{"title":"Research on voltage-inducting cascading trips of large-scale new energy in centralized system","authors":"Wei Hu, Xianzhuang Liu, Le Zheng, Guanteng Xiang","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381037","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid growth of new energy generation in China today is presenting new challenges for the stability of power grid. Based on the mechanism of voltage-inducting cascading trips of large-scale new energy in centralized system, this paper firstly proposes the definition of trip-off path to describe the detailed process of the failure, and builds the model of trip-off path searching and risk evaluation system. Furthermore, combined with the exiting control approaches, a hierarchical control strategy based on path blocking under multi-scenario is given out to prevent the cascading trip-off failure at different stages. Finally the strategy has been well applied in practical power system of Northwestern China and proved to be effective.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"1992 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125527238","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}
Xiaokang Xu, M. Bishop, Donna G. Oikarinen, Owen Lock
{"title":"Validation of a static VAr system model for a renewable project for grid code compliance","authors":"Xiaokang Xu, M. Bishop, Donna G. Oikarinen, Owen Lock","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381071","url":null,"abstract":"Power system dynamic models are the foundation for transient stability simulations which are usually part of transmission planning studies. Accurate dynamic simulations are crucial for reliable and secure operation of a transmission system and the precision of power system stability analysis depends on the accuracy of the models used to represent system equipment. Therefore, the validation of power system dynamic models is critical for producing correct simulation results. Comparison of dynamic simulations with field measurements is necessary to validate the quality of a dynamic model. This paper presents the validation process for a Static VAr System (SVS) model with field measurements for a transmission system application. The SVS under consideration includes a STATCOM (a FACTS device) and coordinated mechanically switched shunt elements. This SVS was designed and installed for a renewable project for grid code compliance. The control parameters of this model were first estimated and then tuned based on the actual equipment control parameters to fit simulations to field measurements from the transmission system. Comparison of the model simulation results with the field measurements shows that the validated model generates responses very close to the field test results. The SVS model validation and submission to the transmission system operator is a requirement of the grid code. The validated SVS model has been successfully used for several transmission planning studies and is appropriate and accurate for these types of studies.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127574418","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 new model for short-circuit current calculation of distribution networks integrated with numerous distributed generations","authors":"Yiwei Sun, B. Liu, Qing Yue, Yuchen Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Laijun Chen","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380879","url":null,"abstract":"With raising penetration of distributed generations (DGs), it is of great demand for accurate short-circuit current calculation which is the foundation of planning, operation and relay protection of power systems. When distribution networks are integrated with increasingly number of DGs, short-circuit current calculation becomes less convenient because the dimension of nodal admittance Y matrix expands a lot. This paper proposes a new model for short-circuit current calculation with a large amount DGs. Effects of those DGs on short-circuit current are modeled by a standard second-order linear ordinary homogeneous difference equation. With the proposed model, the nodal admittance Y matrix doesn't increase correspondingly when the amount of DGs increases. Thus, the proposed model saves a lot both in memory storage space and computing resource. Simulations are carried out in the IEEE distribution 33-bus system. Results demonstrate that the proposed model has equal accuracy as traditional method, and much higher efficiency in both memory storage and computing time cost.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130273183","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 reduced capacitance UPFC with active filtering capability for high PV penetration applications","authors":"M. Haque, P. Wolfs","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380887","url":null,"abstract":"The unified power flow controller (UPFC) can be applied in the four-wire low voltage (LV) distribution networks for voltage regulation and phase current balancing. Instantaneous reactive power theory shows that DC-bus capacitor power will fluctuate at twice mains frequency during any unbalanced operation. The DC bus voltage fluctuation is controlled by forcing the power balance between series and shunt converters of UPFC to reduce the DC bus capacitance. This reduction of DC bus capacitance allows long life ceramic or polypropylene capacitors to replace electrolytic capacitors. This paper aims to explore the active filtering capability of a reduced DC bus capacitance UPFC with an appropriate control strategy. A simulation study of the proposed topology is carried out and the results are presented in this paper. Simulation results confirm that the proposed device is capable of effectively removing harmonics from the PCC. In addition to this, it is capable of reactive power compensation, zero sequence or neutral current compensation and a degree of negative sequence current compensation.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115041795","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}
Can Dang, Xifan Wang, Xiuli Wang, Yunpeng Xiao, Weijun Teng
{"title":"Generation expansion planning with decomposition-coordination: An improved iterative method","authors":"Can Dang, Xifan Wang, Xiuli Wang, Yunpeng Xiao, Weijun Teng","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380968","url":null,"abstract":"Generation expansion planning (GEP) is becoming more complicated with the integration of renewable energy sources (RES). Using the decomposition-coordination technique, the nonlinear optimization problem of GEP is decomposed into sub-problems, whose results are coordinated to obtain the optimal GEP scheme by iteration. However, using the conventional iterative method to solve GEP is becoming more difficult with the integration of RES. In this paper, the iterative method is improved to solve GEP when RES are incorporated. By adaptively inheriting the iterated variables and searching for the optimal iterative direction, this method obtains more satisfactory GEP scheme with less computation time, and avoids entrapment in local optima. The effectiveness of the improved iterative method is proved in comparison with the conventional iterative method in case studies.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"2016 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114529297","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":"Pitch controller modeling for wind turbine power regulation using feed forward control strategies","authors":"K. Konara, M. Kolhe","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381018","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, pitch controlled power regulation of a horizontal axis wind turbine coupled with a fixed speed asynchronous generator is studied using SimulationX®. Wind turbines need to be operated as per specified power output vs wind speed characteristics of it. If the wind speed is between the cut-in wind speed and the rated wind speed, then the wind turbine needs to be operated constant Cp. If wind speed is between the rated speed and the cut-off wind speed, then the wind turbine needs to be operated for constant rated power. To extract rated power above rated wind speed a proper controller strategy is required. This work provides a simulation model for power regulation of a horizontal axis wind turbine system. In this work, power regulation using PID is implemented for the pitch control as well as the torque control along with the feed forward control strategies, when the wind speed is higher than the rated wind speed. This system consists of four models namely the wind profiles, energy extraction and torque generation model, gear system and the control system. The power regulation performance with proposed pitch controlling are presented for a selected wind profile.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116049380","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":"Identification of critical buses and weak transmission lines using inherent structural characteristics theory","authors":"Akintunde Samson Alayande, A. Jimoh, A. Yusuff","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380974","url":null,"abstract":"Power system components are susceptible to failures that could result in island formation which is highly undesirable and should be avoided. For a safe and reliable power system operation, all insecure operating states such as critical nodes and sets of candidate transmission links that could cause cascading outages within the networks must be quickly detected and identified in advance. This paper, therefore, investigates the relevance of Inherent Structural Characteristics Theory (ISCT) approach in this respect An insightful solution of the approach based on the atomic theory analogy is proposed. A Coupling Strength Index (CSI), which is capable of detecting the critical buses and weak transmission links within the power network is proposed. The effectiveness of the approach is tested using a 10-bus power system of equivalent Southern Indian network. Matlab 2013b environment is employed for the simulations. The results show viability of the approach for enhancing the operation of stressed power networks.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115422594","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 LVRT analysis of DFIG wind power system","authors":"H. Wen, Sijie Cai","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380998","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the modeling of the wind power system and low voltage ride through (LVRT) techniques for doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) wind energy system. Firstly the equivalent circuit and power transfer principle of DFIG are reviewed. A simulation model of DFIG system has been constructed in PSCAD, where the gird-side double closed loop vector control strategy is used to maintain a constant DC bus voltage and compensate for reactive power at power grid, while the stator-flux-oriented vector control is adopted in rotorside converter to achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for the DFIG wind turbine. LVRT techniques of DFIG are investigated and crowbar protection circuits were researched for this DFIG wind energy system.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123160305","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":"Analysis of the photovoltaic cells output power based on the door-connection under mismatch","authors":"Han Feng, M. Hou, Shiling Liu, Haozhi Wang","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380905","url":null,"abstract":"The traditional methods to solve the PV mismatch problem are using diodes and photovoltaic cells in series and in parallel to compensate voltage and current. Considering the cost of production, it is unrealistic that each photovoltaic cell parallels with one bypass diode. One bypass diode may parallels with dozen or more solar cells. Therefore, the connection of the photovoltaic cells in parallel with bypass diodes is very important. This paper proposes the traditional connection may reduce the whole PV modules output power when the shadow covers partial modules. A new photovoltaic cells connection, named \"door-connection\", is proposed to solve this problem. The paper analyses the characteristics of the door-connection output power in three typical shadow cases. It is proved that the new connection can improve the output power obviously compared with the traditional connection.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123201735","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":"Wireless temperature and illuminance sensor nodes with energy harvesting from insulating cover of power cords for building energy management system","authors":"M. Honda, T. Sakurai, M. Takamiya","doi":"10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381080","url":null,"abstract":"A new energy harvesting with low installation cost is proposed to enable stable power supply to battery-less wireless sensor nodes for energy management systems. Two electrodes (copper tapes) are attached on the insulating cover of two-wire power cords and the leakage electric-field energy is harvested by the capacitive coupling between the electrodes and the core wires. The proposed energy harvesting does not require an additional ground connection and the current in the power cords. 3-4V, 1.4μW is harvested with 20-cm electrodes from 100-V AC power supply. Temperature and illuminance sensor nodes with the proposed energy harvesting and ZigBee modules for the building energy management system are demonstrated. Both the temperature and illuminance are measured and transmitted to a wireless receiver within a 100-m radius every 250s.","PeriodicalId":439089,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124867414","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}