H. Mahmoudi, M. Aleenejad, Parvin Moamaei, R. Ahmadi
{"title":"Fuzzy adjustment of weighting factor in model predictive control of permanent magnet synchronous machines using current membership functions","authors":"H. Mahmoudi, M. Aleenejad, Parvin Moamaei, R. Ahmadi","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459225","url":null,"abstract":"One of the problems pertaining to model predictive control (MPC) of a motor drive system is choosing the weighting factors in the cost function. The prevalent approach to obtain the weighting factors is an empirical method. The weighting factors chosen by this method are always fixed and designed based on a single operating point. Therefore, the designed weighting factors are not suitable for the whole range of operation of the system. In this paper, a fuzzy based adaptive scheme for updating the weighting factors in a permanent magnet synchronous drive system is proposed to overcome this problem. Simulation and experimental results are provided to prove the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121790492","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":"Impact of demand response on Electric Vehicle charging and day ahead market operations","authors":"S. Raghavan","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459218","url":null,"abstract":"The orderly transition of the current electricity grid to a smarter grid facilitates the demand side to increasingly play a proactive role. Enabling technologies within the smart grid framework play a crucial role in alleviating systemic risks associated with capacity shortages, electricity price volatility and congestion by controlling end user electricity consumption through demand response (DR). With the impending large scale adoption of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs), DR becomes even more important to ensure the utilities are adequately prepared to manage the incremental demand imposed by PEV (Plug in hybrid and pure electric vehicle) charging. This paper evaluates the impact of scheduling the incremental demand imposed by the PEV on day ahead market operations. The objective function is to maximize the ISO (Independent System Operator) net surplus. Standard DC optimal power flow (DCOPF) for the ISO managed day ahead market operations is formulated subject to generation capacity, power balance and transmission line constraints. In the base case simulations, the impact of demand bid elasticity on locational marginal prices (LMPs) and ISO net surplus is evaluated for a 5 bus system. For two PEV penetration (10000 and 50000 PEVs) scenarios and three charging profiles (evening, off-peak and uniform), the impact of PEV charging on LMP, GENCO revenues and LSE payments are evaluated. Preliminary results indicate that percentage increment of the LSE payment vary from 0.6% to 12% over the baseline and LMP increment varies between 0.3 to 10%, depending on the time of charging and the size of the PEV fleet. It was also observed that by incorporating demand bid elasticity, more PEVs can be charged without causing an appreciable increase in the LMPs.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126622673","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":"An integrated dynamic pricing scheme for improving the smartness of off grid distributed generation","authors":"C. Monyei, B. Chong, A. Adewumi","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459240","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an integrated dynamic pricing scheme (iDPS) developed for an off grid community in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). This proposed model employs a neighbourhood approach in effectively determining the electricity units due to connected consumers based on their monthly contributions. Assuming base values, this model obviates the need for real time inputs from the users owing to the high illiteracy level in SSA and dynamically computes electricity price in real time such that below par paying consumers pay more compared to base or above base consumers. Additionally, the smart load distribution board employed ensures that electricity units are dispatched in quantized values demanding greater energy efficiency from the consumers. This model achieves economic accrual which guarantees the sustainability of the off grid DG project.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116766868","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":"Distribution automation reliability analysis using Markov models","authors":"Tamer Rousan","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459243","url":null,"abstract":"In the smart-grid era, distribution power systems are undergoing a great deal of renovation. Utilities, more than ever before, are adopting technologies that aim primarily at enhancing the reliability of the power delivery systems in a safe and sustainable manner. In this paper, we analyze the reliability enhancements that distribution automation technologies bring to power distribution systems. We offer a look at the reliability of three different utility power distribution system topologies: the first topology is a classical utility distribution feeder design where circuit reconfiguration and load transfer is only possible through manual field operations. In the second topology, a SCADA controlled switch replaces the manual switch in the first topology, where circuit reconfiguration and load transfer can be achieved quickly and remotely. In the third topology, automated SCADA controlled switches are installed on the distribution feeders, allowing automatic circuit reconfiguration and load transfer functionality. We evaluate and compare the performance of the three topologies using Markov models, computing in the process the key reliability and availability metrics.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133683096","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}
C. J. Lopez-Salgado, O. Añó, Diego M. Ojeda-Esteybar
{"title":"Hydrothermal scheduling with variable head hydroelectric plants: Proposed strategies using benders decomposition and outer approximation","authors":"C. J. Lopez-Salgado, O. Añó, Diego M. Ojeda-Esteybar","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459211","url":null,"abstract":"Hydrothermal scheduling is a complex task that must deal with problems distinguished by a stochastic, multi-objective, dynamic, nonlinear and non-convex character. This paper proposes two decomposition methods to address the short term hydrothermal scheduling of systems that have hydroelectric plants with nonlinear or non-convex productivity functions. One is based on the Benders Decomposition principle and the other on the Outer Approximation algorithm. Both strategies allow one to deal with multi-stage mixed integer nonlinear problems, by decomposing the original problem into problems of known structure, smaller size and complexity level, which can be later approached using the powerful mathematical optimization solvers available today. By means of two case studies, it will be demonstrated that the proposed strategies are effective and useful.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129630914","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}
F. Wilches-Bernal, C. Lackner, J. Chow, J. Sanchez-Gasca
{"title":"Small-signal analysis of power system swing modes as affected by wind turbine-generators","authors":"F. Wilches-Bernal, C. Lackner, J. Chow, J. Sanchez-Gasca","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459228","url":null,"abstract":"The power electronic grid interface of converter-based energy systems such as wind turbine-generators (WTGs) is modifying the dynamics governing power systems. For a fundamental understanding of the impact of power electronic interface on the electromechanical modes, that is, the synchronizing and damping torque on synchronous machines, this paper provides a small-signal analysis about the impact of WTGs on the local mode of a single-machine infinite-bus (SMIB) system. The main contribution is the incorporation of the WTG voltage control into the modal decomposition diagram of Heffron-Phillips and deMello-Concordia. Sensitivity coefficients are developed for the WTG voltage control loop and their impact on the real and imaginary parts of the local mode is illustrated with an example.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"732 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122936850","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 probabilistic forecasting model for accurate estimation of PV solar and wind power generation","authors":"Kofi Hagan, O. O. Oyebanjo, T. Masaud, R. Challoo","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459241","url":null,"abstract":"Wind and Solar power are the most promising and rapidly developing renewable energy technologies that exist in our world today. They are also termed variable energy resources since their natural resources, wind speed and solar irradiance, are intermittent in nature. This variability is a critical factor when estimating the annual energy of wind and solar sources. Capital and operational costs associated with their implementation are highly affected when inaccurate estimations are carried out. This paper presents a new forecasting model for solar irradiance and wind speed by utilizing historical hourly data to outline an annual eight-segment probabilistic model of wind and solar. The proposed methodology employs a probabilistic approach to estimate the hourly wind speeds and solar irradiance for a year. The model is used to estimate the annual energy produced by a 42.5 MW wind farm and a 1.5 MW PV array. The results are compared with a four-season estimation approach, which have shown a substantial improvement in the estimation accuracy of the total energy produced.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117283955","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}
Li Bin, Zhou Lin, Yu Xirui, Zheng Chen, Liu Jinhong, Xie Bao
{"title":"New control scheme of power decoupling based on virtual synchronous generator","authors":"Li Bin, Zhou Lin, Yu Xirui, Zheng Chen, Liu Jinhong, Xie Bao","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459257","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control strategy has received wide attention since it was proposed. In this article, the basis implementation of VSG, namely active and reactive power decoupling control, is discussed. Through analyzing the traditional power decoupling mechanism and its restriction in the medium and low voltage micro-grid, a new power decoupling scheme is proposed which combines adjusting the parameters of controller with adding virtual impedance. Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method and show that the new control scheme can implement power decoupling of VSG in the medium and low voltage microgrid and improve the adaptability of VSG in the micro-grid.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"78 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113968718","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":"Application of set-theoretic method to assess the locational impacts of virtual inertia services on the primary frequency responses","authors":"T. Xu, W. Jang, T. Overbye","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459253","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the increasing utilization of lightweight gas turbine units and renewable energy resources, the power grid is shifting towards a situation with less inertia, which results in the decline in system primary frequency responses and threatens the grid reliability. However, the capability of fast-acting storage devices to provide frequency response brings the operational flexibility into system dynamic performances. Therefore, it is of need to design a control algorithm to mimic the inertial responses using the fast-acting storage devices and to develop an appropriate tool to study the location-dependent impacts of the provided virtual inertia on the power system dynamic behaviors. This work explicitly applies the set-theoretic method to represent the effects of uncertain but bounded wind energy outputs and demand levels. The application of the set-theoretic methods significantly reduces the computational complexity by avoiding repeatedly running full transient stability simulations. Several illustrative simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method and to demonstrate the locational dependence of the impacts of the inertia services on the system dynamic behaviors.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"27 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116827737","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. Trabelsi, S. Bayhan, Morcos Metry, H. Abu-Rub, L. Ben‐Brahim, R. Balog
{"title":"An effective Model Predictive Control for grid connected Packed U Cells multilevel inverter","authors":"M. Trabelsi, S. Bayhan, Morcos Metry, H. Abu-Rub, L. Ben‐Brahim, R. Balog","doi":"10.1109/PECI.2016.7459233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2016.7459233","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a Model Predictive Control (MPC) for grid-tied Packed U Cells (PUC) multilevel inverter. The system under study consists of a single-phase 3-cell PUC inverter connected to the grid through filtering inductor. The proposed topology allows the generation of 7-level output voltage with reduction of passive and active components compared to the conventional multilevel inverters. The aim of the proposed MPC technique is to achieve grid-tied current injection, low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the current, unity power factor, while balancing the capacitor voltages at maximum power point (MPP). The feasibility of this strategy is validated by simulation using Matlab/Simulink environment.","PeriodicalId":359438,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115227749","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}