Control System Development and Test for the Operation of a Micro-Grid System—PART I

This paper presents design, analysis and simulation performance of an active power controller for stable and reliable operation of a micro-grid system. Power balance between generation and consumer is a critical issue for stable and reliable operation of the micro-grid systems. This issue becomes more critical when a micro-grid system contains stochastic nature distributed generations such as wind and solar because their output power changes non-uniformly. In order to achieve accurate and fast power balance in such a micro-grid system, power in the system has to be regulated continuously. Such an objective can be achieved using droop based alternating current control technique. Because the droop characteristic employed into the developed controller initiates determining the power deviation in the system which is continuously regulated by controlling the current flow into dump power resistors. The designed controller is simulated for the operation of a micro-grid system in stand-alone mode under various operating conditions. The simulated results show the ability of the developed controller for stable and reliable operation of the micro-grid that contains renewable sources. The experimental development of the micro-grid system and the testing of the developed active power controller are presented in PART II of this paper.

Control System Development and Test for the Operation of a Micro-Grid System—PART II

This paper presents experimental development and performance testing of an active power controller for stable and reliable operation of a micro-grid system. In order to achieve accurate and fast power balance in a micro-grid system that contains renewable energy sources, power in the system has to be regulated continuously. Such an objective can be achieved using droop based alternating current control technique. Because the droop characteristic employed into the developed controller initiates to determine the power deviation in the system which is continuously regulated by controlling the current flow into dump power resistors. The designed controller is tested and validated using a micro-grid prototype in the laboratory environment for stand-alone mode of operation under various operating conditions. The key development in the micro-grid prototype is the development of a wind turbine simulator. A dSPACE ds1104 DSP board is used to implement and interface the designed controller with the micro-grid system. The experimental investigation of the developed controller presents the significant capability to achieve continuous power balance in the micro-grid system, while it maintains stable and reliable operation of the system. Finally, the power quality of the isolated micro-grid system is presented and discussed under the operation of the developed controller.

Distributed Economic MPC for Synergetic Regulation of the Voltage of an Island DC Micro-Grid

In this paper,distributed model predictive control(DMPC) for island DC micro-grids(MG) with wind/photovoltaic(PV)/battery power is proposed,which coordinates all distributed generations(DG) to stabilize the bus voltage together with the insurance of having computational efficiency under a real-time requirement.Based on the feedback of the bus voltage,the deviation of the current is dispatched to each DG according to cost over the prediction horizon.Moreover,to avoid the excessive fluctuation of the battery power,both the discharge-charge switching times and costs are considered in the model predictive control(MPC) optimization problems.A Lyapunov constraint with a time-varying steady-state is designed in each local MPC to guarantee the stabilization of the entire system.The voltage stabilization of the MG is achieved by this strategy with the cooperation of DGs.The numeric results of applying the proposed method to a MG of the Shanghai Power Supply Company shows the effectiveness of the distributed economic MPC.

Power-Sharing Enhancement Using Harmonized Membership Fuzzy Logic Droop Control Based Micro-Grid

The contribution of Renewable Energy Resources(RER)in the process of power generation is significantly high in the recent days since it paves the way for overcoming the issues like serious energy crisis and natural contamination.This paper deals with the renewable energy based micro-grid as it is regarded as the apt solution for integrating the RER with the electrical frameworks.As thefixed droop coefficients in conventional droop control approaches have caused various limitations like low power-sharing and sudden drops of grid voltage in the Direct Current(DC)side,the Harmonized Membership Fuzzy Logic(MFL)droop control is employed in this present study.This proposed droop control for the hybrid PV-wind-battery system with MFL assists in achieving proper power-sharing and minimizing Total Harmonic Distortion(THD)in the emer-gency micro-grid.It eradicates the deviations in voltage and frequency with itsflexible and robust operation.The THD is reduced and attains the value of 3.1%compared to the traditional droop control.The simulation results of harmo-nized MFL droop control are analogized with the conventional approaches to vali-date the performance of the proposed method.In addition,the experimental results provided by the Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA)based laboratory setup built using a solar photovoltaic(PV)and wind Permanent Magnet Synchro-nous Generator(PMSG)reaffirms the design.

Optimal Bidding Strategies of Microgrid with Demand Side Management for Economic Emission Dispatch Incorporating Uncertainty and Outage of Renewable Energy Sources

In the restructured electricity market,microgrid(MG),with the incorporation of smart grid technologies,distributed energy resources(DERs),a pumped-storage-hydraulic(PSH)unit,and a demand response program(DRP),is a smarter and more reliable electricity provider.DER consists of gas turbines and renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic systems and wind turbines.Better bidding strategies,prepared by MG operators,decrease the electricity cost and emissions from upstream grid and conventional and renewable energy sources(RES).But it is inefficient due to the very high sporadic characteristics of RES and the very high outage rate.To solve these issues,this study suggests non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm Ⅱ(NSGA-Ⅱ)for an optimal bidding strategy considering pumped hydroelectric energy storage and DRP based on outage conditions and uncertainties of renewable energy sources.The uncertainty related to solar and wind units is modeled using lognormal and Weibull probability distributions.TOU-based DRP is used,especially considering the time of outages along with the time of peak loads and prices,to enhance the reliability of MG and reduce costs and emissions.

考虑振荡型功率的直流微电网储能系统无互联通信网络的多目标功率分配方法

随着新型电力系统建设持续推进,直流微电网将成为配电网的重要组成部分。直流微电网接入交流负载时,振荡型功率会进入直流系统,影响分布式储能系统功率分配。为此,给出了储能系统功率分配综合原则,并以此提出一种无互联通信网络的功率分配方法。该方法以荷电状态作为“信息载体”,各储能单元仅需本地荷电状态(state of charge,SOC)信息即可完成自适应调整,在实现SOC均衡控制的同时,还能够让振荡型功率合理分配。此外,从等效输出阻抗的角度出发,对不同控制算法的分配效果展开了详细的分析讨论,表明了所提控制算法可以满足综合原则的要求。最后,通过实验验证了所提分布式储能控制策略的有效性。

基于时变增益的微电网分布式预定时间经济调度算法

针对微电网的经济调度问题,本文提出了一种基于时变增益的预定时间分布式优化算法。不同于传统渐进/指数收敛算法,本文提出的算法能保证发电单元输出功率在给定时间内收敛于最优值。同时,该给定时间可由设计者根据任务需要提前设定,且不受系统初始条件及系统控制参数影响。利用凸优化理论、李雅普诺夫稳定性理论,综合分析了算法的预定时间收敛性能。最后,通过数值仿真案例验证了算法的有效性。

考虑新能源出力不确定性的风-光-柴-储系统调度策略

文章以风-光-柴-储系统为研究对象,为了研究新能源出力不确定性对该系统的影响,提出了一种新能源出力复合预测模型。为提高风-光-柴-储系统运行的经济性、环保性和安全性,提出了考虑新能源出力不确定性的风-光-柴-储系统调度模型,并采用了带有Monte Carlo模拟的遗传算法对模型进行求解。文章采用了负荷缺失率(load loss rate,LLR)和置信概率对系统的安全性进行评价,并分析了其对系统调度结果的影响。仿真结果表明,文中所提出的考虑新能源出力不确定性的风-光-柴-储系统调度模型,可以降低新能源出力不确定性对系统的影响,且该方法可以有效地平衡系统的经济性和安全性。

新能源电动农机一源多用创新供能赋能农网农机融合发展——基于全国536份调查问卷分析

随着我国“三电”技术的快速发展,新能源电动农机也如雨后春笋般迅速崛起,一源多用的提出是解决新能源电动农机季节性闲置、利用率低、无法与农村电网(以下简称农网)新型电力系统互动融合等问题的创新发展模式,具有用能清洁环保、数智化程度高、易于组网的现代化技术特征。针对新能源电动农机一源多用的关键技术、应用场景、实施路径和商业模式等存在问题与发展前景,面向农机、农业、电力和电网等相关从业人员开展网络问卷调研,从一源多用技术发展潜力和农网农机融合认知态势等视角,基于调研结果,研究了一源多用赋能农网农机融合的农机电能替代潜力、应用场景、综合效益等,分析了一源多用的实施路径和商业模式,提出了一源多用创新供能模式赋能农网农机融合的关键技术和扶持政策建议。结果表明,新能源电动农机一源多用发展模式具有较好经济效益和环保效益,发展前景被普遍看好,对落实双碳目标与乡村振兴战略具有积极意义。未来仍需开展新能源电动农机和电网融合互动关键技术协同攻关和应用研究,探索可持续且多方共赢的良性商业模式。

自发电集装箱码头微电网改造方案配置思路

集装箱码头在不发达国家、地区,在供电基础设施条件不满足运营需要的情况下,多采用自建柴油机电站供电的形式。岸桥起重机在作业过程中负荷特性频繁波动,在极端情况下会有很大的逆功率反馈到供电系统中,给柴油机组运行带来挑战。根据所依托工程的情况,对比研究不同储能技术特点,提出以解决负荷侧波动对供电系统的影响为重点考虑、采用高速电气飞轮和BESS两组储能装置研究的建议,并且给出开展微网控制策略研究、预留新能源接口及微网协同、微配协同接口的研究思路建议,形成模块化、标准化、智能化的集装箱码头微电网配置方案。

Optoelectronic characterisation of an individual ZnO nanowire in contact with a micro-grid template

Optoelectronic characterisation of an individual ZnO nanowire in contact with a micro-grid template has been studied. The low-cost micro-grid template made by photolithography is used to fabricate the ohmic contact metal electrodes. The current increases linearly with the bias, indicating good ohmic contacts between the nanowire and the electrodes. The resistivity of the ZnO nanowire is calculated to be 3.8 Ω·cm. We investigate the photoresponses of an individual ZnO nanowire under different light illumination using light emitting diodes （λ= 505 nm, 460 nm, 375 nm） as excitation sources in atmosphere. When individual ZnO nanowire is exposured to different light irradiation, we find that it is extremely sensitive to UV illumination; the conductance is much larger upon UV illumination than that in the dark at room temperature. This phenomenon may be related to the surface oxygen molecule adsorbtion, which indicates their potential application to the optoelectronic switching device.

Design of a Monitoring System of Micro-Grid

This paper describes a micro-grid system and its monitoring system. This micro-grid system consists of generation systems, consumer electrical equipments, auxiliary equipments and the monitoring system. All the equipments have 485 communication interfaces. In order to monitor and manage this micro-grid system, we built a monitoring system, which contains modular instrument system and industrial personal computer. In order to keep real time, we adopt some measures in software and hardware. We adopt LABVIEW and its program modules in software and adopt modular instrument system in hardware. Supporting by the software and hardware, the micro-grid system can be safe and stable.

Optimal configuration strategy of energy storage system in high photovoltaic penetration micro-grid based on voltage sensitivity analysis

Energy storage is an effective measure to deal with internal power fluctuation of micro-grid and ensure stable operation, especially in the micro-grid with high photovoltaic(PV) penetration. Its capacity configuration is related to the steady, safety and economy of micro-grid.In order to improve the absorptive capacity of micro-grid on maximizing the use of distributed PV power in micro-grid, and improve the power quality, an optimal energy storage configuration strategy is proposed, which takes many factors into account, such as the topology of micro-grid, the change of irradiance, the load fluctuation and the cable. The strategy can optimize the energy storage allocation model to minimize the storage power capacity and optimize the node configuration.The key electrical nodes are identified by using the sensitivity coefficient of the voltage, and then the model is optimized to simplify calculation. Finally, an example of the European low-voltage micro-grid and a micro-grid system in the laboratory is used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.The results show that the proposed method can optimize the allocation of capacity and the node of the energy storage system.

Voltage Stabilization of Hybrid Micro-Grid Using Super Capacitors

Scarcity of fossil fuel resources has motivated the researchers to develop renewable energy based power projects. Instead of using a single or independent renewable energy source, it is preferable to use the combination of such energy sources in a distributed way to compensate the power fluctuations of the system and this leads to the concept of hybrid micro-grid energy. Voltage stability is an important parameter for the secure operation of the hybrid-micro grid, and IEEE 1547 Standard defines the limit of the voltage for the successful operation of the micro-grid. Although Vanadium Redox Batteries (VRBs) can help the system to stabilize the voltage when voltage sag occurs when a heavy load is suddenly connected to the system, this stabilization process takes some time. This paper discusses the application of super capacitors to the hybrid micro-grid system, as a higher energy density element, to help the system quickly recover its transient voltage.

Harmonic Suppression Method Based on Immune Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm in Micro-Grid

Distributed generation has attracted great attention in recent years, thanks to the progress in new-generation technologies and advanced power electronics. And micro-grid can make full use of distributed generation, so it has been widespread concern. On the other hand due to the extensive use of power electronic devices and many of the loads within micro-grid are nonlinear in nature, Micro-grid generate a large number of harmonics, so harmonics pollution needs to be addressed. Usually we use passive filter to filter out harmonic, in this paper, we propose a new method to optimize the filter parameters, so passive filter can filter out harmonic better. This method utilizes immune particle swarm optimization algorithm to optimize filter parameters. It can be shown from the simulation results that the proposed method is effective for micro-grid voltage harmonics compensation.

Study and Implementation on Batteries Charging Method of Micro-Grid Photovoltaic Systems

In the micro-grid photovoltaic systems, the random changes of solar radiation enable lead-acid batteries to experience low SOC (State of Charge) or overcharged for periods of time if directly charged with such traditional methods as decreased charging current, which will reduce lifetime of batteries. What’s more, it’s difficult to find a proper reduction coefficient in decreasing charging current. To adapt to the random changes of circumstance and avoid selecting the reduction coefficient, a new fast charging method named decreased charging current based on SOC is proposed to apply into micro-grid photovoltaic systems. It combines batteries’ SOC with the maximum charging voltage to determine the charging rate without strictly selecting reduction coefficient. By close-loop current control strategy and related scheme, the experiment proves the new method is feasible and verifies that, comparing with decreased charging current, the improved method make batteries’ SOC reach 100% in shorter time as well as the temperature of batteries raise more slowly.

Comparison the Performances of Three Earthing Systems for Micro-Grid Protection during the Grid Connected Mode

This paper presents, tests and compares three earthing systems (TT, TN and IT) for Micro-Grid (MG) protection against various fault types during the connected mode. The main contribution of this work is including the models of all the micro sources which interfaced to the MG by power electronic inverters. Inverters in turns are provided with current limiters and this also included in the inverter models to exactly simulate the real situation in the MG during fault times. Results proved that the most suitable earthing system for MG protection during the connecting mode is the TN earthing system. That system leads to a suitable amount of fault current sufficient to activate over current protection relays. With using TN system, Touch voltages at the faulted bus and all other consumer’s buses are less than the safety limited value if current limiter is included with the transformer of the main grid which connects MG. For the two others earthing systems (TT and IT), fault current is small and nearly equal to the over load current which make over current protection relay can not differentiate between fault current and overload current. All models of micro sources, earthing systems, inverters, main grid and control schemes are built using Matlab?/Simulink? environment.

Design and Testing of Three Earthing Systems for Micro-Grid Protection during the Islanding Mode

This paper presents and tests three earthing systems (TT, TN and IT) for Micro-Grid (MG) protection against various fault types when the MG transferred to the islanding mode. The main contribution of this work is including the models of all micro sources which interfaced to the MG by power electronic inverters. Inverters in turns are provided with current limiters and this also included with the inverter models to exactly simulate the real situation in the MG during fault times. Results proved that the most suitable earthing system for MG protection during the islanding mode is the TN earthing system. That system leads to a suitable amount of fault current sufficient to activate over current pro-tection relays. With using TN earthing system, touch voltages at the faulted bus and all other consumer’s buses are less than the safety limited values during islanding mode. For the two others earthing systems (TT and IT), fault currents are small and nearly equal to the over load currents which make over current protection relay can not differentiate between fault currents and overload currents. All models of micro sources, earthing systems, inverters and control schemes are built using Matlab?/Simulink? environment.

Intelligent Fuzzy Based High Gain Non-Isolated Converter for DC Micro-Grids

Renewable electricity options, such as fuel cells, solar photovoltaic,and batteries, are being integrated, which has made DC micro-grids famous.For DC micro-grid systems, a multi input interleaved non-isolated dc-dcconverter is suggested by the use of coupled inductor techniques. Since itcompensates for mismatches in photovoltaic devices and allows for separateand continuous power flow from these sources. The proposed converter hasthe benefits of high gain, a low ripple in the output voltage, minimal stressvoltage across the power semiconductor devices, a low ripple in inductorcurrent, high power density, and high efficiency. Soft-switching techniquesare used to realize that the reverse recovery issue of the diodes is moderated, the leakage energy is reused, and no new scheme is appropriated. Toreduce conduction losses, minimum voltage rating MOSFETs with a low ONresistance can be utilized. The converter can supply the required power fromthe load in the absence of one or two resources. Furthermore, due to the highgain of boosting voltage, the converter works in an Adaptive Neuro-FuzzyInference System (ANFIS). The operation principle, steady-state analysis ofthe proposed converter, is given and simulated utilizing MATLAB/Simulinksimulation software.

Micro-Grid Smooth Switchover Method Based on Controller State Following

Micro-grid smooth switchover between different operation modes is important for steady operation and reliable power supply of micro-grid. In order to reduce the transient fluctuation of voltage and frequency during switchover, this paper proposed a new switchover method based on controller state following. When transferring to island mode, the control method for inverter of storage device changed from PQ control to V/f control. Before switchover, the output of V/f controller is always following the output of PQ controller. So that the sudden change of output is avoided at the moment of switchover. A micro-grid model with photovoltaic and battery is built on DIgSILENT Power Factory simulation software, to simulate micro-grid switchover from grid-connected mode to island mode. Results show this method can effectively suppress the transient fluctuation of voltage and frequency, and reduce the influence of transient process on power grid. This conclusion has important practical significance on micro-grid smooth switchover from grid-con- nected mode to island mode.