{"title":"An Electrode Model to Ascertain the Effects of Voltage and Tip Radius with Gap Distance on Electric Field of Transformer Oil","authors":"Niharika Baruah, Mrutyunjay Maharana, S. K. Nayak","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658753","url":null,"abstract":"Dielectric liquids are a major part of the insulation system in high voltage equipment like the transformer. The reliability of the liquid is very much critical for proper operation of the power apparatus. With the increase in electrical stress, the oil begins to ionize and a streamer develops. In due course, the growing streamer causes an electric breakdown. These streamer discharges are not desirable as they ruin the life of the insulation system. In this paper, a 2D COMSOL Multiphysics electrode model is proposed for streamer formation with needle-plane geometry with a different tip radius of the needle. A needle tip is considered so as to replicate any impurity present in the oil. The method of Finite element analysis (FEA) is applied for discretization of the COMSOL model. This analysis helps to understand the effect of variation of the electric field along the axial length of the geometry considering changing tip radius of the needle. For the simulation study, various voltage levels are used and the distance between the needle and the plane is also changed in steps of 5mm, from 15mm to 30mm. The simulation results show that higher electric field magnitude is obtained with smaller needle tip radius. The higher the field magnitude, lower is the voltage required to initiate streamer. As the applied voltage increases, the magnitude of electric field also increases. It is inferred that for the development of discharges in the transformer oil, the needle with lower radius is the suitable as the electric field produced from such surfaces is very high, which produces streamers at low voltages. A comparative study of the simulation results is done for varying voltage levels and tip radius at different gap distances to understand the mechanism behind the streamer formation.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123217735","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":"Electrical and Thermal Modelling to Evaluate Photovoltaic Module Performance in Varying Outdoor Condition","authors":"H. Brahma, Labanya Baruah, N. Sarmah","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8659221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8659221","url":null,"abstract":"The incident solar radiation on the surface of the photovoltaic (PV) module is not fully utilized for electricity generation since part of it contributes to heat generation in the module. Therefore it is important to consider both electrical and thermal performance of PV module/panel for a location before its installation. The present work evaluates the electrical parameters of the PV module (multicrystalline) using numerical method. The current-voltage characteristics under varying outdoor conditions has been measured and validated with the experimental results. Also a 3D thermal model has been designed using COMSOL Multiphysics to understand the temperature distribution profile in the cells of the module and its effect on the electrical performance of the PV module.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123235200","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}
Dhananjay Srivastava, Sandeep Sharma, Keyurkumar Patel, A. Mehta
{"title":"Second Order SMC Controller Design for Rotary Inverted Pendulum: An Underactuated System","authors":"Dhananjay Srivastava, Sandeep Sharma, Keyurkumar Patel, A. Mehta","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658369","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents design and simulation of Second Order Sliding Mode Controller for a rotary inverted pendulum. The rotary inverted pendulum is a bench mark problem for many industrial problem and challenging one for control engineers. The Euler-Lagrange equations and Taylor's linearization method are used to derive the linear model in the state space form. A super-twisting algorithm of second order sliding mode controller is used to design controller. To show the efficacy of the controller, the simulation results are compared with the LQR control and conventional sliding mode control technique. The simulation was carried out using MATLAB/Simulink R2016 version. The robustness of the closed-loop system is also endowed by injecting matched disturbance,","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123870178","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 Analysis of DC-DC Converter Topologies and MPPT Techniques Used in SPV Based Water Pumping System Using BLDC Motor","authors":"Manish Kumar, Md. Nishat Anwar, Anand Kumar","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658498","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with comparative analysis of DC-DC converters and MPPT Techniques BLDC motor driven water pump powered by Solar Photovoltaic Array (SPV). The better selection of DC-DC converter and suitable MPPT techniques is important for maximum utilization of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV)array power and soft starting of BLDC motor. The two prevalent MPPT Techniques, Incremental conductance (INC)and Perturb and Observe (P&O)are uses and their result is compared under changing climate condition. This work also compares the two DC-DC converters i.e. Buck-Boost and Cuk for 3–0 VSI connected BLDC motor and their result demonstrate that Incremental Conductance (INC)with the Cuk converter is a compatible combination for Solar Photovoltaic (SPV)based water pumping system.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121767246","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":"Magnetic Levitation System Control Strategy Based on Backstepping Technique to Design Sliding Mode Controller","authors":"Writuparna Saikia, Arobindra Saikia","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658598","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetically levitated ball is a highly nonlinear system in nature in presence of disturbances. In this paper first backstepping controller is designed and system behavior is observed. After that a Sliding Mode Controller (SMC) having a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) sliding surface based on the backstepping technique is designed. The tracking of the magnetic ball is more accurate using Backstepping based Sliding Mode Controller in comparison to the backstepping controller with pulse signal as disturbance. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127775523","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}
Anand Kumar, R. Raman, Debayan Sarkar, P. Sadhu, A. Banerjee
{"title":"Improvement in Performance of Induction Heating System Using Direct AC-AC Boost Converter","authors":"Anand Kumar, R. Raman, Debayan Sarkar, P. Sadhu, A. Banerjee","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658690","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the unique advantages of induction heating (IH), it becomes the current technology of choice in the modern domestic application. So for designing of this system, efficiency is the key parameters which improve the performance of whole IH system. In order to achieve this goal, a direct AC-high frequency AC Boost converter is presented which converts utility AC to HFAC in a single stage conversion. Also, it reduces the component counts and stress level of voltage/current across the switches. This proposed topology is designed for 2.5 kW and verified through MATLAB/SIMULINK environment with extensive studies of simulation results.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126661471","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 Load and Wind Uncertainties on Capacity Factor of Thermal Generators","authors":"Rajat Kanti Samal, M. Tripathy","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658495","url":null,"abstract":"Wind energy is one of the most preferred renewable energy options. However, the availability of wind is uncertain and this introduces uncertainties in the power system operation. Inclusion of wind power in power systems is expected to replace thermal generation in near future. In this context, policy makers are concerned about the impact of wind energy on the capacity factor of the existing thermal generators. This impact might be profound when wind uncertainty is combined with load uncertainty. The current work analyses the impact of wind and load uncertainty on the capacity factor of the thermal generators. For this two wind farms are incorporated in 6, 10 and 40 generator systems, economic emission dispatch is performed and the capacity factors before and after wind integration are compared. It is found that wind integration do affect the capacity factors profoundly and this impact varies across test systems.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115958574","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":"Numerical Analysis of Solar Triangular Air Duct with Conical Turbulators","authors":"Parag Jyoti Bezbaruah, R. S. Das, B. Sarkar","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8659188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8659188","url":null,"abstract":"Solar air heater is a device that converts incoming solar radiation into usable heat energy. But its low heat transfer coefficient is a constraint attached to its widespread use. Disturbance or roughness on the absorber plate creates turbulence in the fluid flow which results in the increase of heat transfer coefficient. In the past, such kinds of investigations have been carried out with different roughness shapes in different shape of ducts. In this paper, a numerical investigation is conducted on a solar triangular air duct with conical protrusion turbulators for a relevant range of Reynolds number and wide geometrical parameters. Commercially available ANSYS FLUENT 18.1 is used to numerically simulate the 3D model of triangular duct with conical turbulators. The SST k-ω model is employed to solve the turbulent flow governing equations as it is found to have good agreement with the empirical formula for flat plate collector. Effect of roughness height, e=0.8-1.7 mm and roughness pitch, P=10-18 mm on dimensionless performance parameters of solar air collector is observed at a wide range of Reynolds number, Re=3000-18000. Sixteen different geometrical configurations are considered for overall investigation. Optimum geometrical configuration of conical turbulators is evaluated.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128798163","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 and Analysis of EMI and RFI Suppressor for Induction Heating Equipment Using Vienna Rectifier","authors":"R. Raman, Paromita Sadhu, Anand Kumar, P. Sadhu","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658871","url":null,"abstract":"The proposed paper deals with the design and analysis of EMI and RFI suppressor for high frequency Induction Heating equipment (IHE) using Vienna Rectifier (VR). The simulations have been performed in PSIM software. The induction heating technology uses high frequency switching devices that are responsible for the generation of high frequency harmonics. The latter has an innate tendency to flow back towards the supply side which leads to the deterioration of the power quality. In this present work, an Induction Heating Equipment comprising of Vienna Rectifier has been proposed that a has much better harmonic attenuation ability than the existing ones using active and passive filters. The THD of the input current of an IHE with and without the application of VR has been compared to show the necessity and importance of the latter in the former. Moreover, attention has been paid off to the design of a controller for VR based on hysteresis comparators for its application in IHE.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130935024","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":"Comprehensive Evaluation of Renewable and Conventional Electric Utility of India Under Noncooperative and Cooperative Environment","authors":"S. Singhal, B. Rawat, H. Gupta","doi":"10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPETSG.2018.8658646","url":null,"abstract":"This work evaluates the performance of renewable and conventional energy power corporations of India using DEA. The analysis has been carried out based on both self and peer evaluation DEA models. Self-evaluation model reveals that only 7 out of 17 DMUs are CCR efficient. It has also been observed that amongst these fully efficient DMUs, 60% are government funded electric utilities. Performance of several private corporations is sub-optimal, suggesting the potential for operation and maintenance cost reductions. In order to study the performance of renewable energy power plants, appropriate parameters have been chosen from the data set and results reveal that 75% of the renewable energy generation plants have efficiency score greater than 0.75. Peer evaluation of the DMUs provides the basis for ranking based on the cross efficiency score. Aggressive and Benevolent models are used to study the performance of the DMUs under non-cooperative and cooperative conditions. Then the electric utilities that generate renewable energy are found to either maintain or improve their ranking under aggressive conditions.","PeriodicalId":385912,"journal":{"name":"2018 2nd International Conference on Power, Energy and Environment: Towards Smart Technology (ICEPE)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121850982","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}