Mohd Shatar, Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Shaikh Salim, M. Ariff, M. N. Muhtazaruddin, Ahmad Kamil Ahmad Badlisah
{"title":"Design of Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Generator (PV-TEG) Hybrid System for Precision Agriculture","authors":"Nursyahirah Mohd Shatar, Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Shaikh Salim, M. Ariff, M. N. Muhtazaruddin, Ahmad Kamil Ahmad Badlisah","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684059","url":null,"abstract":"Precision agriculture is gaining more interest amongst farmers and entrepreneurs as an alternative way to growing plants. Current trend shows the implementation of precision agriculture system to be used in indoor farming, thus allowing crops to be harvested throughout the year regardless of seasonal changes. However, the main challenge with implementing this system is the high energy consumption of the technologies used in the system. Therefore, this paper presents proof of concept solution to manage the energy consumption of the precision agriculture system by designing a hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator (PV-TEG) system as a power supply. The hybrid system power output is to be compared to a standalone solar photovoltaic system. A simple mathematical modelling using Matlab/Simulink is done to estimate the hybrid systems feasibility to provide sufficient power to run the precision agriculture system electrical load for a set period of time. An experimental approach will be done to validate the hybrid systems ability to provide power in real time.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116741406","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":"Segmentation of Residential Customer Load Profile in Peninsular Malaysia using Jenks Natural Breaks","authors":"N. Khamis, Tan Ching Sin, G. C. Hock","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684113","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presented two time periods segmentation based on the six (6) actual residential customers load profile data collected from the Smart Saver pilot project implemented in Peninsular Malaysia using Jenks Natural Breaks. The load profile was collected through the smart meter installed in the residential area which has the capability of recording household electricity consumption at 30-minutes intervals or 48-time intervals in a day. A randomize 40-customer within ±40% range based on the actual residential load profile were generated to determine the effect of the segmentation using the proposed method. A two periods segmentation using Jenks Natural Breaks was performed based on the randomization of the 40-customer load profiles. Time-of-Use periods are proposed for the residential customers in Peninsular Malaysia via the load profile collected. The results indicate that the time-of-use Peak period is between 7.00am to 7.00pm while the Off-Peak period is between 12.00am to 7.00am and 7.00pm-12.00pm.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116290606","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}
Adrian Stuart Tang, V. Ramachandaramurthy, A. Pouryekta, S. Padmanaban, S. Umashankar
{"title":"Stability Enhancement of Islanding Event Through Boundary Detection and Voltage Stability Index","authors":"Adrian Stuart Tang, V. Ramachandaramurthy, A. Pouryekta, S. Padmanaban, S. Umashankar","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684064","url":null,"abstract":"The use of distributed generation (DG) in distribution system is on the rise. In some setups, DG enables the distribution systems to operate in autonomous mode. However, this mode is not widely utilized due to safety and stability issues. This paper presents a scheme that facilitates the distribution system to maintain stability when transitioning to autonomous mode. Firstly, boundary detection method is proposed to determine the topology of the island formed. Next, voltage collapse prediction index (VCPI) is adopted to determine the stability state of each bus in the islanded system. For the third step, a stability enhancement scheme based on VCPI to shed the critical bus for stabilizing the system is proposed. The proposed scheme is simulated in a generic 9-bus system via EMTDC/PSCAD and MATLAB software operating in parallel. Results show that the proposed scheme can identify the island topology accurately and maintain voltage stability post-islanding.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131683490","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. A. Bakar, N. Tan, A. Ramasamy, Mohd Ridzal Othman, I. Ariffin
{"title":"Impact of Active and Reactive Current Injections of Utility-Scale PV Generators during Low-Voltage Ride-Through","authors":"M. A. Bakar, N. Tan, A. Ramasamy, Mohd Ridzal Othman, I. Ariffin","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684166","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the impact of injection of active and reactive current during low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) events of utility-scale PV generators on the behaviour and stability of a power system. Injection of additional reactive current and active current limitation during LVRT is considered following grid codes requirements in Germany. The German grid code prioritizes reactive current injection for dynamic voltage support. This paper also derives a method of injection of active and reactive current during LVRT by changing the current ratio based on the connection-code requirements of the Malaysian grid code. The study is carried out via simulations using DIgSILENT software on a modified IEEE 9-bus system. Results from the simulation are compared and discussed showing that the bus voltage profile fares better when priority is given to injection of capacitive reactive current during an LVRT event.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122740784","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}
A. Naderipour, Z. Abdul-Malek, E. Abohamzeh, V. Ramachandaramurthy, M. R. Miveh
{"title":"Control strategy of Grid-Connected PV Inverters in Microgrid with Nonlinear Operating Conditions","authors":"A. Naderipour, Z. Abdul-Malek, E. Abohamzeh, V. Ramachandaramurthy, M. R. Miveh","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684119","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a current control strategy for a Photovoltaic (PV) system in three-phase three-wire grid-connected microgrids under unbalanced and nonlinear load conditions. The proposed control strategy comprise of a multi-loop control technique to provide balanced output current, multi-resonant harmonic compensator to reduce the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and a droop-based control scheme to achieve accurate power sharing. Additionally, the current THDs were reduced from above 17.51% to lower than 3% with the proposed control strategy under nonlinear load conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy was proven via simulation using MATLAB/Simulink.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"27 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134506167","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":"Potential of Deploying Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) for Biomass Cofiring in Malaysia’s Largest Coal Power Plant","authors":"S. F. Salleh, A. Abd Rahman, T. Abdullah","doi":"10.1109/PECON.2018.8684124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684124","url":null,"abstract":"In support of energy sector decarbonisation, this work investigated the potential of cofiring biomass in the largest operating coal power plant in Malaysia, Stesen Janakuasa Sultan Azlan Shah (SJSAS). Empty fruit bunch (EFB), a palm oil mill residue in the form of biomass pellet has been identified as the promising feedstock for this purpose. The EFB pellets will be sourced from 25 palm oil mills within 100 km distance surrounding SJSAS. Collectively, they have the potential to supply 538,478 metric ton of pellets annually to the power plant. This amount would account to a thermal substitution of 4.3%, with a potential net reduction of 1,175,151 metric ton of CO2 emission. The average cost of EFB pellets per metric ton was estimated to be RM 295.64, 1% slightly higher than the current price of coal. This work concludes that biomass cofiring is instrumental in the low carbon transition plan of electricity supply industry in Malaysia.","PeriodicalId":278078,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124558856","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}