This paper concentrates on compensating the power quality issues which have been increased in day-to-day life due to the enormous usage of loads with power electronic control.One such solution is compensating devices ...This paper concentrates on compensating the power quality issues which have been increased in day-to-day life due to the enormous usage of loads with power electronic control.One such solution is compensating devices like Pension Protection Fund(PPF),Active power filter(APF),hybrid power filter(HPF),etc.,which are used to overcome Power Quality(PQ)issues.The proposed method used here is an active compensator called unified power quality condi-tioner(UPQC)which is a combination of shunt and series type active filter con-nected via a common DC link.The primary objective is to investigate the behavior of the compensators in the distribution networks.The performance of two configurations of UPQC,Right Shunt UPQC(RS-UPQC)and Left Shunt UPQC(LS-UPQC)are tested in the distribution networks under various load con-ditions by connecting them at the source side of harmonic generation using a spe-cially constructed transformer called inductively filtered converter transformer which adopts special wiring scheme at the secondary side.PSCAD(Power Sys-tems Computer Aided Design)/EMTDC(Electromagnetic Transients with DC Analysis)software is used to model the compensators connected to the nonlinear load.Both RS-UPQC and LS-UPQC are tested at the distribution side of the sup-ply system with Hysteresis current controller for shunt and Sinusoidal pulse with modulation controller for series at various locations of power system network and their results are compared.展开更多
Regulated and unregulated emissions from four passenger cars fueled with methanol/gasoline blends at different mixing ratios (M15,M20,M30,M50,M85 and M100) were tested over the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC).Vo...Regulated and unregulated emissions from four passenger cars fueled with methanol/gasoline blends at different mixing ratios (M15,M20,M30,M50,M85 and M100) were tested over the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC).Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were sampled by Tenax TA and analyzed by thermal desorption-gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (TD-GC/MS).Carbonyls were trapped on dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) cartridges and analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).The results showed that total emissions of VOCs and BTEX (benzene,toluene,ethylbenzene,p,m,o-xylene) from all vehicles fueled with methanol/gasoline blends were lower than those from vehicles fueled with only gasoline.Compared to the baseline,the use of M85 decreased BTEX emissions by 97.4%,while the use of M15 decreased it by 19.7%.At low-to-middle mixing ratios (M15,M20,M30 and M50),formaldehyde emissions showed a slight increase while those of high mixing ratios (M85 and M100) were three times compared with the baseline gasoline only.When the vehicles were retrofitted with new three-way catalytic converters (TWC),emissions of carbon monoxide (CO),total hydrocarbon (THC),and nitrogen oxides (NOx) were decreased by 24%–50%,10%–35%,and 24%–58% respectively,compared with the cars using the original equipment manufacture (OEM) TWC.Using the new TWC,emissions of formaldehyde and BTEX were decreased,while those of other carbonyl increased.It is necessary that vehicles fueled with methanol/gasoline blends be retrofitted with a new TWC.In addition,the specific reactivity of emissions of vehicles fueled with M15 and retrofitted with the new TWC was reduced from 4.51 to 4.08 compared to the baseline vehicle.This indicates that the use of methanol/gasoline blend at a low mixing ratio may have lower effect on environment than gasoline.展开更多
文摘This paper concentrates on compensating the power quality issues which have been increased in day-to-day life due to the enormous usage of loads with power electronic control.One such solution is compensating devices like Pension Protection Fund(PPF),Active power filter(APF),hybrid power filter(HPF),etc.,which are used to overcome Power Quality(PQ)issues.The proposed method used here is an active compensator called unified power quality condi-tioner(UPQC)which is a combination of shunt and series type active filter con-nected via a common DC link.The primary objective is to investigate the behavior of the compensators in the distribution networks.The performance of two configurations of UPQC,Right Shunt UPQC(RS-UPQC)and Left Shunt UPQC(LS-UPQC)are tested in the distribution networks under various load con-ditions by connecting them at the source side of harmonic generation using a spe-cially constructed transformer called inductively filtered converter transformer which adopts special wiring scheme at the secondary side.PSCAD(Power Sys-tems Computer Aided Design)/EMTDC(Electromagnetic Transients with DC Analysis)software is used to model the compensators connected to the nonlinear load.Both RS-UPQC and LS-UPQC are tested at the distribution side of the sup-ply system with Hysteresis current controller for shunt and Sinusoidal pulse with modulation controller for series at various locations of power system network and their results are compared.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50876013)
文摘Regulated and unregulated emissions from four passenger cars fueled with methanol/gasoline blends at different mixing ratios (M15,M20,M30,M50,M85 and M100) were tested over the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC).Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were sampled by Tenax TA and analyzed by thermal desorption-gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (TD-GC/MS).Carbonyls were trapped on dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) cartridges and analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).The results showed that total emissions of VOCs and BTEX (benzene,toluene,ethylbenzene,p,m,o-xylene) from all vehicles fueled with methanol/gasoline blends were lower than those from vehicles fueled with only gasoline.Compared to the baseline,the use of M85 decreased BTEX emissions by 97.4%,while the use of M15 decreased it by 19.7%.At low-to-middle mixing ratios (M15,M20,M30 and M50),formaldehyde emissions showed a slight increase while those of high mixing ratios (M85 and M100) were three times compared with the baseline gasoline only.When the vehicles were retrofitted with new three-way catalytic converters (TWC),emissions of carbon monoxide (CO),total hydrocarbon (THC),and nitrogen oxides (NOx) were decreased by 24%–50%,10%–35%,and 24%–58% respectively,compared with the cars using the original equipment manufacture (OEM) TWC.Using the new TWC,emissions of formaldehyde and BTEX were decreased,while those of other carbonyl increased.It is necessary that vehicles fueled with methanol/gasoline blends be retrofitted with a new TWC.In addition,the specific reactivity of emissions of vehicles fueled with M15 and retrofitted with the new TWC was reduced from 4.51 to 4.08 compared to the baseline vehicle.This indicates that the use of methanol/gasoline blend at a low mixing ratio may have lower effect on environment than gasoline.