Pub Date : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314509
S. A. Zulkifli, Nurrul Aida Azura Zahan, Fathin Jasleen Abd Basit, Mohamad Hamzan Hussain
This paper describes the development of single-phase rectifier with different switching technique for current feedback control using STM32F411RE microcontroller. This new type of microcontroller has been developed by ST company. Typically, this microcontroller only uses ST language to operate. But, in this paper, MATLAB Simulink tools proved that it can also be the programming language for this microcontroller. STM32F411RE was tested in rectifier application which included the special needs for the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) switching algorithm to the converter such as time delay and trigonometric functions. For time delay application, the Proportional (P) control was used to control the current output and minimize the error for PWM signal. Meanwhile, the Proportional Integral (PI) control system was used for the trigonometric function, which also able to generate the PWM with time delay. It had been proved that the current can be controlled, and thus the rectifier using current control feedback was achieved through simulation and experimental verification by using this microcontroller.
{"title":"Applications on STM32 Nucleo Microcontroller for Pulse Switching Using Time Delay and Trigonometric Function with MATLAB Simulink","authors":"S. A. Zulkifli, Nurrul Aida Azura Zahan, Fathin Jasleen Abd Basit, Mohamad Hamzan Hussain","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314509","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of single-phase rectifier with different switching technique for current feedback control using STM32F411RE microcontroller. This new type of microcontroller has been developed by ST company. Typically, this microcontroller only uses ST language to operate. But, in this paper, MATLAB Simulink tools proved that it can also be the programming language for this microcontroller. STM32F411RE was tested in rectifier application which included the special needs for the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) switching algorithm to the converter such as time delay and trigonometric functions. For time delay application, the Proportional (P) control was used to control the current output and minimize the error for PWM signal. Meanwhile, the Proportional Integral (PI) control system was used for the trigonometric function, which also able to generate the PWM with time delay. It had been proved that the current can be controlled, and thus the rectifier using current control feedback was achieved through simulation and experimental verification by using this microcontroller.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"52 1","pages":"404-408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85874145","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314591
A. Iskakova, H. Kumar Nunna, P. Siano
Blockchain is one of the emerging security technologies that have enormous potential in diverse sectors such as financial organization, academic institutions, national government, business sphere. In this paper, we focus on the application of blockchain systems in the energy industry addressing potential challenges and limitations in this area. The deployment of the proliferation of distributed energy resources requires an efficient and reliable transactive energy (TE) management system in terms of peer-to-peer energy trading. Independence of the energy management system from financial transactions can cause an insecure and vulnerable energy exchange environment. The proposed system design focuses on eliminating gaps in the security by the integration of decentralized application technology with the TE management and Multi-Agent System. The paper discusses the Ethereum blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading platform based on the enforced smart contract that controls both financial transactions and energy interchange operations for power trading systems.
{"title":"Ethereum Blockchain-Based Peer-To-Peer Energy Trading Platform","authors":"A. Iskakova, H. Kumar Nunna, P. Siano","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314591","url":null,"abstract":"Blockchain is one of the emerging security technologies that have enormous potential in diverse sectors such as financial organization, academic institutions, national government, business sphere. In this paper, we focus on the application of blockchain systems in the energy industry addressing potential challenges and limitations in this area. The deployment of the proliferation of distributed energy resources requires an efficient and reliable transactive energy (TE) management system in terms of peer-to-peer energy trading. Independence of the energy management system from financial transactions can cause an insecure and vulnerable energy exchange environment. The proposed system design focuses on eliminating gaps in the security by the integration of decentralized application technology with the TE management and Multi-Agent System. The paper discusses the Ethereum blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading platform based on the enforced smart contract that controls both financial transactions and energy interchange operations for power trading systems.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"81 1","pages":"327-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89474453","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314528
R. Baharom, Muhammad Shawwal Mohamad Rawi, Nor Farahaida Abd Rahman
This paper presents an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system using a Single-Phase Matrix Converter (SPMC) topology. The proposed UPS system is called UPS- SPMC. In this work, the conversion of Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC) and vice versa using the proposed UPS-SPMC is investigated. The main objective of this work is to simplify the circuit topology of the UPS system. The SPMC is opted to replace both rectifier and inverter circuits that typically used in UPS systems. Integrated switching algorithms for the proposed UPS-SPMC to work in rectifier-mode (during normal operation) or inverter-mode (during interruption) have been developed in MATLAB/ Simulink. Selected simulation results are presented to verify the proposed system.
{"title":"Uninterruptible Power Supply Employing Single-Phase Matrix Converter Topology","authors":"R. Baharom, Muhammad Shawwal Mohamad Rawi, Nor Farahaida Abd Rahman","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314528","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system using a Single-Phase Matrix Converter (SPMC) topology. The proposed UPS system is called UPS- SPMC. In this work, the conversion of Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC) and vice versa using the proposed UPS-SPMC is investigated. The main objective of this work is to simplify the circuit topology of the UPS system. The SPMC is opted to replace both rectifier and inverter circuits that typically used in UPS systems. Integrated switching algorithms for the proposed UPS-SPMC to work in rectifier-mode (during normal operation) or inverter-mode (during interruption) have been developed in MATLAB/ Simulink. Selected simulation results are presented to verify the proposed system.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"12 1","pages":"19-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75619861","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314613
N. A. Rahman, K. Kamarudin, R. Baharom
This paper presents the usage of a boost Active Power Factor Correction (APFC) converter for Power Factor Correction (PFC) and harmonic current mitigation. In this paper, various controllers regulate the converter operation under two different conditions which are ideal and distorted voltage supplies. A double-loop control algorithm regulates the operation of the boost APFC in both conditions. The outer loop is responsible for regulating the dc output voltage using a Proportional-Integral (PI) voltage controller. Instead, the inner loop indirectly regulates the ac input current using a conventional hysteresis, bandless hysteresis or PI current controller. By applying the control algorithm, the APFC is capable of supplying constant dc output voltage to the load. At the same time, the shape of the ac input current is fully sinusoidal and in phase with the ac supply voltage. Hence, the percentage of Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) level of the input current waveform complies the IEEE 519 Standard. All simulation results from MATLAB/ Simulink have been presented and verified the capability of the proposed boost APFC converter with the double-loop control algorithm in executing PFC and harmonic current improvement.
{"title":"Boost Active Power Factor Correction Converter Using Various Current Controllers in Double Loop Control Algorithm","authors":"N. A. Rahman, K. Kamarudin, R. Baharom","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314613","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the usage of a boost Active Power Factor Correction (APFC) converter for Power Factor Correction (PFC) and harmonic current mitigation. In this paper, various controllers regulate the converter operation under two different conditions which are ideal and distorted voltage supplies. A double-loop control algorithm regulates the operation of the boost APFC in both conditions. The outer loop is responsible for regulating the dc output voltage using a Proportional-Integral (PI) voltage controller. Instead, the inner loop indirectly regulates the ac input current using a conventional hysteresis, bandless hysteresis or PI current controller. By applying the control algorithm, the APFC is capable of supplying constant dc output voltage to the load. At the same time, the shape of the ac input current is fully sinusoidal and in phase with the ac supply voltage. Hence, the percentage of Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) level of the input current waveform complies the IEEE 519 Standard. All simulation results from MATLAB/ Simulink have been presented and verified the capability of the proposed boost APFC converter with the double-loop control algorithm in executing PFC and harmonic current improvement.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"22 1","pages":"24-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73732270","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314303
Mohamed A. Khafagy, Merna M. Eshak, P. Makeen, S. Abdellatif, H. Ghali
This paper investigates the performance of the ON-Grid solar PV system using three different Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) techniques (Perturbation and Observation (P&O), Incremental Conductance (I.C.) and Grey-Wolf technique). The performance of the MPPT techniques has been scrutinized while the change in the external environment such as partial shading conditions and the variation of the temperature has been applied. The purpose of this research is regulating the output voltage and output power with a very high-speed response. A comparison between the proposed MPPT techniques has been discussed and it is concluded that the Grey-Wolf MPPT technique ensures a reduction in the time response by 96% and 71.4% corresponding to the I.C. and P&O techniques respectively. All the simulations have been implemented through the MATLAB/Simulink computer program.
{"title":"Investigating the Utility of Perturbation and Observation, Incremental Conductance and Grey-Wolf MPPT Techniques for ON-Grid PV System Under Fluctuated Environmental Conditions","authors":"Mohamed A. Khafagy, Merna M. Eshak, P. Makeen, S. Abdellatif, H. Ghali","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314303","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the performance of the ON-Grid solar PV system using three different Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) techniques (Perturbation and Observation (P&O), Incremental Conductance (I.C.) and Grey-Wolf technique). The performance of the MPPT techniques has been scrutinized while the change in the external environment such as partial shading conditions and the variation of the temperature has been applied. The purpose of this research is regulating the output voltage and output power with a very high-speed response. A comparison between the proposed MPPT techniques has been discussed and it is concluded that the Grey-Wolf MPPT technique ensures a reduction in the time response by 96% and 71.4% corresponding to the I.C. and P&O techniques respectively. All the simulations have been implemented through the MATLAB/Simulink computer program.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"97 1","pages":"338-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79232170","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314414
A. Azmi, K. Y. Lau, N. A. Ahmad, Z. Abdul-Malek, C. W. Tan, R. Ayop
This paper reports on the effects of aging on thermal, chemical, and dielectric properties of unfilled polypropylene and polypropylene nanocomposites containing 5 wt% of surface-modified calcium carbonate nanofiller. The evaluated samples were prepared using a melt blending technique. Then, a hydraulic laboratory press was used to obtain a thin film sample. Three different aging conditions were considered, namely, unaged (as reference), and aged at 110 °C and 140 °C. The evaluated samples were then characterized using differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for thermal and chemical analyses, respectively. Meanwhile, the dielectric strength was determined based on DC electrical breakdown tests. The experimental results show that aging the samples at 140 °C changed the thermal behavior of all evaluated samples. Specifically, the melting temperature increased when the sample was aged at 140 °C. Of note, the DC breakdown strength of unfilled polypropylene reduced significantly after aging at 140 °C when compared to polypropylene nanocomposites.
{"title":"Thermal and Dielectric Properties of Thermally Aged Polypropylene/Calcium Carbonate Nanocomposites","authors":"A. Azmi, K. Y. Lau, N. A. Ahmad, Z. Abdul-Malek, C. W. Tan, R. Ayop","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314414","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the effects of aging on thermal, chemical, and dielectric properties of unfilled polypropylene and polypropylene nanocomposites containing 5 wt% of surface-modified calcium carbonate nanofiller. The evaluated samples were prepared using a melt blending technique. Then, a hydraulic laboratory press was used to obtain a thin film sample. Three different aging conditions were considered, namely, unaged (as reference), and aged at 110 °C and 140 °C. The evaluated samples were then characterized using differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for thermal and chemical analyses, respectively. Meanwhile, the dielectric strength was determined based on DC electrical breakdown tests. The experimental results show that aging the samples at 140 °C changed the thermal behavior of all evaluated samples. Specifically, the melting temperature increased when the sample was aged at 140 °C. Of note, the DC breakdown strength of unfilled polypropylene reduced significantly after aging at 140 °C when compared to polypropylene nanocomposites.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"24 1","pages":"255-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85879672","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314610
Zacchaeus Adesakin Adetona, P. O. Mbamaluikem
Electric load forecasting is affected by numerous factors and these vary from one geographical location to another. The ability to identify the factors contributing to the consumption pattern in an area will help in designing an effective and exact forecasting model that will contribute to an effective energy dispatch. In this study, topical weather and various time factors contributing to the power consumption pattern of Ayobo Power Distribution Area of Lagos state, Nigeria were considered. These time factors are categorized as Working Time, Leisure Time and Sleeping Time while the weather season is categorized into dry and raining season. The results show that the load begins to rise from the baseline load and goes to its peak during the working periods and fall considerably for the other two periods. Also, the general power consumption is affected significantly by the two main weather seasons of the year in Nigeria namely wet and dry season. The cooling degree days do also affect the power consumption. It is therefore necessary for these metrics to be considered when designing load forecasting model for this area and thus Nigeria in general.
{"title":"Factors Affecting Load Pattern in a Tropical Electric Power Distribution Area","authors":"Zacchaeus Adesakin Adetona, P. O. Mbamaluikem","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314610","url":null,"abstract":"Electric load forecasting is affected by numerous factors and these vary from one geographical location to another. The ability to identify the factors contributing to the consumption pattern in an area will help in designing an effective and exact forecasting model that will contribute to an effective energy dispatch. In this study, topical weather and various time factors contributing to the power consumption pattern of Ayobo Power Distribution Area of Lagos state, Nigeria were considered. These time factors are categorized as Working Time, Leisure Time and Sleeping Time while the weather season is categorized into dry and raining season. The results show that the load begins to rise from the baseline load and goes to its peak during the working periods and fall considerably for the other two periods. Also, the general power consumption is affected significantly by the two main weather seasons of the year in Nigeria namely wet and dry season. The cooling degree days do also affect the power consumption. It is therefore necessary for these metrics to be considered when designing load forecasting model for this area and thus Nigeria in general.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"31 1","pages":"35-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88141633","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314400
M. S. Sazali, C. Wooi, S. Arshad, T. Wong, Z. Abdul-Malek, H. Nabipour-Afrouzi
Soil resistivity is usually measured at the selected site either for new installation or in the existing grounding system. In this paper, soil resistivity test has been done to study the soil resistivity around the 33 kV substation according to IEEE 81-1983 standard. A factory site located in Kulim Hi-tech, Malaysia has been selected to research on the soil resistivity. The soil resistance measured in this study is then be calculated in using the soil resistivity formula. The soil resistivity shows that the longer the distance between rods, the lower the resistivity of soil due to larger soil volume. The lowest soil resistivity around the substation is 3.454 Ω.m, which is on the left side of the substation with a distance of 5 meters between the rods followed by front side with 15.71 Ω.m, right side with 34.243 Ω.m and backside with 45.239 Ω.m. While the highest soil resistivity is 176.306 Ω.m on the right side of the substation with a 2-meter distance between each rod.
{"title":"Study of Soil Resistivity using Wenner Four Pin Method: Case Study","authors":"M. S. Sazali, C. Wooi, S. Arshad, T. Wong, Z. Abdul-Malek, H. Nabipour-Afrouzi","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314400","url":null,"abstract":"Soil resistivity is usually measured at the selected site either for new installation or in the existing grounding system. In this paper, soil resistivity test has been done to study the soil resistivity around the 33 kV substation according to IEEE 81-1983 standard. A factory site located in Kulim Hi-tech, Malaysia has been selected to research on the soil resistivity. The soil resistance measured in this study is then be calculated in using the soil resistivity formula. The soil resistivity shows that the longer the distance between rods, the lower the resistivity of soil due to larger soil volume. The lowest soil resistivity around the substation is 3.454 Ω.m, which is on the left side of the substation with a distance of 5 meters between the rods followed by front side with 15.71 Ω.m, right side with 34.243 Ω.m and backside with 45.239 Ω.m. While the highest soil resistivity is 176.306 Ω.m on the right side of the substation with a 2-meter distance between each rod.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"219 1 1","pages":"386-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86249569","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314494
Zagdkhorol Bayasgalan, Tsetsgee Bayasgalan
An energy storage facility can provide an opportunity to utilize the energy loss due to curtailment applying to the renewable energy sources (RES), provide support to cover the peak-load and reduce power importing from other countries. Moreover, it will participate in the frequency regulation process and provide reserve capacity in an emergency of the grid. In this paper following issues were studied: operating a RES, which based on one of the modern technologies, in the combination of a battery-based energy storage facility, optimize a dispatching problem of the daily generation profile and develop its algorithm.
{"title":"The Utilization of an Energy Storage Facility in Dispatching Regulation of Power System","authors":"Zagdkhorol Bayasgalan, Tsetsgee Bayasgalan","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314494","url":null,"abstract":"An energy storage facility can provide an opportunity to utilize the energy loss due to curtailment applying to the renewable energy sources (RES), provide support to cover the peak-load and reduce power importing from other countries. Moreover, it will participate in the frequency regulation process and provide reserve capacity in an emergency of the grid. In this paper following issues were studied: operating a RES, which based on one of the modern technologies, in the combination of a battery-based energy storage facility, optimize a dispatching problem of the daily generation profile and develop its algorithm.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"9 1","pages":"55-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85270228","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 : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314396
A. Tsolakis, A. Bintoudi, L. Zyglakis, S. Zikos, C. Timplalexis, N. Bezas, Konstantinos Kitsikoudis, D. Ioannidis, D. Tzovaras
Microgrids are becoming one of the most promising building blocks for smart grids gaining an increasing attention in the last decade. From critical infrastructures such as hospitals, military bases, desolated or hard to reach areas to universities, research centers, and other industrial infrastructures, basic microgrid principles have been applied presenting enhanced reliability and added value business services to their operation. Recently, such application principles have been further scaled-down, presenting an even more challenging paradigm at single building infrastructure, the nanogrid. Nevertheless, even in such occasions, optimal operation is restricted by the commercial product services, that aren’t always easy to configure or extend towards enabling additional functionalities. This manuscript presents step by step the transformation of a smart home infrastructure into a flexible yet safe nanogrid that allows various control strategies in real-life operation while respecting the fail-safe mechanisms of the deployed commercial assets while introducing additional safety measures. After two years of operation and configuration, by only optimising the energy storage system and evaluating overall performance for almost half a year, promising results demonstrate the untapped potential of such deployments.
{"title":"Design and Real-life Deployment of a Smart Nanogrid: A Greek Case Study","authors":"A. Tsolakis, A. Bintoudi, L. Zyglakis, S. Zikos, C. Timplalexis, N. Bezas, Konstantinos Kitsikoudis, D. Ioannidis, D. Tzovaras","doi":"10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PECon48942.2020.9314396","url":null,"abstract":"Microgrids are becoming one of the most promising building blocks for smart grids gaining an increasing attention in the last decade. From critical infrastructures such as hospitals, military bases, desolated or hard to reach areas to universities, research centers, and other industrial infrastructures, basic microgrid principles have been applied presenting enhanced reliability and added value business services to their operation. Recently, such application principles have been further scaled-down, presenting an even more challenging paradigm at single building infrastructure, the nanogrid. Nevertheless, even in such occasions, optimal operation is restricted by the commercial product services, that aren’t always easy to configure or extend towards enabling additional functionalities. This manuscript presents step by step the transformation of a smart home infrastructure into a flexible yet safe nanogrid that allows various control strategies in real-life operation while respecting the fail-safe mechanisms of the deployed commercial assets while introducing additional safety measures. After two years of operation and configuration, by only optimising the energy storage system and evaluating overall performance for almost half a year, promising results demonstrate the untapped potential of such deployments.","PeriodicalId":6768,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)","volume":"136 1","pages":"321-326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86624929","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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