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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<![CDATA[Grid integration of PMSG based wind energy conversion with battery storage system ]]>
<![CDATA[Venkatachalam K M,]]>;
<![CDATA[V. Saravanan]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 1: March 2021 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i1.pp48-57
<![CDATA[In this paper, the design and implementation of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based wind energy conversion system and battery bank storages are connected to utility grid. It has phase locked loop (PLL) control strategy as it provides for control single-phase grid connected inverter with constant dc-link voltage. The dc-link is interfaced to a permanent magnet synchronous generator through diode bridge rectifier (DBR) with dc-dc boost converter, battery bank and single phase voltage source inverter (VSI). The dc-link voltage is maintained constant value of 48 V by controlling dc-dc converter with help of perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm based maximum power point tracker (MPPT). The VSI output voltage and frequency values are controlled based on grid parameters using PI controller and sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) technique. In this grid connected system is simulated and performances are analyzed through MATLAB software. The prototype experimental results are verified through 1 kW PMSG, 48 V battery bank with single phase grid connected system.]]>
<![CDATA[Factual power loss reduction by enriched black hole algorithm ]]>
<![CDATA[Kanagasabai Lenin]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i2.pp97-101
<![CDATA[This paper presents enriched black hole algorithm (EBHA) for solving optimal reactive power problem. In this work black hole algorithm based on membrane computing is projected. In black hole algorithm evolution of the population is through pushing the candidates in the course of the most excellent candidate in iterations and black hole which swap with those in the search space. Membrane computing is also branded as P system and it has multisets of objects with evolution rules in the membrane structure. Membrane structure is alike ingrained tree of section that demarcate the areas, and root is labelled as skin. Chemical substances (multisets of objects) are there inside the section (membranes) of a cell and the chemical reactions (evolution rules) that take place within the cell. Proposed enriched black hole algorithm (EBHA) has been evaluated in IEEE 14,300 bus test system. Loss reduction achieved.]]>
<![CDATA[Factual power loss lessening by synthetic supportive exploration algorithm ]]>
<![CDATA[Kanagasabai Lenin]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i2.pp102-107
<![CDATA[In this work an innovative synthetic supportive exploration (SSE) algorithm is utilized for solving optimal reactive power problem. Projected algorithm is based on communication between two simulated fabulous creatures as both of them intermingle and voyage to altered zones to find comprehensive minimum. In a definite zone according to the climate altering conditions amount of food can be found will be varied. Due to this reason, fabulous creatures develop seasonal exodus deeds to find out improved food sources. Earlier to exodus fabulous creatures will divide into subgroups in order to find an improved food source. Coordination of sub-groups will determine the performance of the search. Communication and exploration are the two key deeds of the fabulous creatures. Also, the two fabulous creatures make a decision on the marauder and prey by the sub fabulous creature. Proposed synthetic supportive exploration (SSE) algorithm has been tested in IEEE 14 and 300 bus systems. Real power loss power loss reduction achieved.]]>
<![CDATA[Single switch Z-source/quasi Z-source DC-DC converters ]]>
<![CDATA[V Saravanan]]>;
<![CDATA[M Sabitha]]>;
<![CDATA[V Bindu]]>;
<![CDATA[Venkatachalam K M]]>;
<![CDATA[M. Arumugam]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 1: March 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i1.pp68-79
<![CDATA[This paper analyzes a family of high step up single switch switched capacitor boost converters and Z-source/quasi Z-source dc-dc converters to provide high output dc voltage gain with single stage conversion having low voltage stress on active switches, capacitors, and diodes. The operating principles, parameters design guideline of these converters are presented along with simulation results. The discussed topologies in this paper are aimed to increase the conversion system reliability and efficiency with decreased cost, volume, and weight. These power converter topologies are used for various applications such as photovoltaic (PV) systems, wind energy conversion, fuel cells, uninterruptible power systems, motor drives, energy storage systems, electric vehicle and power factor correction. Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink environment.]]>
<![CDATA[Planning models for optimal routing of radial distribution systems ]]>
<![CDATA[Mahmoud Ali Farrag]]>;
<![CDATA[Maged Gamal Zahra]]>;
<![CDATA[Shaimaa Omran]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i2.pp108-117
<![CDATA[This paper presents three planning models for optimal routing of radial distribution systems. In the first two models, the cost function includes capital cost of lines, energy loss cost, and bays cost. The constraints equations include power balance equations, voltage drop equations, radiality equations, logic equations, thermal limit equations, and bus voltage limit equations. The first model considers the energy loss equation in its quadratic form while the second model approximates the energy loss equation of each cable size by a simple linear segment considering the economic loading of each cable size. In the third model, two sub-models are used where the first one gets the optimal radial network configuration regardless of the cable sizes and voltage constraints. In the second sub-model the best cable size on each selected line of the first model is determined to minimize the system costs while considering the bus voltage limit constraint and thermal limit constraint. Verification of the proposed planning models has been made using a real 11 kV 34-bus distribution network with 68 initial lines.]]>
<![CDATA[Speed control of PM brushless DC motor using sensorless hybrid controller ]]>
<![CDATA[Gebrehiwot, Mogos Hailemikal]]>;
<![CDATA[Sutikno, Tole]]>;
<![CDATA[Gebreslasie, Samrawit Legesse]]>;
<![CDATA[Hagos, Haftom Aregawi]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 13, No 2: June 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v13.i2.pp303-319
<![CDATA[In most industrial processes, rising productivity necessitates increased demand on electrical motors in order to minimize costs and improve drive system efficiency. The sensorless technique is preferred. Brushless DC (BLDC) motors compete with a wide range of different motor types in the motion control industry. The nonlinearity of BLDC motor characteristics is challenging to manage with a traditional proportional integral derivative (PID) controller. The PID controller's fuzzy logic allowed it to tune itself while operating online. Hybrid approaches outperform stand-alone algorithms because they can overcome their weaknesses without losing their advantage. The purpose of this study is to present a fuzzy PI+D controller that is simulated over a wide range of reference speeds, loads, and parameter variations. This paper presents a model of a sensorless BLDC motor with a speed controller. The responses of the rotor speed, electromagnetic torque, stator back electromotive force (EMF), and stator currents are effectively monitored. The findings from the simulation indicate that the hybrid controller presented in this study exhibits resilience to rapid load torque and parameter fluctuation. Furthermore, it demonstrates superior dynamic performance and exhibits notable enhancements in speed tracking and system stability. The performance of the system is enhanced through the utilization of the proposed hybrid intelligent controller.]]>
<![CDATA[Control DC link of single-phase dynamic voltage restorer ]]>
<![CDATA[Toumi Toufik]]>;
<![CDATA[Allali Ahmed]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdelkhalek Othmane]]>;
<![CDATA[Soumeur Mohammed Amine]]>;
<![CDATA[Nasri Abdelfatah]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 9, No 3: December 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v9.i3.pp297-304
<![CDATA[This paper is aimed to illustrate and expose the performance of single-phase voltage dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) control connected to the electrical distribution grid. This performance is easily expressed by compensating for the sags and the swells voltages, and regulating the voltage across the load by injecting a voltage component in series with the source voltage increased or decreased with respect to the source voltage the load-side waveforms are purely sinusoidal. The integration of serial and chopper converters makes the DVR capable of bidirectional power flow. The key to this topology is its ability to compensate for sagging and swelling of the voltage in the long run. The modeling of the DVR and the design of its controller is included in this document. Effectiveness of control systems and start-up sequence of DVR operation is verified by detailed simulation studies. The control method used in this work is based on the use of a booster chopper and two cascade loopsto generate the PWM command to control the chopper. The effectivenessof the suggested method is confirmed by the MATLAB/SIMULINK® simulation results and some prototype experiments. These results showthe capacity of the proposed DC link control.]]>
<![CDATA[Performance enhancement of shunt active power filter using soft computing techniques ]]>
<![CDATA[Annu Govind]]>;
<![CDATA[Vijay Kumar Tayal]]>;
<![CDATA[Prakash Kumar]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i3.pp253-261
<![CDATA[Nowadays, active power filter (APF) is the most popular device for harmonic compensation. This paper presents the soft computing techniques for compensation of currents harmonics using a shunt active power filter (SAPF). The method includes a 3-phase supply system with a current-controlled voltage source converter (CC-VSC) having an input coupling inductor and output tank capacitor for a self-supported DC bus. The performance of the active power filter can be enhanced by using soft computing techniques such as artificial neural network (ANN) controller and gravitational search algorithm (GSA) for generating control signals of the SAPF. The current reference is calculated to compensate source current THD with synchronous reference frame (SRF) technique with proportional integrator (PI) controller. From the result, it is evident that both the soft computing techniques reduce the computational time & fast convergence which improves the filter performance during the transient period and makes it self-tuned. The proposed structure is simulated using MATLAB/Simulink and subsequently experimentally verified. The presentation of the system is originated to be suitable for numerous features of power quality enhancement structure.]]>
<![CDATA[A new method to incorporate three-phase power transformer model into distribution system load flow analysis ]]>
<![CDATA[Rudy Gianto]]>;
<![CDATA[Purwoharjono Purwoharjono]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i3.pp262-270
<![CDATA[This paper proposes a new and simple method to incorporate three-phase power transformer model into distribution system load flow (DSLF) analysis. The objective of the present work is to find a robust and efficient technique for modeling and integrating power transformer in the DSLF analysis. The proposed transformer model is derived based on nodal admittance matrix and formulated by using the symmetrical component theory. Load flow formulation in terms of branch currents and nodal voltages is also proposed in this paper to enable integrating the model into the DSLF analysis. Singularity that makes the calculations in forward/backward sweep (FBS) algorithm is difficult to be carried out. It can be avoided in the method. The proposed model is verified by using the standard IEEE test system.]]>
<![CDATA[Spectral effects and determining the solar spectral distribution for Mugla and Ankara ]]>
<![CDATA[Murat Kabakci]]>;
<![CDATA[Rustu Eke]]>
<![CDATA[ International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) Vol 10, No 2: June 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.11591/ijape.v10.i2.pp143-150
<![CDATA[Not only is the theoretical calculation of the amount of solar radiation but also the characteristics of the light so significant in deciding the spectral sensitivity of the PV modules. The amount of radiation reaching on the earth depends on many atmospheric parameters such as wavelength and air mass. Spectral 2 is a model that calculates the amount of radiation for any region depending on the wavelength and atmospheric parameters. There are no theoretical and experimental studies on this subject in Turkey until now. In this study, the amounts of radiation coming to the surface having horizontal and different tilt angles were calculated for Mugla and Ankara. Due to the different climatic characteristics of Mugla and Ankara, the amount of radiation varies. According to the results, in winter and autumn, the amount of radiation which comes to Ankara and Mugla, is different each other. Due to the different climatical and geographical characteristics of Mugla and Ankara, the amount of radiation varies. The model, which is used in this study, due to atmospheric effects that have, is more comprehensive than any other empirical models made in Turkey.]]>
