S. Labdai, L. Chrifi-Alaoui, L. Nezli, B. Hemici, Mohamed Hamzaoui
{"title":"Synchronization of an isolated sensorless doubly-fed induction generator based wind energy conversion system","authors":"S. Labdai, L. Chrifi-Alaoui, L. Nezli, B. Hemici, Mohamed Hamzaoui","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741113","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we propose an observer-based synchronization of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) based-Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS). A new state-space model is represented by adding a capacitive filter in parallel with the machine and the grid. The observer then will be developed according to the new state model. The proposed controller and observer guarantees the stability of the system and its convergence to the desired magnitude and frequency. A robustness test will be conducted to test the estimation capability of the observer and the controller performances in the presence of external and internal perturbations. The simulation will be conducted using Simulink/Matlab. The obtained results will demonstrate the smooth sensorless synchronization of the DFIG based WECS.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134236596","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}
Zakaria Massaq, A. Abounada, O. Benkirane, M. Ramzi
{"title":"Modern Control of a Standalone Solar Pumping System Based on Asynchronous Motor","authors":"Zakaria Massaq, A. Abounada, O. Benkirane, M. Ramzi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741126","url":null,"abstract":"An effective control scheme of a standalone water pumping system powered by a photovoltaic (PV) source is presented in this contribution. The proposed solution aims to achieve robust control of the two stages of the pumping system. Therefore, a cascaded controller is designed for maximum power point tracking (MPPT), in which a perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm provides the optimal PV voltage. Then, a sliding mode controller (SMC) based on PWM is designed to regulate the input PV voltage. Subsequently, a fuzzy logic controller is designed to generate the reference speed which regulates the DC-bus voltage. Finally, predictive torque control (PTC) is applied to drive the induction motor (IM). In order to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed control methods, a simulation has been done within a dynamic change of irradiance.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133150724","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}
Chaimae Zedak, Abdelaziz Belfqih, Jamal Boukherouaa, A. Lekbich, F. El Mariami
{"title":"Photovoltaic and Battery Systems Control and Monitoring for Energy Management using IoT","authors":"Chaimae Zedak, Abdelaziz Belfqih, Jamal Boukherouaa, A. Lekbich, F. El Mariami","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741199","url":null,"abstract":"With the massive integration of solar photovoltaic installations in distribution networks, thanks to their cost which has decreased on a global scale, great interest has been directed towards the implementation of sophisticated systems of monitoring, control and automation of these units remotely using the Internet of Things (IoT). The main objective of this work is to implement a low-cost, secure, interoperable and scalable system to monitor photovoltaic installations and battery energy storage systems, integrated into distribution networks, in real time and to control them remotely for an optimal management of energy. An architecture, based on IoT technology and the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport protocol (MQTT), has been proposed and tested on a simple photovoltaic system in order to transmit the monitored data over the Internet and display them on a graphical interface. These collected data will also be used to feed the optimization and energy management algorithm, which aims to choose the optimal combination of production units having a low energy cost. Orders can therefore be sent from the interface to these units in order to execute the optimal decision of the algorithm.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"32 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115800409","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":"Performance Comparison of Support Vector Regression, Random Forest and Multiple Linear Regression to Forecast the Power of Photovoltaic Panels","authors":"Souhaila Chahboun, M. Maaroufi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741154","url":null,"abstract":"With the significant development and expansion of renewable energies, production sources have varied and the network has become more difficult to manage. Therefore, predicting the electricity generated by renewable sources has become critical. In this perspective, machine learning, as part of artificial intelligence, appears to be one of the best ways to achieve this aim. Machine learning techniques can control the variations in renewable energy output and therefore, facilitate their integration into the energy mix. Thus, one of the major goals of this research is to perform a comprehensive comparison of three popular machine learning techniques, including multiple linear regression, support vector regression and random forest, for the hourly prediction of the power produced by photovoltaic solar panels. Residual analysis is performed to visually test the investigated regression models. The results revealed that random forest achieved the best prediction accuracy in the testing phase with R2=96% and RMSE=0.39 KW.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122075565","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":"Evaluation of the Thermal Decomposition Behaviour of Algal Biomass in a Rotary Kiln Pyrolyser","authors":"Bothwell Nyoni, S. Hlangothi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741174","url":null,"abstract":"The evaluation of the pyrolysis behaviour of solid fuels is commonly performed by use of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) instruments. However, most TGA instruments simulate packed bed slow pyrolysis. The results generated by use of such instruments might need further mathematical manipulation in order to be applied in the design and operation of continuous biomass pyrolysis reactors that are being developed nowadays. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pyrolysis behaviour of algal biomass by use of a laboratory scale rotary kiln pyrolyser. This study managed to show that it is possible to study the pyrolysis behaviour of algal biomass in a rotary kiln reactor. The main decomposition temperature of algal biomass was found to be in the temperature range 200-500 °C.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127509603","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}
Hamza Chater, M. Asbik, I. Bakhattar, Khadija El Alami, A. Mouaky, A. Koukouch
{"title":"Towards the Utilization of Concentrating Solar Power as a Source of Heat for Hydrothermal Carbonization Process","authors":"Hamza Chater, M. Asbik, I. Bakhattar, Khadija El Alami, A. Mouaky, A. Koukouch","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741104","url":null,"abstract":"This preliminary experimental study tries to establish hydrothermal carbonization conditions using the concentrating solar test loop of Green Energy Park (Benguerir, Morocco) as the main source of heat. The experimental setup consists of a parabolic trough collector connected with a helical coil heat exchanger (HTX) that surrounds the external wall of a cylindrical batch reactor. This last component was partially filled with a mixture of demineralized water and dried raw olive pomace in appropriate portion. The mixture was heated by the thermal oil (Heat Transfer Fluid: HTF) circulating inside the HTX. Three K-type thermocouples were used for measuring temperature values at the entrance and at the exit of the serpentine as well as inside the batch reactor. Also, a flowmeter and a manometer measured the HTF flow rate and autogenous pressure inside the reactor respectively. Three temperature profiles are presented namely, temperature inside the batch reactor, HTF temperature at the heat exchanger entrance and at the serpentine exit. Also, different thermal powers, thermal efficiency and convective and overall heat transfer coefficients are examined.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"501 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116032205","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":"Smart Autonomous Greenhouse Design Modeling and Simulation as a Variable Structure Automatic System","authors":"N. M'Sirdi, Fabrice Aubepart, A. Belhani","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741159","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes our project to design a Smart Autonomous Greenhouse (SAG) and proposes a methodology of modeling suitable for simulation, analysis and control. This kind of Systems permanently interact with its environment. The smart greenhouse is equipped with a distributed control system using IoTs, wireless-sensors and actuators. We propose a Variable Structure and Switched System Models (VSAS) class for a robust modeling and control approach. VSAS models allow us to develop a Virtual Twin of the Smart Connected Greenhouse.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115663148","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}
Ismail El Hamzaoui, Abdelghani El Asli, Ezzaki Mitouilli, Mohammed El Kihal, Maryam Adwan, Ismail Achghani, M. Jadid
{"title":"The Design and Development of an Innovative and Environment Friendly Pilot Unit for the Transformation of Used Cooking Oils into Biodiesel in the City of Ifrane, Morocco","authors":"Ismail El Hamzaoui, Abdelghani El Asli, Ezzaki Mitouilli, Mohammed El Kihal, Maryam Adwan, Ismail Achghani, M. Jadid","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741209","url":null,"abstract":"The improper disposal of used cooking oils (UCO) in the environment represents significant health and environmental hazard. This paper presents a viable solution to the improper management of UCOs in the city of Ifrane, Morocco (14000 inhabitants). The solution consists of the collection of the city’s UCOs and their transformation into useful biodiesel. The project has been developed over the past four years and included multiple levels of intervention: research, engineering, social engagement, logistics and economics. In this paper, we focus solely on the technical and engineering design aspects of the project. An average of 300 liters of UCOs was collected each week from the various collection points in the city. A pilot unit with a production capacity of 250 liters of biodiesel per batch was developed: schematics, automation, and process flow are discussed. The pilot unit presented several opportunities for innovation beyond what is found in most literature on the subject. Solar energy and biomass are used to fulfill the heat requirement of the chemical reactions. The recycling of methanol and glycerol are performed. The entire transformation process is automated using open-source Arduino microcontrollers and switch relays. The biodiesel yield is estimated to be between 85% and 93% of the transformed UCO in about two hours of reaction. This work can be used by individuals, NGOs, actors in academic institutions, and local authorities as inspiration when tackling the issue of improper disposal of UCOs in their area from a technical design point of view.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129699626","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":"Comparative Study of DFIG Power Control using the Vector Control and Fuzzy Logic","authors":"Ikram Aissaoui, A. Essadki, Noureddine Elmouhi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741107","url":null,"abstract":"The wind industry is vibrant and already represents the clean technology that offers the greatest potential for decarbonization per MW of energy produced, that is why the development of wind turbines represents a major investment in technological research. This paper presents a comparative study of the active and reactive power of the doubly-fed induction generator integrated into a wind turbine using the vector control method and fuzzy logic.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125910778","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}
Imane Chaoui, I. Ndiaye, S. Abderafi, S. Vaudreuil, T. Bounahmidi
{"title":"Concentration Polarization Phenomena in Forward Osmosis Process: An Experimental Study","authors":"Imane Chaoui, I. Ndiaye, S. Abderafi, S. Vaudreuil, T. Bounahmidi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC53969.2021.9741134","url":null,"abstract":"Forward osmosis (FO), is membrane separation technology in its infancy with various applications such as desalination, power generation, in food industry and others. The technology has shown growing interest due to its numerous advantages and its potential for energy-saving. FO process is, however, still facing important limitations related to efficient membrane and draw agent to achieve higher performances. Water diffusion in FO is driven by the osmotic pressure gradient from a highly concentrated stream (draw solution) to a lower concentration solution (the feed stream) across a semi-permeable membrane. Concentration polarization (CP) phenomena have been reported to be the most important factor causing water flux decline in FO process. Reverse solute flux (RSF) is also considered as a major issue in FO. In this work, an experimental study has been carried out for the evaluation of CP phenomena and RSF in FO process. Ammonium bicarbonate and sodium chloride have been used respectively as draw and feed solutions. Results have shown that dilutive internal concentration polarization phenomena (ICP) induced a draw solution osmotic pressure reduction of 42%. Concentrative external concentration polarization (ECP) effects have shown to affect driving force to a lesser extent, the combined effect of ICP and ECP caused a water decline of 51.5%. A concentration profile based on the obtained results across the FO membrane has been defined.","PeriodicalId":361856,"journal":{"name":"2021 9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125024086","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}