A. Reiman, S. Abate, T. Mcdermott, G. Reed, T. M. Croushore, J. Price
{"title":"Automating distributed solar impact analysis","authors":"A. Reiman, S. Abate, T. Mcdermott, G. Reed, T. M. Croushore, J. Price","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107211","url":null,"abstract":"Earlier work has shown how to perform system impact studies of distributed generation interconnections using lengthy model development and analysis. In order to reduce the analysis time, hosting capacity methods have been developed to determine, in advance, distributed generation interconnections that can be accepted at certain locations up to certain sizes, without detailed study. Hosting capacity studies also require lengthy model development and analysis steps. Using databases and geographic information systems, we report on a method that reliably and automatically builds a detailed circuit model. A web-based simulator executes scripted analysis tasks that focus on results needed for the interconnection study. Using these automated methods, it's possible to reduce the analysis time for a project's impact study to one day.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"162 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127362761","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":"A modified power flow algorithm in power systems with renewable energy sources","authors":"D. Contreras, J. Cañedo, D. P. Montoya","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107242","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper an algorithm for calculating the steady state of electrical networks including wind and photovoltaic generation is presented. The wind generators considered are; squirrel cage induction generator and doubly fed induction generator. The proposed algorithm is based on the formulation of nodal power injections that is solved with the Newton Raphson technique using complex matrices notation without modifying in size the original Jacobian matrix of the network. Each power injection of wind and photovoltaic generators is calculated independently at each iteration according to its particular mathematical model, which is generally non-linear. Results are presented with a 30-bus test system. The computation time of the proposed algorithm is compared with the conventional methodology to include alternative energy sources in power flow studies.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129928708","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":"Utilization of virtual buffer in local area grids for electricity storage in smart power systems","authors":"M. Alamaniotis, L. Tsoukalas","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107282","url":null,"abstract":"The term of smart electric power refers to utilization of information networks for the intelligent management of power systems. In particular, constraints in the physical layer may be compensated by capabilities uniquely offered by information technologies. This paper frames itself in the area of smart electric power systems, where information driven tools are utilized for implementing electricity storage through the use of demand anticipation. To that end, the notion of a virtual buffer is utilized as a mean to attain large scale electricity storage in local area grids. The proposed method is applied within the frame of the smart cities of the future where consumers will be able to lump and coordinate their consumption usage. Simulation results exhibit the potency of virtual buffer as a profound solution for electricity storage in local area grids. In particular, virtual buffer allows changes in electricity consumption of users, while retaining the aggregated cost of consumers, and minimizing the deviation from initial scheduled power as low as possible.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128953915","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":"Capacity value of photovoltaic systems and their impacts on power system reliability","authors":"Samer Sulaeman, M. Benidris, J. Mitra","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107329","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the various aspects of the capacity value of photovoltaic systems (PV-systems) and the effect of their penetration levels on power system reliability. Unlike wind power, the available output power of PV-systems can be classified into two specific time periods: certainly unavailable during the night and uncertainly available during the day. In other words, during the night, the output power is zero while during the day the output power experience uncertainties due to, among others, clouds and humidity. Therefore, this mixed behavior cannot be modeled as a stochastic variable during all time periods. The output power of PV-systems is clustered into bands and convolved with the output power of the conventional generators to determine the reliability indices and the capacity value. The IEEE RTS is used to demonstrate the effects of different strategies in calculating the capacity values of PV-systems. The results not only show that the capacity value is different for the two case scenarios but also the it decreases in a semi-linear manner as the size of the PV-system increases. Sequential Monte Carlo simulation is utilized to validate the results.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129173258","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}
Saleh S. Alharbi, Salah S. Alharbi, A. M. S. Al-bayati, M. Matin
{"title":"A comparative performance evaluation of Si IGBT, SiC JFET, and SiC MOSFET power devices for a non-isolated DC-DC boost converter","authors":"Saleh S. Alharbi, Salah S. Alharbi, A. M. S. Al-bayati, M. Matin","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107320","url":null,"abstract":"Power semiconductor devices made with wide-bandgap (WBG) materials such as Silicon Carbide (SiC) are improving the energy conversion efficiency, power density, and switching performance of converters. This paper presents a comparative performance evaluation of Si IGBT, SiC JFET, and SiC MOSFET power devices implemented in an otherwise identical, non-isolated dc-dc boost converter. Switching characteristics and energy loss are used to compare the performance of the three different devices. Overall converter performance is evaluated by measuring the total power loss and efficiency at different switching frequencies, load currents, and output power levels. The results show that the SiC MOSFET and SiC JFET perform better in the converter than the Si IGBT because of their lower on-state resistance and switching energy loss. The SiC power devices in the converter reduce total power loss due to their better switching performance at higher frequencies. The SiC converters are more efficient at increasing load currents and output power levels.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128852305","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}
Sahar Lashkarbolooki, A. Pahwa, A. Tamimi, R. Yokley
{"title":"Decreasing the ice storm risk on power conductors by sequential outages","authors":"Sahar Lashkarbolooki, A. Pahwa, A. Tamimi, R. Yokley","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107285","url":null,"abstract":"A tracing method is proposed in this paper to identify lines for outage for ice accumulation prevention on overhead lines during storms. The objective is to increase current flow on at-risk line by sequential outages of other lines in the network. The higher current flow causes more resistive power loss on line which increases temperature on the surface of the conductor. The outages are applied to the system sequentially in a priority order based on the sensitivity of line flow on the at-risk line to the outage of other lines. The procedure is stopped in case of non-convergence of power flow. All of the tracing procedures including power flow and contingency selection are calculated offline to achieve the most proper sequences. A 23-bus system has been used to evaluate performance of the method. All the calculation are done in PSSE software.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126702058","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}
Zhicheng Guo, M. Zarghami, Shiying Hou, Jianfei Chen
{"title":"Model predictive control for three-level boost converter in photovoltaic systems","authors":"Zhicheng Guo, M. Zarghami, Shiying Hou, Jianfei Chen","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107188","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a three-level Boost (TLB) converter maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control strategy for a two-stage photovoltaic (PV) system based on model predictive control (MPC) is proposed. This method realizes fast and precise control through establishment of a prediction model and minimization of a cost function. In the work, first a three-level predictive model for the boost converter is extracted, then a predictive control algorithm using the Perturb and Observe (P&O) method is proposed, and subsequently voltage balance of the neutral point of the converter is added to the control loop. Based on the proposed method, since the inverter is not obligated to control the DC-link neutral point voltage, its modulation can be used to realize other controls on the AC side to improve grid operation. Results of the control scheme have been verified through Matlab / Simulink, and the results have been in agreement with the expectations.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"294 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126103236","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":"Harmonic resonance repercussions of PV and associated distributed generators on distribution systems","authors":"S. Rangarajan, E. R. Collins, J. C. Fox","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107350","url":null,"abstract":"The problems associated with the harmonics needs more attention as more number of distributed generators like PV and wind are integrated into a distribution system. Although the integration presents a lot of benefits, satisfying the needs of local load requirements by reducing the line losses and facilitating congestion management, the problems of power quality that impact the distribution system become a priority. IEEE 519 describes network resonance as a major contributor impacting harmonic levels. LC and LCL filters on the AC side of PV Solar (PV) inverters that are designed to mitigate higher order harmonics tend to interact with the impedance of the entire network by exciting the harmonic resonance modes. Apart from that, wind based induction generators and induction motors are associated with terminal capacitors for voltage support. The interaction of such capacitive elements of distributed generators with the entire system impedance also impact resonance modes. To witness the impact of DG's, a control scheme for a 1.25 MW PV inverter based on hysteresis control with a simple LC filter is designed. This paper will serve as a reference for planning engineers and researchers working towards power quality by addressing the impacts of PV with distribution systems.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115830414","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":"Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for power system big data analysis","authors":"S. Plathottam, H. Salehfar, P. Ranganathan","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107202","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of automated power system data analysis using Deep Neural Networks (as part of the routine tasks normally performed by Independent System Operators) is explored and developed in this paper. Specifically, we propose to use the widely-used Deep neural network architecture known as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). To this end, a 2-D representation of power system data is developed and proposed. To show the relevance of the proposed concept, a multi-class multi-label classification problem is presented as an application example. Midcontinent ISO (MISO) data sets on wind power and load is used for this purpose. TensorFlow, an open source machine learning platform is used to construct the CNN and train the network. The results are discussed and compared with those from standard Feed Forward Networks for the same data.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131903295","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":"A comparative evaluation of HVDC ties using line commutated and modular multilevel converters","authors":"C. Rangel, M. Carrasco, F. Mancilla–David","doi":"10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107235","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional HVDC systems employ line commutated converters (LCCs) which are prone to commutation failures and feature significant harmonic distortion. Voltage source converter (VSC)-based HVDC systems have been employed to overcome these disadvantages, but their high switching frequency makes it difficult to scale to high power levels. Recently, a VSC topology named modular multilevel converter (MMC) has been introduced featuring higher power quality and reduced losses due to its modularity. Its application for HVDC transmission systems has already been studied in the literature and demonstrated in the field. In this paper, an HVDC tie based on back-to-back MMCs is realized, and a qualitative and quantitative comparative evaluation against its LCC-based counterpart is performed. The evaluation is grounded on a real case study, the Stegall HVDC tie, which provides power exchange between the western and eastern North American interconnections.","PeriodicalId":296428,"journal":{"name":"2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134254539","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}