Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928636
Joseph Olufemi Dadam
The deregulation of electricity market in Nigeria has opened up the requirement for information exchange among the market players in order to guarantee the reliability and security of the interconnected power system. Information and data exchange in heterogeneous data environment of the diverse market players are difficult due different data model and organization. This paper presents a bottom-up modeling approach of information exchange system for Nigerian deregulated electric power market using Multi-Agents System (MAS). To construct the MAS system, the functionalities of the agents, the interactions among the agents, and agent architecture are designed. A MAS for data communication based on the proposed architecture is an effective way of integrating heterogeneous data sources from the diverse players in the electricity market in Nigeria. MAS is well suitable for considering different scenarios of information exchange among market players as well as testing different requirements of information exchange in the electricity market.
{"title":"A Multi-Agent System Architecture for Deregulated Electricity Market Communications in Nigeria","authors":"Joseph Olufemi Dadam","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928636","url":null,"abstract":"The deregulation of electricity market in Nigeria has opened up the requirement for information exchange among the market players in order to guarantee the reliability and security of the interconnected power system. Information and data exchange in heterogeneous data environment of the diverse market players are difficult due different data model and organization. This paper presents a bottom-up modeling approach of information exchange system for Nigerian deregulated electric power market using Multi-Agents System (MAS). To construct the MAS system, the functionalities of the agents, the interactions among the agents, and agent architecture are designed. A MAS for data communication based on the proposed architecture is an effective way of integrating heterogeneous data sources from the diverse players in the electricity market in Nigeria. MAS is well suitable for considering different scenarios of information exchange among market players as well as testing different requirements of information exchange in the electricity market.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133198861","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928766
O. Babayomi, Abubakar U. Makarfi
This paper presents a review of the state of the art of energy efficiency in unmanned aircraft systems. Key characteristics include the dominance of battery-powered small and micro-unmanned aircraft, micro-turbine powered micro unmanned aircraft and gas turbine-powered large unmanned aircraft. Key development trends include the improvement of fuel cell technologies for usability in unmanned aircraft systems and improved composite structures for lighter weight unmanned aircraft. Key current issues such as the specific energy density and power of all the available propulsion types are highlighted. The paper concludes with a discussion of expected future trends in the efficiency of unmanned aircraft propulsion during coming years.
{"title":"Energy Efficiency in Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Review","authors":"O. Babayomi, Abubakar U. Makarfi","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928766","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a review of the state of the art of energy efficiency in unmanned aircraft systems. Key characteristics include the dominance of battery-powered small and micro-unmanned aircraft, micro-turbine powered micro unmanned aircraft and gas turbine-powered large unmanned aircraft. Key development trends include the improvement of fuel cell technologies for usability in unmanned aircraft systems and improved composite structures for lighter weight unmanned aircraft. Key current issues such as the specific energy density and power of all the available propulsion types are highlighted. The paper concludes with a discussion of expected future trends in the efficiency of unmanned aircraft propulsion during coming years.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133273344","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928751
Akintunde Samson Alayande, Osita U. Omeje, C. Awosope, T. Akinbulire, F. Okafor
This paper focusses on how the operational performance of power system networks can be significantly enhanced based on the topology of the network. This enhancement in the operational performance of the network is achieved through the reactive power injection using the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). The mathematical formulations based on circuit theory are presented. The location for the placement of UPFC is determined using an index termed Network Branch Index (NBI). Based on the suitable locations identified using NBI, the influence of UPFC on the operational performance, such as voltage magnitude at every bus of the network and network transmission loss is investigated. A 6-bus system is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach. The simulations are carried out using Power System Analysis Toolbox (PSAT) in the MATLAB environment. The dynamic behavior of the network is investigated when the identified critical line is subjected to contingency analysis. The results obtained show the capability of the NBI technique and also show that there is a significant enhancement in the voltage profile of the network as well as a significant reduction in the transmission line loss when UPFC is placed based on the location identified by the NBI. The results obtained from this study show the role of the network topology in identifying a suitable location for reactive power injections, through FACTS devices, within power systems.
{"title":"On the Enhancement of Power System Operational Performance Through UPFC: A Topological-Based Approach","authors":"Akintunde Samson Alayande, Osita U. Omeje, C. Awosope, T. Akinbulire, F. Okafor","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928751","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focusses on how the operational performance of power system networks can be significantly enhanced based on the topology of the network. This enhancement in the operational performance of the network is achieved through the reactive power injection using the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). The mathematical formulations based on circuit theory are presented. The location for the placement of UPFC is determined using an index termed Network Branch Index (NBI). Based on the suitable locations identified using NBI, the influence of UPFC on the operational performance, such as voltage magnitude at every bus of the network and network transmission loss is investigated. A 6-bus system is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach. The simulations are carried out using Power System Analysis Toolbox (PSAT) in the MATLAB environment. The dynamic behavior of the network is investigated when the identified critical line is subjected to contingency analysis. The results obtained show the capability of the NBI technique and also show that there is a significant enhancement in the voltage profile of the network as well as a significant reduction in the transmission line loss when UPFC is placed based on the location identified by the NBI. The results obtained from this study show the role of the network topology in identifying a suitable location for reactive power injections, through FACTS devices, within power systems.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131025876","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica46609.2019.9078672
Obianuju V. Chukwuorji, B. Saka, I. D. Inuwa, S. Hussein, Sadiq Thomas, Steve A. Adeshina
The inadequacy of the power supply in Nigeria seems to have defied all solutions proffered over the years by experts. The involvement of the private sector which became necessary by the unbundling of the singular public utility company Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has done little to improve the situation. This paper proposes the use of smart grid and distributed generation to improve the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power in the country. Smart Grid technologies which incorporates communication technologies into the conventional grid as we know, brings about adequacy in generation, transmission and distribution of power, which has so far been lacking in the contemporary Nigerian society. The communication systems incorporated in the smart grid allows a two-way communication between the utility company and consumers. This is needed in a situation such as ours as it gives consumers the power to regulate their consumption while giving the utility companies real time online information from the consumer end. Distributed generation on the other hand makes it possible to incorporate renewable energy sources which the country has in abundance into the power supply mix. This paper discusses the various benefits derivable from the use of these technologies as a solution to the epileptic and inadequate supply presently experienced in the country.
{"title":"Smart Grid and Distributed Generation: A Panacea for Nigeria’s Power Problems","authors":"Obianuju V. Chukwuorji, B. Saka, I. D. Inuwa, S. Hussein, Sadiq Thomas, Steve A. Adeshina","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica46609.2019.9078672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica46609.2019.9078672","url":null,"abstract":"The inadequacy of the power supply in Nigeria seems to have defied all solutions proffered over the years by experts. The involvement of the private sector which became necessary by the unbundling of the singular public utility company Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has done little to improve the situation. This paper proposes the use of smart grid and distributed generation to improve the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power in the country. Smart Grid technologies which incorporates communication technologies into the conventional grid as we know, brings about adequacy in generation, transmission and distribution of power, which has so far been lacking in the contemporary Nigerian society. The communication systems incorporated in the smart grid allows a two-way communication between the utility company and consumers. This is needed in a situation such as ours as it gives consumers the power to regulate their consumption while giving the utility companies real time online information from the consumer end. Distributed generation on the other hand makes it possible to incorporate renewable energy sources which the country has in abundance into the power supply mix. This paper discusses the various benefits derivable from the use of these technologies as a solution to the epileptic and inadequate supply presently experienced in the country.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124422724","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928642
Chukwuemeka Chiatula, B. Saka, Thomas Sadiq, Steve A. Adeshina, J. Tsado
The growing awareness of carbon emissions in power generation, increased electricity demand and difficulties in the integration of renewable energy into the grid cannot be overlooked. This calls for the development of a more flexible and controllable grid called the Smart Grid. This paper gives an overview of the different Smart Grid agents such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Renewable Energy, Improved Transmission Applications, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and Grid Management Systems. These agents were placed in phases to show the different progressive stages of the Smart Grid integration into the existing power system. The impact of the transformation of the existing power grid to the future grid was broken down into three stages: The end-user experience sphere, smart grid sphere and systems sphere. Defining these stages in smart grid maturity will give us a concept of a pathway towards achieving the solution goals of an intelligent grid.
{"title":"The Smart Way","authors":"Chukwuemeka Chiatula, B. Saka, Thomas Sadiq, Steve A. Adeshina, J. Tsado","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928642","url":null,"abstract":"The growing awareness of carbon emissions in power generation, increased electricity demand and difficulties in the integration of renewable energy into the grid cannot be overlooked. This calls for the development of a more flexible and controllable grid called the Smart Grid. This paper gives an overview of the different Smart Grid agents such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Renewable Energy, Improved Transmission Applications, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and Grid Management Systems. These agents were placed in phases to show the different progressive stages of the Smart Grid integration into the existing power system. The impact of the transformation of the existing power grid to the future grid was broken down into three stages: The end-user experience sphere, smart grid sphere and systems sphere. Defining these stages in smart grid maturity will give us a concept of a pathway towards achieving the solution goals of an intelligent grid.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122643894","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928806
C. Matasane, M. Kahn
Determining the solar radiation for the use of energy generation involves a number of procedures, estimations and calculations using the climatological weather data measurements. The case study was conducted in the Vhembe District area through the nine installed Weather Stations (WS). The analysis determines the minimum and maximum solar radiation equations associated with the local climate patterns in accommodating the theoretical bases and its time period changes. The paper contributes to the main project objectives on renewable (i.e. solar, wind, biomass/biogas and hydro) energy assessment for their potentials and generating at small/ micro scale in the district. These parameters are very important in estimating the solar energy radiation to the area using its extraterrestrial solar radiation per day/ weekly/ monthly and annual periods. The metrology estimations through graphical representations were performed. These provided calculations in which territorial solar energy was determined through climatic conditions and analysis found to be usable.
{"title":"Solar Radiation Estimations Using the Territorial Climatological Measurements in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province for Solar Energy Potential Estimation and Use","authors":"C. Matasane, M. Kahn","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928806","url":null,"abstract":"Determining the solar radiation for the use of energy generation involves a number of procedures, estimations and calculations using the climatological weather data measurements. The case study was conducted in the Vhembe District area through the nine installed Weather Stations (WS). The analysis determines the minimum and maximum solar radiation equations associated with the local climate patterns in accommodating the theoretical bases and its time period changes. The paper contributes to the main project objectives on renewable (i.e. solar, wind, biomass/biogas and hydro) energy assessment for their potentials and generating at small/ micro scale in the district. These parameters are very important in estimating the solar energy radiation to the area using its extraterrestrial solar radiation per day/ weekly/ monthly and annual periods. The metrology estimations through graphical representations were performed. These provided calculations in which territorial solar energy was determined through climatic conditions and analysis found to be usable.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117199603","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928633
K. Moloi, A. Akumu
Fault detection, classification and estimation in power systems is one of the most critical aspects of the engineering society. This goes beyond engineering factors to economic implications. Thus, proper applications of protection schemes are required to minimize the equipment damage resulting from a fault. This paper presents a method which tries to proactively detect, classify and estimate the position of the fault. A simplified two bus 132 kV system is modelled to study the effect of the proposed fault diagnostic method. The proposed method has a fault feature extraction technique done by stationary wavelet transform (SWT) on the fault signal. Relevance Vector Machine (RVM) and Support vector machine (SVM) schemes are applied for fault classification and detection. Fault location along the distribution line is achieved by using Support Vector Regression (SVR). The proposed method comprises of SWT-RVM and SVR schemes and tested using MATLAB.
{"title":"Power distribution fault diagnostic method based on machine learning technique","authors":"K. Moloi, A. Akumu","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928633","url":null,"abstract":"Fault detection, classification and estimation in power systems is one of the most critical aspects of the engineering society. This goes beyond engineering factors to economic implications. Thus, proper applications of protection schemes are required to minimize the equipment damage resulting from a fault. This paper presents a method which tries to proactively detect, classify and estimate the position of the fault. A simplified two bus 132 kV system is modelled to study the effect of the proposed fault diagnostic method. The proposed method has a fault feature extraction technique done by stationary wavelet transform (SWT) on the fault signal. Relevance Vector Machine (RVM) and Support vector machine (SVM) schemes are applied for fault classification and detection. Fault location along the distribution line is achieved by using Support Vector Regression (SVR). The proposed method comprises of SWT-RVM and SVR schemes and tested using MATLAB.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125151921","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928715
C. Mullen, N. Wade
Distributed ledger technology has the potential to revolutionize the exchange of value in energy supply systems. Trust is central to the records in a ledger and the measurement of energy production or consumption must be dependable for confidence in an energy transaction. The case of measurement accuracy and error detection in a rural micro-grid is investigated for methods to enhance trust in energy exchanges. The suitability of state estimation as a technique is evaluated for mitigating inaccuracies in meter accuracy and therefore increasing trust. Application of the same principle for error detection, either from intentional meter tampering or faulty equipment is outlined. State estimation is found to provide a small improvement to the measurement of energy in a simple radial micro-grid, suggesting that with further work this method could benefit micro-grid operators and users seeking improvements to the accuracy and error detection.
{"title":"State estimation of energy measurements for enhanced trust in distributed ledger applications on rural microgrids","authors":"C. Mullen, N. Wade","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928715","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed ledger technology has the potential to revolutionize the exchange of value in energy supply systems. Trust is central to the records in a ledger and the measurement of energy production or consumption must be dependable for confidence in an energy transaction. The case of measurement accuracy and error detection in a rural micro-grid is investigated for methods to enhance trust in energy exchanges. The suitability of state estimation as a technique is evaluated for mitigating inaccuracies in meter accuracy and therefore increasing trust. Application of the same principle for error detection, either from intentional meter tampering or faulty equipment is outlined. State estimation is found to provide a small improvement to the measurement of energy in a simple radial micro-grid, suggesting that with further work this method could benefit micro-grid operators and users seeking improvements to the accuracy and error detection.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114389883","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica46609.2019.9078668
Adekitan A.I, Olajube A.A, Samuel I.A
The availability and reliability of power supply are vital to socioeconomic development. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with electrical power generation that is just a fragment of the energy demands of the populace. In this study, we analyzed the trend of power generation and losses in the Nigerian power system. The average peak power generated over the study period is just 4229.39MW which is approximately 23.5MW per million people. This is meagre when compared with about 500MW per million people in South Africa. Therefore, adequate and sustainable effort are required in terms of investment and management at the generation, transmission and distribution levels toward ensuring improved power supply in Nigeria. There is a need to introduce renewable energy sources into the energy mix at the national level in order to reduce environmental pollution, and also to promote the use of sustainable alternative energy sources at the household and industrial level which will stimulate private sector participation through the establishment of commercial energy farms.
{"title":"Data-based Analysis of Power Generation and Transmission Losses in Nigeria","authors":"Adekitan A.I, Olajube A.A, Samuel I.A","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica46609.2019.9078668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica46609.2019.9078668","url":null,"abstract":"The availability and reliability of power supply are vital to socioeconomic development. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with electrical power generation that is just a fragment of the energy demands of the populace. In this study, we analyzed the trend of power generation and losses in the Nigerian power system. The average peak power generated over the study period is just 4229.39MW which is approximately 23.5MW per million people. This is meagre when compared with about 500MW per million people in South Africa. Therefore, adequate and sustainable effort are required in terms of investment and management at the generation, transmission and distribution levels toward ensuring improved power supply in Nigeria. There is a need to introduce renewable energy sources into the energy mix at the national level in order to reduce environmental pollution, and also to promote the use of sustainable alternative energy sources at the household and industrial level which will stimulate private sector participation through the establishment of commercial energy farms.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"325 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122027575","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}
Pub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928629
I. O. Ozioko, Chinweike Okoli, N. G. Ajah, N. S. Ugwuanyi
Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System (FACTS) recently has proved to be economical with high efficiency in stabilizing electrical power and voltage of power systems without investing on establishing new network. However FACTS performance depends largely on it’s optimal location in the network. This work has investigated the contribution of STATCOM to the performance of 28-bus, 330kV Nigeria power system. The results were presented for both base case and after the compensation using PSSE software. Base case and after the application of 3 X 100MVA STATCOM recorded a respective power loss of 91.28MW and 71.07MW which shows 20.21% reduction in power loss. Five buses (New Haven, Onitsha, Gombe, Jos and Kano) recorded (0.8580, 0.8833, 0.7376, 0.8875, and 0.8847) p.u respectively which fell outside the voltage limit of ±5% used.The buses were respectively improved to 1.0 p.u after compensation. Our results show better improvement compared to previous work on the same network.
{"title":"Enhancement of Power System Transmission Using Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM)","authors":"I. O. Ozioko, Chinweike Okoli, N. G. Ajah, N. S. Ugwuanyi","doi":"10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica.2019.8928629","url":null,"abstract":"Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System (FACTS) recently has proved to be economical with high efficiency in stabilizing electrical power and voltage of power systems without investing on establishing new network. However FACTS performance depends largely on it’s optimal location in the network. This work has investigated the contribution of STATCOM to the performance of 28-bus, 330kV Nigeria power system. The results were presented for both base case and after the compensation using PSSE software. Base case and after the application of 3 X 100MVA STATCOM recorded a respective power loss of 91.28MW and 71.07MW which shows 20.21% reduction in power loss. Five buses (New Haven, Onitsha, Gombe, Jos and Kano) recorded (0.8580, 0.8833, 0.7376, 0.8875, and 0.8847) p.u respectively which fell outside the voltage limit of ±5% used.The buses were respectively improved to 1.0 p.u after compensation. Our results show better improvement compared to previous work on the same network.","PeriodicalId":308661,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126196980","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}
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