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Author: n.sene
Type: Publication
Date: 2015-10-22

Fault Current Limiters in Industrial Power Systems

Description:
The concept of saturable core fault current limiter (FCL) is relatively known nowadays. It usually consists of two reversely magnetized cores per phase to effectively limit the fault current passively... see more and immediately upon its inception. In this paper prospects of application of fault current limiters in industrial power systems will be considered. Industrial power systems (distribution networks) are widespread and include a number of various electrical appliances. The power systems development (addition of new power plants, interconnections, etc.) may lead to more intense short circuit currents at the fault location. Furthermore, industrial systems may possess on-site generation which can increase fault current levels as well. All these factors might require appropriate upgrades of industrial system electrical equipment (especially switchgear) or special operating procedures (for instance avoiding parallel operation). Another alternative is the installation of fault current limiters. In this light, a series of simulations were carried out in order to observe the impact of fault current limiters on short circuit currents in an industrial power system using the EMTP-RV software program.

Keywords: saturable core fault current limiter (FCL), industrial power system, induction machine, EMTP; fault current analysis, medium voltage

Tag(s): saturable core fault current limiter (FCL), industrial power system, induction machine, EMTP; fault current analysis, medium voltage

Author: n.sene
Type: Publication
Date: 2015-04-02

Power system islands, autonomous microgrids and relevant instrumentation

Description:
Unplanned power system islanding is usually seen as a major risky operating condition and specific countermeasures are applied in order to avoid it. However the capability of voluntary disconnection f... see morerom the external grid and autonomous operation is often a requirement for some industrial power systems and power plants. The panel session at the 2012 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference on
“Power system islands, autonomous microgrids and relevant instrumentation” aims at providing an occasion to exchange ideas and experiences in order to envisage situations in which voluntary power system islanding may be useful and to define the instrumentation required for a reliable operation in islanded conditions. This paper, provided by the organizers, reviews some activities recently carried out on this topic at their institution.

Authors: A. Borghetti, L. Peretto

Tag(s): Power systems islanding, microgrids, measurements.

Author: n.sene
Type: Publication
Date: 2015-04-02

SITL and HLA Co-simulation Platforms: Tools for Analysis of the Integrated ICT and Electric Power System

Description:
Due to the necessity of developing analysis tools in the integrated ICT and power system domain, this paper describes and compares the architecture and configuration of two different ITC-power system ... see moreco-simulation approaches called SITL (System in the Loop) and HLA (High Level Architecture) Co-simulation platforms. Both platforms make use of the communication network simulator OPNET (Optimum Network Performance). As indicated by the names, the former operates in real time, in order to perform SITL simulations, whilst the latter is based on the HLA interface between OPNET and the power network simulation environment EMTP-rv (Electromagnetic Transient Program). We provide several details on their implementation and present their features by means of the results obtained for two test cases. The paper aims at clarifying the type of analysis that can be effectively carried out by using the two different platforms.

Authors: Riccardo Bottura, Davood Babazadeh, Kun Zhu, Alberto Borghetti, Lars Nordström, Carlo Alberto Nucci

EuroCon 2013 • 1-4 July 2013 • Zagreb, Croatia

Tag(s): Co-simulation, OPNET, EMTP, High level architecture, System in the loop, Smart grid, OPAL-RT.

Author: n.sene
Type: Publication
Date: 2015-04-02

Simulation of the Volt/Var Control in Distribution Feeders by Means of a Networked Multiagent System

Description:
The adoption of networked multiagent systems (MAS) has been recently proposed for the solution of the volt/var control (VVC) problem in distribution feeders. However, constraints and limitations due t... see moreo the communication network, to the dynamic behavior of power system components and regulators, as well as to the measurement uncertainties of the adopted sensors need to be specifically analyzed for the design of the MAS. For this purpose, a cosimulation platform has been built by the integration of two simulation tools:
1) the electromagnetic transient program EMTP-rv; and 2) the communication network simulator Riverbed-OPNET Modeler. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of an asynchronous leaderless MAS-based approach that coordinates the reactive power outputs of a set of power compensators equipped with phasor measurement units via a shared band-limited packet-switched digital communication network. The effects of communication network latency and packet loss on the VVC performances are analyzed for two unbalanced IEEE Test feeders equipped with on-load tap changer transformers. The paper compares the results obtained by using a transmission control protocol (TCP) and a user datagram protocol (UDP), for different levels of background traffic (BT) and different packet discard ratios (PDRs) in the communication links.

Authors: Riccardo Bottura, Student Member, IEEE, and Alberto Borghetti, Senior Member, IEEE

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, VOL. 10, NO. 4, NOVEMBER 2014

Tag(s): Cosimulation, medium voltage distribution feeders, multiagent systems (MAS), networked control systems (NCS), phasor measurement unit (PMU), volt/var control (VVC).

Author: n.sene
Type: Publication
Date: 2015-04-01

Parameters Identification of a Power Plant Model for the Simulation of Islanding Transients

Description:
The paper presents a procedure for parameter identification along with its application to the model of a combined cycle power plant that includes the surrounding electrical network, built for the anal... see moreysis of islanding maneuvers transients. The paper illustrates both the power system computer model, implemented within the EMTP-RV simulation environment, and the developed identification procedure based on the interface between the developed model and Matlab. The parameter identification procedure is applied to experimental transient recordings that make reference to a similar power plant.

Authors: A. Borghetti, C.A. Nucci, M. Paolone, M. Bosetti

Tag(s): Islanding, Identification, Power Plant