International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE)
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) focuses on the applied works in the areas of power generation, transmission and distribution, sustainable energy, applications of power control in large power systems, etc. The main objective of IJAPE is to bring out the latest practices in research in the above mentioned areas for efficient and cost effective operations of power systems. The journal covers, but not limited to, the following scope: electric power generation, transmission and distribution, energy conversion, electrical machinery, sustainable energy, insulation, solar energy, high-power semiconductors, power quality, power economic, FACTS, renewable energy, electromagnetic compatibility, electrical engineering materials, high voltage insulation technologies, high voltage apparatuses, lightning, protection system, power system analysis, SCADA, and electrical measurements.
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An STATCOM-based Hybrid Shunt Compensation Scheme Capable of Damping Subsynchronous Resonance
F. Reyhaneh Mehdizadeh;
Daryoush Nazarpour
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 6, No 3: December 2017
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v6.i3.pp150-159
The paper presents the potential use of supplemental control of a new economical phase imbalanced shunt compensation concept for damping sub synchronous resonance (SSR) oscillations. In this scheme, the shunt capacitive compensation in one phase is created by using a Single-Phase Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) in parallel with a fixed capacitor (Cc), and the other two phases are compensated by fixed shunt capacitor (C). The proposed arrangement would, certainly, be economically attractive when compared with a full three-phase STATCOM which have been used/proposed for power swings and SSR damping. SSR mitigation is achieved by introducing a supplemental signal into the control loops of single phase STATCOM. The validity and effectiveness of the proposed structure and supplemental control are demonstrated on a modified version of the IEEE second benchmark model for computer simulation of sub synchronous resonance by means of time domain simulation analysis using the Matlab program.
Micro Hydropower System Design for Gua Kelam Electricity Supply
Mamoud A. M. Albreem;
Rosnita Md Aspan
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 7, No 2: August 2018
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v7.i2.pp120-128
Sufficient and uninterrupted electricity supply is one of the main factors to develop the country. Today, electricity can be generated using a variety of sources, whether from non-renewable sources as well as renewable resources. To generate electrical power, Malaysia can't rely entirely on non-renewable resources such as petroleum and coal as these are finite resources which are experiencing depletion around the world. Electricity generated from renewable sources such as water, particularly from micro hydropower systems is considered the cheapest and most environmentally friendly source of electrical energy. Based on the reconnaissance study conducted, the streams of flowing water in Gua Kelam have the potential to yield about 34.29 kW of electricity power, based on the head height of 27 m and flow rate 0.216 m3/s. In this paper, a model for an ordinary micro hydropower facility has been proposed. It links various electromechanical equipment consisting of a hydraulic turbine governor, and a synchronous generator. The modeling was executed to design a micro hydropower system as an alternative source of supply of electricity to Gua Kelam, Perlis. The proposed model was tested by placing a three-phase fault to earth for the purpose of testing the reliability of the system. With the selection of an appropriate control system, the proposed model is very suitable for the development of micro hydropower system at a potential site such as Gua Kelam.
Improving Control Performance in DC Micro-Grids with Distributed Generations
Weilin Li;
Huimin Li;
Min Luo;
Yunfei Zhang
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 1, No 1: April 2012
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v1.i1.pp1-12
DC micro-grids are attracting more and more attention due to their capability to lead to more efficient integration of distributed generation compared with traditional AC micro-grids. In this paper, a hierarchical control architecture is proposed to improve the control performance of DC micro-grid with distributed generations (DGs), which utilize a global controller (GC) to optimize the overall process and a number of distributed local controllers (LCs) associated with each subsystem. The measurement reliability of each LC is guaranteed by an associated measurement validation module which is developed based on Polynomial Chaos Theory (PCT). The system efficiency and robust is counted in the design of GC, where synergetic control theory is adopted. Numerical simulations have been done to verify the proposed method, and the simulation results show good consistency with theoretical analysis.
Partition of spaces based algorithm for reduction of real power loss
Kanagasabai Lenin
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 9, No 1: April 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v9.i1.pp1-5
In this work partition of spaces algorithm is proposed to solve optimal reactive power problem. In this algorithm, for finding the finest outcome based on the concentration of elevated quality and capable points in specific area is considered. State space area are identified and divided into subspaces iteratively and search has been made more comprehensively. Performance of the proposed partition of spaces algorithm is evaluated in standard IEEE 118,300 bus systems and simulated outcome gives better results. Real power loss has been considerably reduced.
Power Flow Study and Performance of STATCOM and TCSC in Improvement Voltage Stability and Loadability Amplification in Power System
Haniyeh Marefatjou;
Mohammad Sarvi
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 2, No 1: April 2013
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v2.i1.pp15-26
Power systems operation becomes more important as the load demand increases all over the world. This rapid increase in load demand forces power systems to operate near critical limits due to economical and environmental constraints. The objective in power systems operation is to serve energy with acceptable voltage and frequency to consumers at minimum cost. This paper studies the important power system phenomenon and voltage stability by using continuation power flow method and steady-state modeling of Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) and Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) for continuation power flow studies has been represented and discussed in details.also this paper studies voltage stability by using continuation power flow method and Comparison between performance of TCSC and STATCOM for improve voltage stability has been done. Case studies are carried on 9 bus network. Simulation is done with PSAT in MATLAB. Power Flow and Continuation Power Flow is was implemented using Newton-Raphson method. Simulation results show the proper performance of TCSC and STATCOM to improve voltage control and power flows on the lines and significantly increase the loadability margin of power systems.
Performance and FMECA of a wind turbine based on SCADA and lidar data
A. Bennouk;
A. Nejmi;
M. Ramzi
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 8, No 2: August 2019
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v8.i2.pp101-109
This paper presents an approach to identify risks for different failures that could affect wind turbine performance, and reduce the measured annual electrical production (MAEP). The proposed approach is based on FMECA (failure mode, effects and criticality analysis) and wind turbine performance study. We present firstly the methodology of performance calculation based on IEC 61400 standard, then we identify the energy gap between the MAEP and WAEP for the case study, we present an extended and reviewed FMECA, by introducing definition of factors related to environment, health and security. As a result we present an actions plan for similar failures deduced from wind performance study and risk-based FMECA, in order to reduce failure risks and optimize production by consequence. The case study is a 2.3 MW onshore wind turbine, different data that are used in this paper were collected from SCADA and lidar.
Combined Operation of SVC, PSS and Increasing Inertia of Machine for Power System Transient Stability Enhancement
Bablesh Kumar Jha;
Ramjee Prasad Gupta;
Upendra Prasad
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 3, No 1: April 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v3.i1.pp15-22
In this paper improvement of transient stability by coordination of PSS (Power System Stabilizer) and SVC (Static var Compensator) and increasing inertia of synchronous machine has been observed. Because single method is not sufficient for improving stability. For this purpose a 9 bus multi machine system has been considered. Transient stability improvement has been tested subjected to three phase fault at bus 3 after 0.5 second and fault has been cleared after 1 second. By the use of PSS, SVC and by increasing inertia method for the test system the electromechanical oscillation for generator electrical power has been reduced and the steady state power transfer has been enhanced. In this paper the Inertia of the machine is not so much increased. Because after increasing inertia of the machine rotor will be havier.so that it is kept always within limit as considering its reliability and economy. And field voltage is also kept limited
Comparison study between seven-level SVPWM and two-level SVPWM strategy in direct vector control of a DFIG-based wind energy conversion systems
Habib Benbouhenni
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 9, No 1: April 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v9.i1.pp12-21
In this paper, we present a comparative study between two-level space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) and seven-level SVPWM strategy in direct vector control (DVC) of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind energy conversion systems (WECSs). The feasibility and effectiveness of the two strategies are demonstrated by simulation results. The obtained results showed that, the proposed DVC strategy with Seven-level SVPWM technique have stator and rotor current with low harmonic distortion and low active and reactive powers ripples than two-level SVPWM strategy.
Economic Load Dispatch for Multi-Generator Systems with Units Having Nonlinear and Discontinuous Cost Curves Using Gravity Search Algorithm
Tunir Dey
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 3, No 3: December 2014
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v3.i3.pp166-174
Economic Load Dispatch aims at distributing the load demand between various generation stations in a system such that the total cost of generation is minimum. This is of vital importance since it not only reduces the operation cost of the generation utility but also helps in conserving fast dwindling energy resources. Modern day power systems are large interconnected systems with a large number of generator units each having its own cost curve. Ideally the cost function of a unit is a quadratic function of the power generated by the unit and the cost curve obtained is a smooth parabola. But in practice cost curves deviate from the idealised one due the several reasons such as valve point effect, multi fuel operation, existence of forbidden zones etc. and as such may not be continuous or analytic. Also for a large interconnected system it becomes essential to consider the effect of transmission losses. Conventional numerical method based approaches work well with systems without losses but for large systems with losses obtaining convergence becomes difficult as the number of iterations required as well as the computational time are very high. These methods fail entirely if non ideal cost curves are considered. Hence soft computing based methods become essential. Here Gravity Search Algorithm(GSA) has been used to for finding economic load scheduling in a multi generator system, given a certain load demand, and taking into consideration the effects of practical constraints on the idealised load curve. The algorithms for finding the economic scheduling has been written in Matlab and has provided satisfactory results based on the given tolerance values. Also the traditional and soft computing based approaches have been compared to demonstrate the advantages of one over the other.
Investigation of Dependent Rikitake System to Initiation Point
Yousof Gholipour;
Amin Ramezani;
Mahmood Mola
International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 4, No 2: August 2015
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v4.i2.pp70-76
In this paper we investigate depending of the Rikitake system to initiation point, and monitor changing behavior of this system. We will have 4 initiation points in Cartesian system. We at 4 positions, will monitor behavior of this system, while holding constant other values, and after per position, will draw operation of system on axes of x, y, z and 3-D plot. We want to know, what is the effect of initiation point on Rikitake system? Numerical simulations to illustrate the effect of initiation point are presented, and at the end conclusions and comparing the states together are obtained.