Improvement of the Voltage Quality in an Electrical Network via the Loopback: Case of the Southern Interconnected Grid (SIG) of Cameroon

Electricity being a basic national infrastructure for a country, its security, reliability and quality are the most important parameters for the network managers. Several methods are generally used to improve the voltage quality more and more. However, most of the means implemented depend on external factors independent of the network managers or require huge regular financial resources. The method used in this paper is the loopback, applied to the Southern Interconnected Grid (SIG) of Cameroon, which is the largest network in the country. The procedure used takes into account nodes experiencing huge voltage drops and network constraints. The chosen loopback scenario results in a clear improvement of the voltage plan in this network, and also a discharge of the transformers, a considerable decongestion of the lines, a reduction of the power losses and a significant reduction of the thermal placement used for improvement of the voltage profile.

Evaluation of Voltage Quality and Energy Saving Benefits of Urban Rail Transit Power Supply Systems Considering the Access of Photovoltaics

Along the route of urban rail transit(URT),the subway depots,parking lots,and elevated subway stations are equipped with sufficient photovoltaic(PV)generation conditions.The access of PVs in the URT power supply system should not only make full use of nearby renewable energy,but also improve the economic operation of the system.In order to quantify the impact of PV access on the URT power supply system,this paper proposes a method to evaluate the voltage quality and energy saving benefits of the URT power supply system,considering PV access.First,by fully considering the random fluctuations of PV output power,as well as the intermittency and impact of traction load,the URT power supply system with PV access is modeled.Then,such values as system voltage and power are calculated through the hybrid AC/DC load flow calculation method.Combined with the results of the load flow calculation,the indicators describing voltage quality and power saving benefits of the system are proposed to quantify the influence of PV access on the system.Finally,a case study concerning a certain section of a subway line is presented to verify the proposed method.It shows that the proposed method can effectively quantify the voltage quality and power saving benefits of the system after PV access,providing valuable insights for design and maintenance personnel to comprehend system state and operating characteristics.

A novel control scheme for simultaneous elimination of imbalance, disturbance and voltage harmonic in power systems

In recent years, the increasing application of nonlinear and unbalanced electronic equipment and large single phase loads have made voltage imbalance a serious problem in power distribution systems. A novel approach has been proposed to eliminate voltage imbalance and disturbances. The main strategy of this scheme is based on series active filter. By improving control circuit toward existing schemes and proposing a new strategy to control the voltage amplitude, simultaneous elimination of voltage imbalance, faults, voltage harmonics and also compensation of voltage drop in transmission lines become possible. Eventually, the voltage on the load side is a perfectly balanced three phase voltage with specific proper amplitude. The proposed scheme has been simulated in a test network and the results show high capability of this scheme for the complete elimination of imbalance without phase shift.

A robust principal component analysis-based approach for detection of a stator inter-turn fault in induction motors

Health condition monitoring of induction motors is important because of their vital role and wide us in a variety of industries.A stator inter-turn fault(SITF)is considered to be the most common electrical failure according to statisti-cal studies.In this paper,an algorithm for the detection of an SITF is presented.It is based on one of the blind source separation techniques called principal component analysis(PCA).The proposed algorithm uses PCA to discriminate between the faulty components of motor current signatures and motor voltage signatures from other components.The standard deviation of one of the decomposed vectors is used as a statistical SITF criterion.The proposed criterion is robust to non-fault conditions including voltage quality problems and large mechanical load changes as well as harmonic contaminants in the voltage supply.In addition,with a straightforward and low computational burden in the fault detection process,the proposed method is computationally efficient.To evaluate the performance of the proposed method,large numbers of practical and simulation scenarios are considered,and the results confrm the good performance,high degree of accuracy,and good convergence speed of the proposed method.

A simple digital control algorithm for three phase shunt active filter： simulation and experimentation

A novel and simple ifrea! control algorithm using digital signal processor （DSP） has been proposed and realized for a three phase shunt active filter （SAF）. The simulation and prototype construction of SAF is conducted to compensate the reactive power and harmonics in a distribution system. The major feature of the proposed ifreal algorithm is that it does not require unit vector templates and any transformations for the reference current genera- tion of SAF. This reduces the computational complexity and makes the control flexible and faster. The simulation is conducted in MATLAB/SIMULINK while DSP TMS320LF2407 is employed in the digital implementation of hysteresis current control （HCC） for experimentation. The hardware results correlate with the simulation results in reducing the total harmonic distortion （THD） of the source current and achieving unity power factor.

A low-phase-noise LC-VCO with an enhanced-Q varactor for use in a high-sensitivity GNSS receiver

An LC-VCO with an enhanced quality factor（Q） varactor for use in a high-sensitivity GNSS receiver is presented.An enhanced A-MOS varactor is composed of two accumulation-mode MOS（A-MOS） varactors and two bias voltages,which show the improved Q and linearization capacitance-voltage（C-V） curve.The VCO gain（K_（vco）） is compensated by a digital switched varactors array（DSVA） over entire sub-bands.Based on the characteristics of an A-MOS,the varactor in a DSVA is a high Q fixed capacitor as it is switched off,and a moderate Q tuning varactor when it is switched on,which keeps the maximal Q for the LC-tank.The proposed circuit is fabricated in a 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process.The measured phase noise is better than -122 dBc/Hz at a 1 MHz offset while the measured tuning range is 58.2%and the variation of K_（VCO） is close to±21%over the whole of the sub-bands and the effective range of the control voltage.The proposed VCO dissipates less than 5.4 mW over the whole operating range from a 1.8 V supply.