A new control approach to improve the overall performance of DFIG-based WECS
- Authors: Khamaira, Mahmoud , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed , Masoum, Mohammad
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings , Conference paper
- Relation: 24th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2014; Perth, Australia; 28th September-1st October 2014 p. 1-5
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- Description: Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIGs) are currently extensively used in variable speed wind power plants due to their superior advantages that include reduced converter rating, low cost, reduced losses, easy implementation of power factor correction schemes, variable speed operation and four quadrants active and reactive power control capabilities. On the other hand, DFIG sensitivity to grid disturbances, especially for voltage sags represents the main disadvantage of the equipment. In this paper, a coil is proposed to be integrated within the DFIG converters to improve the overall performance of a DFIG-based wind energy conversion system (WECS). A proportional integral (PI) controller to control the charging and discharging of the coil is introduced. Simulation results reveal the effectiveness of the proposed topology in improving the overall performance of the WECS under study.
A new topology for doubly fed induction generator to improve the overall performance of wind energy conversion system
- Authors: Khamaira, Mahmoud , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed , Masoum, Mohammad
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Elixir International Journal: Electrical Engineering Vol. 73, no. (2014), p. 26432-26435
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- Description: Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIGs) are currently extensively used in variable speed wind power plants due to their superior advantages that include reduced converter rating, low cost, reduced losses, easy implementation of power factor correction schemes, variable speed operation and four quadrants active and reactive power control capabilities. On the other hand, DFIG sensitivity to grid disturbances, especially for voltage sags represents the main disadvantage of the equipment. In this paper, a coil is proposed to be integrated within the DFIG converters to improve the overall performance of a DFIGbased wind energy conversion system (WECS). The charging and discharging of the coil are controlled by controlling the duty cycle of the switches of the dc-dc chopper. Simulation results reveal the effectiveness of the proposed topology in improving the overall performance of the WECS system under study.
Application of SMES unit to improve the overall performance of DFIG-based WECS
- Authors: Khamaira, Mahmoud , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed , Masoum, Mohammad
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings , Conference paper
- Relation: 2014 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting; National Harbor, United States; 27th-31st July 2014 Vol. 2014, p. 1-5
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- Description: Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIGs) are nowadays extensively used in variable speed wind power plants due to their advantages that include reduced converter rating, low cost, reduced losses with an improved efficiency, easy implementation of power factor correction schemes, variable speed operation and four quadrants active and reactive power control capabilities. On the other hand, DFIG sensitivity to grid disturbances, especially for the voltage dip represents the main disadvantage of the equipment. This paper presents the application of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) unit to improve the overall performance of a DFIG-based wind energy conversion systems (WECS). Two control approaches namely; hysteresis current controller (HCC) along with proportional integral (PI) controller and a fuzzy logic (FL) controller for the SMES unit are presented and compared. Various grid codes are used to examine the capability of the two proposed controllers to improve the low voltage ride through (LVRT) capability of the DFIG to maintain the wind turbine connection to the grid through fault durations.
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Digital implementation of a fault emulator for transient study of power transformers used in grid connection of wind farms
- Authors: Mesbah, Mohsen , Moses, Paul , Islam, Syed , Masoum, Mohammad
- Date: 2013
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- Relation: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy Vol. 5, no. 2 (2013), p. 646-654
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- Description: A real-time digital hardware simulation tool is developed to study the transient performance of three-phase power transformers used in grid connected wind farms. Using vector-based analysis for generating different voltage components, the fault simulator is capable of emulating a multitude of grid connection disturbances such as voltage sag, voltage swell, voltage unbalance, harmonics, dc-bias, and phase jump. This enables realistic real-time evaluation of power system faults and their impacts on critical components such as the interconnection transformers used in wind farms. In this paper, the proposed fault simulator has been employed to conduct an experimental study of the effects of balanced and unbalanced fault conditions on a three-phase three-leg power transformer. The transient current response of three-phase transformers subject to symmetrical/unsymmetrical faults is a complex issue due to the influences of multiple flux paths interacting within the core as well as ferromagnetic nonlinearities and core-structure asymmetry. So far, existing studies of this behavior have been restricted to computer modeling simulations with limited experimental work performed. The main contributions of this paper are to 1) present a new versatile fault simulator using a space vector modulation control approach to generate typical grid disturbances, and 2) apply the fault emulator to study the transient behavior of three-phase power transformers under various fault conditions common to wind farm interconnection transformers. The paper also discusses design, component selection, digital signal processing (DSP), and implementation aspects.
Enhancement of microgrid operation by considering the cascaded impact of communication delay on system stability and power management
- Authors: Aghanoori, Navid , Masoum, Mohammad , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Vol. 120, no. (2020), p.
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- Description: Power management, system stability and communication structure are three key aspects of microgrids (MGs) that have been explored in many research studies. However, the cascaded effect of communication structure on system stability followed by the impact of stability on the power management has not been fully explored in the literature yet and needs more attention. This paper not only explores this cascaded impact, but also provides a comprehensive platform to optimally consider three layers of MG design and operation from this perspective. For generation cost minimization and stability assessment, the proposed platform uses an adaptive particle swarm optimization (PSO) while a new class of data exchange scheme based on IEC 61850 protocol is proposed to reduce the communication time delays among the inverters of distributed generations and the MG control center. This paper also considers the system stability using small-signal model of a MG in a real-time manner as an embedded function in the PSO. In this context investigations have been conducted by modeling an isolated MG with solar farm, fuel cell generator and micro-turbine in MATLAB Simulink. Detailed simulation results indicate the proposed power and stability management method effectively reduces the MG generation cost through maximizing the utilization of the available renewable generations while considering system stability. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Forecasting plug-in electric vehicles load profile using artificial neural networks
- Authors: Panahi, Delshad , Deilami, Sara , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings , Conference paper
- Relation: 25th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2015; Wollongong, Australia; 27th-30th September 2015 p. 1-6
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- Description: Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are becoming very popular these days and consequently, their load management will be a challenging issue for the network operators in the future. This paper proposes an artificial intelligence approach based on neural networks to forecast daily load profile of individual and fleets of randomly plugged-in PEVs, as well as the upstream distribution transformer loading. An artificial neural network (ANN) model will be developed to forecast daily arrival time (Ta) and daily travel distance (Dtr) of individual PEV using historical data collected for each vehicle in the past two years. The predicted parameters are then will be used to forecast transformer loading with PEV charging activities. The results of this paper will be very beneficial to coordination and charge/discharge management of PEVs as well as demand load management, network planning and operation proposes. Detailed simulations are presented to investigate the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed forecasting strategy.
Improving voltage of remote connection using wind-solar farms equipped with new voltage control strategy based on virtual impedance monitoring enabled by IEC 61850 communication
- Authors: Aghanoori, Navid , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Nethery, Steven
- Date: 2019
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- Relation: IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution Vol. 13, no. 11 (2019), p. 2112-2122
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- Description: This study explores how the voltage control of a remote part of the utility gird can be improved using more sophisticated voltage control on wind-solar farms equipped with fast communication platforms. The idea is to make renewable plant the master voltage controller during large disturbance events in the grid. This is done by proposing an enhanced voltage droop control strategy based on instantaneous reactive power consumption by monitoring the virtual impedance of the point of connection using a new customised data class model of IEC 61850 communication protocol. The conventional centralised voltage droop control strategy and the proposed instantaneous direct voltage control method are both implemented on the White Rock Solar Wind Farm in NSW, Australia and their performances are compared using both MATLAB Simulink simulations under 5% voltage step disturbances, single-phase-to-ground and three-phase-to-ground faults as well as some tests conducted in the field.
Investigation of microgrid instability caused by time delay
- Authors: Aghanoori, Navid , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed , Nethery, Steven
- Date: 2017
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- Relation: 10th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ELECO 2017; Bursa, Turkey; 29th-2nd December 2017 Vol. 2018, p. 105-110
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- Description: This paper investigates the impact of time delay in the control of a grid-connected microgrid with renewable energy resources. The considered microgrid has a critical load that needs to be powered and protected in the event of grid voltage disturbance while the microgrid maintains connection to the grid. Three case studies are performed considering three different time delays to indicate the advantages of fast communication system in the performance of renewable microgrids. Detailed simulation results illustrate that the proposed communication system using IEC 61850 substation automation standard provides better voltage and current quality to the critical local load with larger phase and gain margins while keeping the microgid connected to main grid.
Offline to online mechanical deformation diagnosis for power transformers
- Authors: Hashemnia, Naser , Masoum, Mohammad , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2014
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- Relation: 24th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2014; Perth, Australia; 28th September-1st October 2014 p. 1-5
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- Description: Internal winding deformations of power transformers can be detected using the conventional offline frequency response analysis (FRA) which is a well-known and widely accepted tool for the detection of winding and core deformations. In addition of being offline technique, interpretation of FRA signature is based on graphical analysis that requires skilled personnel as there is no reliable standard code for FRA signature identification and quantification. This paper presents the possibility of using an alternative online technique based on construction a voltage-current (ΔV-I) locus of the operating transformer and considering it as a reference signature. In order to fully explore the performance and reliability of the new proposed approach particularly for real-life distribution transformers, the paper investigates and compares the performance of the proposed and the FRA approaches for disk space variation and axial displacement faults. The transformer distributed parameter model is used to simulate FRA signatures while a detailed three-dimensional finite element model is used to generate the ΔV-I louses for healthy and faulty operating conditions. Simulation results are compared to highlight the advantages and limitations of the two internal fault detection strategies.
Online coordination of plug-in electric vehicle charging in smart grid with distributed wind power generation systems
- Authors: Masoum, Amir , Deilami, Sara , Masoum, Mohammad , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings , Conference paper
- Relation: 2014 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting; National Harbor, United States; 27th-31st July 2014 Vol. 2014, p. 1-5
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- Description: Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and wind distributed generations (WDGs) will represent key technologies in the future smart grid configurations. PEV charging at high penetration levels requires substantial grid energy that can be partially supplied by WDGs. This paper examines the impacts of WDGs on performance of recently implemented online maximum sensitivities selection based coordination algorithm (OL-MSSCA) for PEV charging. The algorithm considers random arrivals of vehicles and time-varying market energy price to reduce the total cost of energy generation for PEV charging and the associated grid losses while providing consumer priorities based on defined charging time zones. OL-MSSCA will be improved to also consider DGs while maintaining network operation criteria such as maximum generation limits and voltage profiles within their permissible limits. Detailed simulation is performed on the modified IEEE 23kV distribution system with three WDGs and 22 low voltage residential networks populated with PEVs. The main contributions of this paper are inclusion of WDGs in OL-MSSCA, as well as detailed investigations on the impacts of their peak generation times, penetrations and locations on the performance of smart grid populated with PEVs.
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Online optimal variable charge-rate coordination of plug-in electric vehicles to maximize customer satisfaction and improve grid performance
- Authors: Hajforoosh, Somayeh , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2016
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- Relation: Electric Power Systems Research Vol. 141, no. (2016), p. 407-420
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- Description: Participation of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) is expected to grow in emerging smart grids. A strategy to overcome potential grid overloading caused by large penetrations of PEVs is to optimize their battery charge-rates to fully explore grid capacity and maximize the customer satisfaction for all PEV owners. This paper proposes an online dynamically optimized algorithm for optimal variable charge-rate scheduling of PEVs based on coordinated aggregated particle swarm optimization (CAPSO). The online algorithm is updated at regular intervals of Δt = 5 min to maximize the customers’ satisfactions for all PEV owners based on their requested plug-out times, requested battery state of charges (SOCReq) and willingness to pay the higher charging energy prices. The algorithm also ensures that the distribution transformer is not overloaded while grid losses and node voltage deviations are minimized. Simulation results for uncoordinated PEV charging as well as CAPSO with fixed charge-rate coordination (FCC) and variable charge-rate coordination (VCC) strategies are compared for a 449-node network with different levels of PEV penetrations. The key contributions are optimal VCC of PEVs considering battery modeling, chargers’ efficiencies and customer satisfaction based on requested plug-out times, driving pattern, desired final SOCs and their interest to pay for energy at a higher rate.
Optimal scheduling of LTC and switched shunt capacitors in smart grid concerningovernight charging of Plug-in Electric Vehicles
- Authors: Deilami, Sara , Masoum, Amir , Masoum, Mohammad , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2015
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- Relation: AASRI International Conference on Applied Engineering Science, ICAES 2014; Los Angeles, United States; 23rd-24th July 2014 p. 71-76
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- Description: It is well-known that load variation and nonlinearity have detrimental impacts on the operation and performance of the conventional power systems and future smart grids (SGs) including their voltage profiles, power quality, losses and efficiency particularly during the peak load hours. This paper will perform optimal scheduling of transformer load tap changer (LTC) and switched shunt capacitors (SSCs) in smart grid with nonlinear loads and plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging activities to improve voltage profile, reduce grid losses and control the total harmonic distortion (THD). An established genetic algorithm (GA) for the dispatch of LTC/SSC and a recently implemented algorithm based on maximum sensitivity selections (MSS) optimization for coordination of PEVs are used to perform detailed simulations and analyses.
Overnight coordinated charging of plug-in electric vehicles based on maximum sensitivities selections
- Authors: Masoum, Amir , Deilami, Sara , Masoum, Mohammad , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2015
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- Relation: AASRI International Conference on Applied Engineering Science, ICAES 2014; Los Angeles, United States; 23rd-24th July 2014 p. 65-70
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- Description: The future smart grid (SG) will be populated with high penetrations of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that may deteriorate the quality of electric power. The consumers will also be seeking economical options to charge their vehicles. This paper proposes an overnight maximum sensitivities selection based coordination algorithm (ON-MSSCA) for inexpensive overnight PEV charging in SG. The approach is based on a recently implemented online algorithm (OL-MSSCA) that charges the vehicles as soon as they are randomly plugged-in while considering SG generation, demand and voltage constraints. In contrast to the online approach, ON-MSSCA relies on inexpensive off-peak load hours charging to reduce the cost of generating energy such that SG constraints are not violated and all vehicles are fully charged overnight. Performances of the online and overnight algorithms are compared for the modified IEEE 23kV distribution system with low voltage residential feeders populated with PEVs.
Performance evaluation of on-line transformer winding short circuit fault detection based on instantaneous voltage and current measurements
- Authors: Masoum, Ali , Hashemnia, Seyednaser , Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2014
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- Relation: 2014 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting; National Harbor, United States; 27th-31st July 2014 Vol. 2014, p. 1-5
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- Description: This paper investigates the performance of a recently proposed on-line transformer winding short circuit fault detection approach through detailed nonlinear three-dimensional finite element modelling of windings, magnetic core and transformer tank. The technique considers correlation of instantaneous input and output voltage difference Δ V=(v1(t)-v2(t)) and instantaneous input current I=i(t) at the power frequency as a fingerprint of the transformer. The on-line measured ΔV-I locus of healthy and faulty transformer are compared to detect the internal fault. A detailed three-dimensional finite element transformer models based on the physical dimensions, parameters and magnetic core characteristics are developed and used to emulate internal winding short circuit faults and calculate the corresponding transformer ΔV-I locus. Detailed simulations and some laboratory measurements are performed and analysed to investigate the impact of winding short circuit faults on the on-line transformer ΔV-I locus.
Reactive power/voltage control for unbalanced distribution system using genetic algorithms
- Authors: Ulinuha, Agus , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2014
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- Relation: 24th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2014; Perth, Australia; 28th September-1st October 2014 p. 1-7
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- Description: The unbalanced conditions are taken into account in the Reactive Power/Voltage control of distribution system. The aim of the control is to simultaneously minimize energy loss and improve voltage profile. The control is carried out by optimal dispatch of load tap changers (LTC) and shunt capacitors considering unbalanced conditions. A genetic algorithm (GA) is developed to determine the load curve partition for effective LTC scheduling and switching constraint satisfaction. GA is also appointed to determine the optimal dispatch schedule of the devices and to check the fulfillment of switching constraints prior to performing calculations. For power flow analyses under unbalanced conditions, a forward/backward propagation algorithm is developed. The optimization is implemented on the IEEE 34-bus unbalanced distribution system, and the presented system improvements are highlighted. The main contribution is inclusion of unbalanced system conditions into the optimal dispatch problem considering different daily load curves for the three phases of distribution system.
Real-time charging coordination of plug-in electric vehicles based on hybrid fuzzy discrete particle swarm optimization
- Authors: Hajforoosh, Somayeh , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2015
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- Relation: Electric Power Systems Research Vol. 128, no. (2015), p. 19-29
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- Description: The main impact of uncoordinated plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging is adding new time-variant loads that can increase the strains on the generation units, transmission and distribution systems that may result in unacceptable voltage drops and poor power quality. This paper proposes two dynamic online approaches for coordination of PEV charging based on fuzzy genetic algorithm (FGA) and fuzzy discrete particle swarm optimization (FDPSO). The algorithms will minimize the costs associated with energy generation and grid losses while also maximizing the delivered power to PEVs considering distribution transformer loading, voltage regulation limits, initial and final battery state of charges (SOCs) based on consumers' preferences. The second algorithm relies on the quality and speed of DPSO solution for more accurate and faster online coordination of PEVs while also exploiting fuzzy reasoning for shifting charging demands to off-peak hours for a further reduction in overall cost and transformer loading. Simulation results for uncoordinated, DPSO, FGA and FDPSO coordinated charging are presented and compared for a 449-node network populated with PEVs. Results are also compared with the previously published PEV coordinated charging based on maximum sensitivity selections (MSS). Main contributions are formulating the PEVs charging coordination problem and applying different optimization methods including online FGA and FDPSO considering different driving patterns, battery sizes and charging rates, as well as initial SOCs and requested final SOCs. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.
Time-delay analysis of wide area voltage control considering smart grid contingences in real-time environment
- Authors: Musleh, Ahmed , Muyeen, S. , Al-Durra, Ahmed , Kamwa, Innocent , Masoum, Mohammad , Islam, Syed
- Date: 2018
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- Relation: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Vol. 14, no. 3 (2018), p. 1242-1252
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- Description: IEEE This paper addresses the time delay effects of the wide area monitoring and control systems (WAMCS) in smart power grids which may critically impact system stability. The main purpose is to conduct a detailed delay analysis of the WAMCS in case of grid contingences. This analysis is performed via an advanced WAMCS testbed where a wide area controller (WAC) for a flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) device is implemented. The real-time measurements for the WAC are collected using phasor measurements units (PMU). The testbed is resulted from an interface of four main segments known as the WAC, the actual FACTS device, the local area controller, and the power grid system along with the PMUs are simulated via real time digital simulator (RTDS). To mimic the real case scenario both hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) schemes are adopted in the experimental testbed, considering time delay effects. The results obtained clarify the effect of delay in WAMCS in case of smart grid contingences.
Understanding power transformer frequency response analysis signatures
- Authors: Abu-Siada, Ahmed , Hashemnia, Naser , Islam, Syed , Masoum, Mohammad
- Date: 2013
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- Relation: IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine Vol. 29, no. 3 (2013), p. 48-56
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- Description: This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the effects of various faults on the FRA signatures of a transformer simulated by a high-frequency model. The faults were simulated through changes in the values of some of the electrical components in the model. It was found that radial displacement of a winding alters the FRA signature over the entire frequency range (10 Hz-1 MHz), whereas changes due to axial displacement occur only at frequencies above 200 kHz. A Table listing various transformer faults and the associated changes in the FRA signature was compiled and could be used in the formulation of standard codes for power transformer FRA signature interpretation.