In this paper, new voltage sensitivity indexes are proposed to search and evaluate the candidate buses in a microgrid, where the energy storage systems can be installed to contribute most effectively to the system. These indexes are derived from the inverse Jacobian matrix from the NewtonRaphson power flow analysis. After calculating and evaluating these indexes for the studied microgrid, four ...

To optimize the output power and reduce the frequency fluctuation in conventional fixed speed Induction Generator (IG) based wind farm, various controlling devices are used. But, this paper proposes that Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) can work both as a power producing device and as a controlling device for IG. In this paper a more practical case has been considered where a wind ...

Voltage sags in the electric power system are mostly due to faults in the power system. Voltage sag is characterized by its magnitude (the retained voltage), phase-angle jump, unbalance in the sag in the three phases, and duration. Type of transformers in the electrical system is the important parameter influencing the characteristic of sag at the node where sensitive loads are connected. For s...

Power quality (PQ) has become a key problem of urban power grid recently. Improving power quality is a technical problem being concerned by both power supply companies and the consumers. Shenzhen power grid, as a typical urban power grid, is exemplified in this paper. Through researches, typical PQ issues of a key region in urban power grid are discussed. Industrial feasibility study is carried...

This work aims to address the problem of fault location in a medium voltage distribution system presence Distributed Generation (DG), applying artificial intelligence. The chosen method is learning-based through Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). methodology consisted simulating three-phase faults via PSCAD/EMTDC software, pre-processing (normalization and formatting training test sets), empiri...

The demand for high quality electricity and growing electricity consumption has been caused by increasing electrification of daily life causes and the rising number of sensitive or critical loads. Due to the rapid increase in global energy consumption and the diminishing of fossil fuels, the customer demand for new generation capacities and efficient energy production, delivery and utilization ...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the technical feasibility and aspects related to use, a Fuel Cell based Distributed Generation (FC-DG) in the residential singlephase applications with premium voltage quality. The paper presents a new topology of buck-boost inverter, where this single stage transformer-less inverter is employed to energize the residential load. With this new topology, the p...

In a photovoltaic system, sun light energy is converted to electricity. The generatedelectricity has a low DC voltage. In order to increase voltage generated by photovoltaic cells (PV),an additive DC-DC converter is required to raise the low voltage to a good level which provides theconditions for connection to DC-DC converters. Low wastes, low costs, and high efficiency are someother specifica...

The use of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices in a power system can potentially overcome limitations of the present mechanically controlled transmission system. Also, the advance of technology makes possible to include new energy storage devices in the electrical power system. The integration of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) into Static Synchronous Compensator (STA...

Unbalanced grid faults will lead to several drawbacks in the output power quality of photovoltaic generation (PV) converters, such as power fluctuation, current amplitude swell, and a large quantity of harmonics. The aim of this paper is to propose a flexible AC current generation method by selecting coefficients to overcome these problems in an optimal way. Three coefficients are brought in to...