{"title":"A comparative study of voltage gain tolerance in conventional and three-level LLC converters against circuit variation","authors":"Hiroyuki Haga, H. Maruta, F. Kurokawa","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884527","url":null,"abstract":"This paper clarifies the relationship between voltage gain tolerance and resonant circuit components variation for mass production of LLC converters. The LLC converter is a good solution for high power application, hence many PV systems which use LLC converter have been proposed. The combination of the LLC converter and a multi-level conversion technique is also proposed to overcome a drawback of the LLC converter. It is important on mass production stage to clarify the relationship between its voltage gain tolerance and resonant circuit component variations, however it has rarely studied. Therefore, we study the voltage gain tolerance against three normalized parameters related to the resonant circuit with Monte Carlo simulation. As a result, it has found that a conventional LLC converter and a three-level LLC converter have approximately same voltage gain tolerance characteristics; small inductance ratio makes the voltage gain tolerance to be small and a quality factor has an insignificant effect on the tolerance when a normalized frequency is almost unity; small tolerance area appears on a quality factor-inductance ratio plane when the normalized frequency is lower than unity.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122573263","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":"Single diode model parameters analysis of photovoltaic cell","authors":"M. T. Ahmed, Teresa Gonçalves, M. Tlemçani","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884368","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper it is proposed to obtain enhanced and more efficient parameters model from generalized five parameters (single diode) model of PV cells. The paper also introduces, describes and implements a seven parameter model for photovoltaic cell (PV cell) which includes two internal parameters and five external parameters. To obtain the model the mathematical equations and an equivalent circuit consisting of a photo generated current source, a series resistor, a shunt resistor and a diode is used. The fundamental equation of PV cell is used to analyse and best fit the observation data. Especially bisection iteration method is used to obtain the expected result and to understand the deviation of changes in different parameters situation at various conditions respectively. The produced model can be used of measuring and understanding the actions of photovoltaic cells for certain changes and parameters extraction. The effect is also studied with I-V and P-V characteristics of PV cells though it is a challenge to optimize the output with real time simulation. The working procedure is also discussed and an experiment presented to get the closure and insight about the produced model and to decide upon the model validity. At the end, we observed that the result of the simulation is very close to the produced model.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122579701","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":"Modeling and analysis of coordinated control strategies in AC microgrid","authors":"H. Wen, Huang Yu, Yihua Hu","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884424","url":null,"abstract":"With the fast development of renewable energy, the traditional power system is unable to utilize and integrate distributed energy resources (DER) easily. Microgrids can integrate micro sources, distributed storage devices and active loads altogether and play an important role to link customers and micro sources. In this paper, several common micro sources such as wind turbine, microturbine and solar PV are introduced with their operating characteristics. The mathematical models of these distributed generations (DG) and renewables will be analyzed and built in software PSCAD. In addition, PQ control strategy is applied on some sources to maintain a controllable active and reactive power output. The grid-connected micro-grid which contains a wind turbine generation system, a micro-turbine generation system and critical or non-critical loads was built up and the system level simulation was carried out for different operating scenarios.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128540676","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 optimization ofan interior permanent magnet synchronous machine (IPMSM) for electric vehicle application","authors":"H. Turker","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884491","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to optimize the performances of an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (IPMSM) for an Electric Vehicle application. The originality of this work concerns the use of a Reluctance Network (RN) method which furnishes the harmonics of output parameters (i.e. torque and back-emf) and automatically generates the derivative of the model. Then, precise and very fast optimizations are performed own to gradient method as Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP). Results are also compared to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and several optimizations are presented. Finally, the proposed method helps engineers to have a better sense of machines behavior and to quickly optimize the geometry of their machines during preliminary Design Process.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130504212","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. Rajesh, S. Dash, Bayinder, R. Sridhar, R. Rajagopal
{"title":"Implementation of an adaptive control strategy for solar photo voltaic generators in microgrlds with MPPT and energy storage","authors":"K. Rajesh, S. Dash, Bayinder, R. Sridhar, R. Rajagopal","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884439","url":null,"abstract":"In the recent years, microgrids have become increasingly popular among the consumers due to its energy efficient mechanism, network benefits and improved energy reliability. However, when they are operated as autonomous systems, several technical problems related with its operations and control has emerged as a challenge. To overcome this impending issue, this paper proposes an optimized approach by implementing adaptive solar PV generators with MPPT control (maximum power point tracking) to support an islanded microgrid in a low voltage network. Due to improper control and high maintenance, the PV generator provides very low efficiency during conversion. Therefore, the proposed strategy offers an effective coordination between inverter V-f control (voltage and frequency) and P-Q control, MPPT control and energy storage control of the islanded microgrids to remove device fluctuations and deviations. Also, the control strategy employed take care of State of Charge (SOC) stabilization of battery unit. The simulation of the proposed model is carried out in Matlab/Simulink. The results clearly confirm the potency of suggested controlling and adaptive strategy.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130631614","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":"Single ground fault location algorithm in DC microgrid based on wavelet transform","authors":"Rui-peng Yang, R. Cuzner","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884467","url":null,"abstract":"As the proliferation of distributed generation and power electronic equipment in power systems, direct current (DC) microgrid has emerged and attracted more research attention. Protection of DC microgrid is a significant challenge and to build a well-functioning protection system, locating faults accurately is important. This is especially the case with the location of ground faults in DC microgrid because of the high likelihood of capacitors connected to ground associated with the connected distributed resources. The focus of this paper is to apply Wavelet Transform to decompose the common mode currents which are collected at different sensor points in a community DC microgrid and methodologies for the capture and characterization of single ground faults at different locations within the microgrid. Based upon these characterizations, a single ground fault location algorithm in DC microgrid is proposed. MATLAB/Simulink and PLECS are used to assist in the process. A community DC microgrid model is built based upon the sharing of energy resources among interconnected homes and single ground faults at different locations are applied.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123955965","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 of swarm intelligence based optimal controller to direct matrix converter used in renewable energy system","authors":"M. Şenol, Haluk Gözde, M. Taplamacioglu, M. Ari","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884546","url":null,"abstract":"Direct matrix converters (DMC) allow desired AC power flow from supply to load. Desired AC power means voltage and current having required magnitude and frequency. DMC is a type of AC-to-AC power converter having relatively small dimensions of circuits which provide substantial advantages to them. In this study, the new swarm intelligence (SI) based control method is suggested to control 3-phase DMC so as to improve the robustness of DMC control system which its importance increases in the renewable sources, energy restorers and variable speed drives technologies. The proposed method generates optimal switching states by using a swarm optimization algorithm and also applies them to the power switches of DMC. As example of SI based algorithm, Chaotic Based Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm is performed since their relatively short program codes and superior convergence performance. Also THD analysis is used in order to compose expected performance of the controller.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123515191","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. Abdollahi, J. I. Candela, J. Rocabert, R. Aguilar, J. Hermoso
{"title":"Synchronous power controller merits for dynamic stability improvement in long line by renewables","authors":"M. Abdollahi, J. I. Candela, J. Rocabert, R. Aguilar, J. Hermoso","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884438","url":null,"abstract":"Growing universal demand for greater use of renewable energy resources (RES) installed in dispersed location, has caused to more urgent need for long transmission systems to use these green sources. Small signal stability is one of vital challenges for transmission system operators in presence of big RES. In this paper, a Static Synchronous Generators based in Synchronous Power Controller (SSG-SPC) is presented and its capabilities for dynamic stability enhancement in a long AC transmission system is investigated. Dynamic modelling of a long line and then study in Uncompensated and Compensated cases by using time domain simulation and modal analysis, and then experimental test confirms that SSG-SPC can be effective in active damping of power oscillations and reducing small signal stability challenges.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126281016","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 PV-UPS system with multilevel structure of power converters and reliability improvment","authors":"C. Vieira, V. Pires","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884461","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new configuration for an uninterruptible power system (UPS) with the integration of a photovoltaic system (PV. Currently, the safest way to supply energy to critical equipment or data processing system is still the use of an online UPS. On other hand, normally it is not required to use the same security for a PV system. This work proposes the integration of these two systems resulting not only in the improvement of the PV system reliability but also of the UPS system. This integration will also result in a multilevel structure for the electronic power converter systems with the inherent advantages of this structure. A control system for the proposed structure will also be presented. Several simulation results will be presented to verify the operation of this hybrid system.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"C-34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126490540","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":"Alternative renewable energy producing systems by utilizing piezoelectric transducers","authors":"A. Özdemi̇r, Sibel Akkaya Oy","doi":"10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884357","url":null,"abstract":"Main purpose of this manuscript is to show and discuss some alternative renewable energy producing systems by utilizing piezoelectric crystal materials. It is known that piezoelectric materials have the ability to produce electricity from mechanical strain. This type of materials can be used for renewable energy production. In this study, 5 different designs are introduced as alternative energy producing systems by using piezoelectric materials. These kinds of systems utilizing piezoelectric materials need mechanical vibration for electricity producing. This mechanical vibration can be obtained from various sources such as wind or wave. These 4 designs are conceptual and it open to further improvements and critics. A major advantage of piezoelectric crystals over conventional materials such as the solar panels or thermoelectric generators used in renewable energy production is the significant cost efficiency and lower depreciation time.","PeriodicalId":287863,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125646108","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}