Hierarchical decentralized autonomous control in super‐distributed energy systems

This paper deals with a decentralized autonomous control strategy of a super‐distributed energy system with a hierarchical structure in order to reduce the complexity of control. In this paper, distribution systems are assumed to be composed of multiple small‐scale power systems in which many customers with dispersed generators exist. A small‐scale power system can be considered as a unit with a generator state and a load state, or as a customer with dispersed generators. Control components of small‐scale power systems are interconnected with each other and are used to operate distribution systems. An expanded decentralized autonomous control method for a super‐distributed energy system with a hierarchical structure is proposed on the basis of the Hopfield neural network. It is demonstrated that super‐distributed energy systems with a hierarchical structure can be controlled autonomously by applying the proposed method. Copyright © 2007 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Optimal allocation of wind turbine generator in active distribution network

Nowadays, more and more wind turbine generators (WTGs ) are being integrated into power systems. In this paper, an optimal WTG allocation model with the objective of minimizing the annual cost is proposed. The model can take into account the time‐sequential correlation between the wind speed and load demand, as well as four kinds of active management measures, i.e. regulating the on‐load tap changer of the transformer, curtailing the output power of WTG , regulating the power factor of WTG , and managing the demand side. The time‐sequential correlation is handled by the joint probability distribution method. A hybrid solving strategy combining the fuzzy adaptive particle swarm optimization algorithm and primal‐dual interior point method is developed to get the optimal solutions. Case studies carried out on the IEEE 33‐bus active distribution network verify the feasibility of the developed model and the high efficiency of the proposed solving strategy. © 2017 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Study on voltage regulation methods for distribution systems with dispersed generators

Connection of a large number of the dispersed generators to distribution networks is not easy due to various technical considerations. Thus, we have been trying to devise a concept for future electrical distribution systems with many dispersed generators. In this work, it has been considered that each customer's load and each generator's active and reactive power should be controlled in order to stabilize and optimize the networks. Under this consideration, two control methods for future distribution systems are proposed, a cooperative control and an independent control. We have confirmed experimentally that the voltage regulation ability is higher with the cooperative control than with the independent control, especially in cases of an eccentric load profile in a feeder and a heavy load. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 154(4): 16–23, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20246     

Analysis and design of a half‐bridge LLC series resonant converter employing two transformers

This paper presents a two‐transformer LLC series resonant converter (SRC), which is derived from incorporating two identical converters. The proposed converter allows a low‐profile power supply design for liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs and servers. The presented converter can equally share the total load current between two transformers and the output rectifier modules. Therefore, the heat problem can be effectively relieved. The steady‐state analysis and design of this new two‐transformer LLC SRC are described. The experimental results are recorded for a prototype converter with an output voltage of 12thinspaceV, an output power of 300 W, and a resonant frequency of 74 kHz. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Load‐following control for dispersed generators using a PI controller

Recently, there has been growing interest in utilizing dispersed generation systems, which are grouped into micro turbine systems, co‐generation systems, and so on, as a substitute for fuel oil energy and a technology to prevent global warming. Since start‐up time of dispersed generation systems is short, it is possible to operate systems to supply load power corresponding to a demand. Moreover, PPSs (Power Producers and Suppliers) can participate in a power retail sales company, since deregulation of electric utilities was instituted in March 2000. However, PPSs have to keep instantaneous generating power commissioning rule, to maintain supply‐and‐demand balance between customer and supplier. Therefore, in this paper, we examine instantaneous generating power commissioning for dispersed generators where start‐up time is short and it is possible to operate systems to supply a power load corresponding to a demand. We adopt a PI controller as a controller. The system is composed of double control loop in inner loop and in outer loop. In inner loop electric power is controlled and in outer loop electric energy is controlled. The controller parameters are designed using the pole‐placement technique. The effectiveness of the proposed control system is confirmed by simulations. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 145(2): 58–66, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10200     

Influence of quadrature‐axis reactance of large turbine generator on operation

Two‐pole large generators are extensively used in power utilities. Growing demand for electric power in recent years has led to substantial increases in the capacity of generators. In line with this trend, our company has manufactured two‐pole turbine generators in the 900,000‐kVA to 1,200,000‐kVA classes. As the capacity of generators becomes larger, equivalent circuits are increasingly expected to improve their precision in estimating operation characteristics. The Park model has been widely used as an equivalent circuit model. The Park model with quadrature axis transient reactance $x_{q}^{\prime}$ is claimed to be useful for accurately estimating the load rejection characteristics of turbine generators. However, it is difficult to measure $x_{q}^{\prime}$, few studies based on measured data have appeared. As one of the few examples, we have conducted a measured data on a 500,000‐kVA‐class generator. Recently, the authors obtained test data on $x_{q}^{\prime}$ of a 900,000‐kVA‐class generator. In this study, based on these data, we studied the effect of $x_{q}^{\prime}$ using the finite element method and a transient analysis program (EMTP‐ATP). © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 177(3): 17–27, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21099     

Implementation of an interleaved pulse‐width modulation converter for renewable energy conversion

This paper presents an interleaved soft switching converter to achieve the features of zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn‐on for power switches, zero current switching turn‐off for rectifier diodes at full load, less transformer secondary winding with full‐wave diode rectifier topology, and balance primary currents with series connection of the transformer secondary windings. Two circuit modules are adopted in the proposed circuit, and they are operated with an interleaved pulse‐width modulation. Thus, ripple currents at the input and output sides are reduced. In each module, two ZVS converters using the same switches are operated with interleaved half switching cycle. The secondary windings of transformers are connected in series in order to ensure that the primary side currents are balanced. The full‐wave diode rectifier topology is used on the output side such that the voltage stress of rectifier diodes equals output voltage, rather than being two times the output voltage as in a conventional center‐tapped rectifier topology. Laboratory experiments with a 1000‐W prototype are provided to describe the effectiveness of the proposed converter. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Feasible solution for dynamic economic load dispatch using feasible operation region

High penetration of renewable energy in the future power system will pose a big problem to the load dispatch operation. The large disturbance and high forecast error must be considered when scheduling a limited number of controllable generators to follow rapid change in load. This paper proposes a dynamic economic load dispatch (DELD) problem approach based on the concept of a feasible operation region (FOR). FOR is defined as the region that committed generators may operate in to match the load profile without violating the ramp‐rate constraints. The DELD problem is solved in two stages. In the first stage, FOR of each generator is computed using recent real‐time forecasted load as well as renewable energy generation. In the second stage, a generation schedule is determined by solving the DELD problem interval by interval while considering ramp‐rate constraints and FOR constraints. The method can gives feasible solution for feasible load and specify the amount of compensation required for feasible solution for infeasible load. © 2013 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Determination of optimal sending voltage profile in distribution systems with distributed generators

Sending voltage profile of distribution feeder is controlled by changing a tap of distribution transformer. In a distribution network with distributed generators, for reasons of effect of reversed flows from them and existence of a great number of sending voltage profile candidates, it is not easy to control sending voltage profile within the acceptable voltage limit. In this paper, in order to determine the optical sending voltage profile of distribution transformer in a distribution network with distributed generators, the authors propose a new method to determine the optimal sending voltage profile so as to minimize the total number of tap position's change per day under constraints of acceptable voltage limit. In the proposed method, after calculating acceptable range of three‐phase voltage of distribution feeder, the optimal profile of tap position within the calculated acceptable voltage range is determined among these candidates by using reduced ordered binary decision diagram (ROBDD) which is an efficient enumeration algorithm. In order to check the validity of the proposed method, numerical simulations are carried out for a distribution network model with a distributed generator. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 161(2): 16–24, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20393     

地方小电厂并网的变压器和线路保护及安全自动装置配置方案探讨

由于地方小电厂的接入,系统110 kV终端变电站的主变中性点接地方式、主变后备保护、110 kV备用电源自投、并网线路保护等都要作相应的改造和调整,以确保电网及地方小电厂的安全稳定运行。济宁电网根据自己的实际运行需求,针对地方小电厂并网的继电保护和安全自动装置的配置与定值整定,依据相关规程,作了深入研究,采取了可行的措施。对带有地方小电厂的110 kV及以下变压器和线路的保护,详细阐述了配置和定值整定方案;对相关的备用电源自投、低频低压解列和高频高压切机等装置的配置及定值整定方案作了初步探讨。     

基于需求侧预约响应的平滑微网等效负荷功率波动控制策略

引入微网总负荷与风光等间歇性能源出力的差值——等效负荷作为具有稳定可控输出的微电源总发电参考量进行研究。通过在微网需求侧向能量管理系统(EMS)预约,储水式电热水器(WSH)群进行响应以平滑微网等效负荷功率波动。首先,建立了等效负荷的模型、基于反向变化频次比的风光出力跟随总负荷功率波动状况的评价指标,并分析了需求侧WSH群响应参与微网能量管理的可行性,计及WSH的传导能量、换位能量和加热能量,建立了WSH群的温度模型。其次,依据需求侧预约用水或常规用水时间、量值和用户主动控制及WSH温度上限,建立动态可控WSH群并计算其反向温度值,根据反向温度值排序结果将投入待机WSH与切除加热WSH两个过程统一,形成了基于需求侧预约WSH群响应的平滑微网等效负荷功率波动控制策略。最后,应用某微网实际案例数据验证了该控制策略的有效性。     

Fast computation and stable convergence technique for unbalanced load flow calculation in large‐scale systems

This paper presents a new method of unbalanced load flow calculation to improve complexity by the method of advanced symmetrical coordinates. Usually, the electric power system has been calculated only by the positive phase sequence component on the assumption that three‐phase transmission lines and loads are balanced. However, many ultrahigh‐voltage transmission lines are not transposed, and therefore mutual inductances cause negative sequence currents in the trunk transmission system. Negative sequence currents cause heating of generators and transformers, and therefore the three‐phase sequence component should be calculated accurately. We examined the fast computation and good convergence performance of unbalanced load flow calculation by models of three‐phase transmission lines, transformers, and loads. The proposed method is not the phase coordinate system but the method of symmetrical coordinates. This technique decreases numerical complexity by the use of a simplified Jacobian matrix. The convergence performance of this method is inferior to that of the usual Newton–Raphson method. As a consequence, the problem of poor convergence performance is alleviated by a technique for the newly developed deceleration Newton method. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 174(1): 17–24, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21034     

Development of equipment models for fast distribution three‐phase unbalanced load flow calculation

This paper presents distribution system equipment models for fast distribution three‐phase unbalanced load flow calculation. Recently, the number of distributed generators introduced into distribution systems has been increasing and detailed system analysis using load flow calculation has been eagerly awaited. Moreover, since many distribution system loads are composed of single phase loads, three‐phase unbalanced load flow calculation is required for the distribution system analysis. Although the fast distribution three‐phase unbalanced load flow calculation has been developed, equipment models considering interconnection of distributed generators have not as yet been developed in Japan. This paper develops practical equipment models such as various distributed generators, voltage control equipment, and loads for fast three‐phase unbalanced load flow calculation in distribution systems. The feasibility of the developed models is verified and demonstrated on practical distribution system models with promising results. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 142(3): 8–19, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10106     

A novel magnetizing inrush current suppressor of energized transformers

The magnetizing inrush possibly occurs when the transformer is energized in the case of no load or a light load. The reason rests with the saturation state or even deep saturation state of the transformer core due to many factors such as inception angles, residual flux, and so on. Both the transformer itself and the power quality in the power system will be adversely impacted by the magnetizing inrush. By utilizing the tertiary winding of a three‐windings transformer, a new technique called ‘magnetizing inrush suppressor’ (MIS) is proposed to eliminate the inrush. When the transformer is switched on, it allows the voltage on the tertiary winding to climb gradually and ensures that the voltages on both sides have the same phase but different magnitudes. In this case, the inrush current can be eliminated successfully. Finally, simulation tests based on PSCAD are performed and analyzed in detail, and the validity of the proposed approach is confirmed. © 2016 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Development of gate drive circuit for next‐generation ultrahigh‐speed switching devices

This paper describes a gate drive circuit which is capable of driving an ultrahigh‐speed switching device and of suppressing high‐frequency noise caused by its high dV/dt ratio of 104 V/μs order. SiC (silicon carbide)‐based power semiconductor devices are very promising as next‐generation ultrahigh‐speed switching devices. However, one of their application problems is how to drive them with less high‐frequency noise without sacrificing their ultrahigh‐speed operation capability. The paper proposes a new gate drive circuit specialized for such devices, which charges and discharges the input capacitance of the device by using an impulse voltage generated by inductors. This ultrahigh‐speed switching operation causes a high‐frequency common‐mode noise current in the gate drive circuit, which penetrates an isolated power‐supply transformer due to the parasitic capacitance between the primary and the secondary windings. In order to overcome this secondary problem, a toroidal multicore transformer is also proposed in the paper in order to reduce the parasitic capacitance drastically. By applying the former technique, the turn‐on time and turn‐off time of the power device were shortened by 50% and by 20%, compared with a conventional push‐pull gate drive circuit, respectively. In addition, the latter technique allows reduction of the peak common‐mode noise current to 25%, compared with the use of a conventional standard utility power‐supply transformer. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 176(4): 52–60, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21124     

Pulse current regenerative resonant snubber‐assisted two‐switch flyback‐type ZVS PWM DC‐DC converter

In this paper, a two‐switch high‐frequency flyback transformer‐type zero voltage soft‐switching PWM DC‐DC converter using IGBTs is proposed. Effective applications for this power converter can be found in auxiliary power supplies of rolling stock transportation and electric vehicles. This power converter is basically composed of two active power switches and a flyback high‐frequency transformer. In addition to these, two passive lossless snubbers with power regeneration loops for energy recovery, consisting of a three‐winding auxiliary high‐frequency transformer, auxiliary capacitors and diodes are introduced to achieve zero voltage soft switching from light to full load conditions. Furthermore, this power converter has some advantages such as low cost circuit configuration, simple control scheme, and high efficiency. Its operating principle is described and to determine circuit parameters, some practical design considerations are discussed. The effectiveness of the proposed power converter is evaluated and compared with the hard switching PWM DC‐DC converter from an experimental point of view, and the comparative electromagnetic conduction and radiation noise characteristics of both DC‐DC power converter circuits are also depicted. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 152(3): 74–81, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20081     

Characteristic Analysis of a Micro DC‐DC Converter for Portable Electronic Devices and an Improvement of Transient Response Characteristic

This paper describes the characteristic analysis of a micro DC‐DC converter which integrates inductor, controller and switching devices, and the improvement of the transient response characteristic. The steady‐state operation and the efficiency characteristics of the micro DC‐DC converter are presented as experimental data. The static characteristics are theoretically analyzed with consideration of the DC current characteristics of the inductor. The load transient response characteristics of the micro DC‐DC converter are also analyzed experimentally and theoretically. In addition, the factors responsible for the overshoot and undershoot of the output voltage when the load changes are discussed. Finally, a clamp circuit for reducing the overshoot and undershoot of the output voltage when the load changes is proposed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 175(3): 56–64, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21081     

变压器式可控电抗器的控制绕组无功容量分析

分析比较两种不同绕组控制方式下的电抗器:晶闸管控制方式(thyristor con tro llab le reactor,TCR)和先进静止无功发生器控制方式(advanced static var generator,A SVG)。针对TCR控制方式在轻载或空载存在死区的问题,提出将第一级控制绕组采用A SVG控制方式,以增加可调性并减少谐波含量。将多并联支路型可控电抗器的支撑导通法,应用到变压器式可控电抗器的绕组功率控制上,通过第一级A SVG控制绕组和其它TCR控制绕组的相互配合,实现连续平滑调节。针对无功容量最优分配问题建立了相应的数学模型,并以此确定出各级绕组最佳的功率容量分配。     

Analysis and design of a two‐transformer active‐clamping ZVS isolated inverse‐SEPIC converter

This paper presents a two‐transformer active‐clamping zero‐voltage‐switching (ZVS) isolated inverse‐SEPIC converter, which is mainly composed of two active‐clamping ZVS isolated inverse‐SEPIC converters. The proposed converter allows a low‐profile design for liquid crystal display TVs and servers. The presented two‐transformer active‐clamping ZVS isolated inverse‐SEPIC converter can equally share the total load current between two secondaries. Therefore, the output inductor copper loss and the output diode conduction loss can be decreased. Detailed analysis and design of this new two‐transformer active‐clamping ZVS isolated inverse‐SEPIC converter are described. Experimental results are recorded for a prototype converter with an AC input voltage ranging from 85 to 135 V, an output voltage of 12 V and a rated output current of 13.5A, operating at a switching frequency of 65 kHz. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高渗透率可再生能源微电网的风柴荷协调调频策略

微电网中包含的高渗透率风机、光伏及柴油机、负荷等元件使微电网调频困难。为充分利用风柴荷备用资源对微电网调频性能的改善作用,考虑微电网频率总体最优,提出了一种基于高渗透率可再生能源微电网的风柴荷协调调频策略。考虑风柴荷与微电网频率特性的相互作用,推导了含高渗透率风电的微电网频率特性,建立了风柴荷联合调频下微电网频率特性模型,对比分析了不同调频参数下的微电网频率特性。其中风机和柴油机始终优先参与调频,可控负荷仅在负荷突变量大于风柴备用容量时参与调频,同时可控负荷调频系数根据频率波动大小而改变,兼顾风柴调频备用与供电可靠性,使微电网既能充分利用风柴调频能力,又能减少可控负荷调频压力,保证了需求侧供电的可靠性。仿真结果表明,所提出的调频策略可有效改善高渗透率可再生能源微电网的频率稳定问题,并减轻可控负荷调频压力。