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Evaluation Of The Accuracy Of Different Pv Estimation Models And The Effect Of Dust Cleaning: Case Study A 103 Mw Pv Plant In Jordan, Loiy Al-Ghussain, Moath Abu Subaih, Andres Annuk

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Research

The estimation of PV production has been widely investigated previously, where many empirical models have been proposed to account for wind and soiling effects for specific locations. However, the performance of these models varies among the investigated sites. Hence, it is vital to assess and evaluate the performance of these models and benchmark them against the common PV estimation model that accounts only for the ambient temperature. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the accuracy and performance of four empirical wind models considering the soiling effect, and compare them to the standard model for a 103 MW PV plant in …

Development Of A Testing Station For Grid-Interactive Smart Inverter Systems, Yudong Lan

Dissertations and Theses

As renewable energy penetration increases within the electrical power grid, flexible power is required to ensure reliability. Reliability can be jeopardized by the fluctuation and non-dispatch ability of renewable generators. This instability is caused by an imbalance between the amount of power produced and the amount of power consumed. Grid-enabled battery inverter systems are considered a solution to offset voltage and frequency fluctuations, which arise due to this power imbalance.

The objective of this work is to develop a system for testing grid-enabled inverters. These inverters use one or more communication standards to control their interactions with the grid. This …

Data-Enabled Distribution Grid Management, Zohreh Sadat Hosseini

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In 2020, U.S. electric utilities installed more than 94 million advanced meters, which brought the percentage of residential customers equipped with smart meters to 75%. This significant investment allows collecting extensive customer data at the distribution level, however, the data are not currently leveraged effectively to help with system operations. This dissertation aims to use the smart meters’ data to improve the grid’s reliability, stability, and controllability by solving two of the most challenging problems at the distribution level, namely distribution network phase identification and outage identification.

Distribution networks have typically been the least observable and most dynamic and locally …

The Development Of An Inexpensive Alternative To Industry Solar Simulators, Raines A. Vanhuss

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

Solar cells are a prominent renewable energy source used in the twenty-first century. In order for the technology to grow, research lab equipment is needed to measure and characterizes these cells. This report covers solar simulator devices and proposes an alternative design solution to lessen the cost of solar cell lab equipment. Common household light sources were tested by generating I-V characteristics using an amorphous silicon solar cell. The light bulb that generated the best I-V curve was selected and then tested for the optimal distance between the light source and the solar panel. The alternative solar simulator was then …

Reconfigurable Load-Modulated Power Amplifier For Energy- And Spectrum-Efficient Wireless Communications, Haifeng Lyu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

With the increasing demand for faster date rates and extensive user connectivities, the complex modulation schemes and large-scaled arrays have been widely researched and employed in the modern wireless links e.g., 5G and beyond-5G systems. These pose major challenges to design the power amplifiers (PAs) to accommodate the system level evolution. As the critical part, the power amplifiers (PAs) dominate the output power, efficiency, linearity and reliability of the radio frequency (RF) transmitter. Consequently, the PA's capability of maintaining an efficient, linear and reliable signal amplification operation is essential to the communication systems. On the other hand, due to the …

Power Inductors: Design, Modeling And Analysis, Subash Pokharel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Power inductors, or reactors as they are called in the power industry, are one of the fundamental components of a power system. They serve various purposes in both conventional and emerging power systems including: power flow control, fault current limitation, reactive power compensation, harmonic filtering, and others. This dissertation explores the design and applications of conventional power inductors and ways to overcome their shortcomings and expand their functionalities. In addition, novel inductor designs are proposed and analyzed to address power system challenges. A series of inductors, including traditional constant reactance inductor, gapless ferromagnetic core reactor (GFCR) (both costant and variable …

Grid-Interactive Buildings: Modeling, Operations, And Security, Guanyu Tian

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Smart grids and smart buildings are two highly interdependent energy infrastructure systems. Buildings rely on the grid to provide reliable power while their flexibility can also be utilized to enhance the reliability and efficiency of power system operations. The quantification of heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system flexibility is critical to the operations of both the grid and buildings in demand response (DR) programs. However, the flexibility quantification is challenging due to the non-linearity and non-convexity of thermal dynamics associated with HVAC components. This dissertation proposes a novel HVAC flexibility quantification method based on a semidefinite programming (SDP) formulation. …

Honey Badger Optimizer For Extracting The Ungiven Parameters Of Pemfc Model: Steady-State Assessment, Hossam Ashraf, Sameh Osama Abdellatif Dr, Mahmoud Elkoly Dr, Attia Elfergany Prof

Electrical Engineering

In this work, a novel attempt is performed to optimally identify the seven ungiven parameters of the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) steady-state model. A fitness function is adapted to reduce the sum of quadratic errors (SQEs) between the experimentally measured voltages and the corresponding computed values. A honey badger optimizer (HBO) is utilized to minimize the SQEs, exposed to a group of inequality bounds. Three test cases of well-known commercial PEMFCs units as benchmarking are elucidated and discussed over different steady-state operating conditions. Substantial comparisons to the other up-to-date optimizers published in the art-of-literature are provided to appraise …

Synergy Of Neuro-Fuzzy Controller And Tuna Swarm Algorithm For Maximizing The Overall Efficiency Of Pem Fuel Cells Stack Including Dynamic Performance, Hossam Ashraf, Mahmoud M. Elkholy Prof, Sameh O. Abdellatif, Attia A. El-Fergany Prof

Electrical Engineering

Recently, world endeavors are focused on promoting energy savings by operating both sources and loads at their maximum efficiency points. Thus, this paper presents a novel attempt to optimally determine the operating parameters of an isolated system comprising the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) stack serving a variable load. A fitness function is adapted to maximize the PEMFCs stack’s efficiency using tuna swarm algorithm (TSA), subjected to set of inequality constraints. A well-known commercial type of PEMFCs stack namely Nedstack PS6 6 kW, are carefully studied over two TSA-based optimization scenarios. The first scenario aims at optimizing five operating …

Large-Scale Modeling And Dr Control Of Electric Water Heaters With Energy Star And Cta-2045 Control Types In Distribution Power Systems, Huangjie Gong, Evan S. Jones, A. H. M. Jakaria, Aminul Huque, Ajit Renjit, Dan Ionel

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

The paper proposes a generalized energy storage (GES) model for battery energy storage systems (BESS), electric water heaters (EWH) and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems to enable demand response control complying to Energy Star and CTA-2045 standards. The demand response control has been implemented in the DER integration testbed, which was originally developed by EPRI, to demonstrate that the “energy content” and “energy take” for BESS and EWH with mixing valve technology are comparable for typical residential ratings. A distribution power system was modeled using the modified IEEE 123-bus feeder system, measured residential loads, and EWH power simulated based …

Multi-Physics And Artificial Intelligence Models For Digital Twin Implementations Of Residential Electric Loads, Steven Poore, Rosemary E. Alden, Huangjie Gong, Dan M. Ionel

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) and electric water heating (EWH) represent residential loads. Simulating these appliances for electric load forecasting, demand response (DR) studies, and human behavior analysis using physics-based models and artificial intelligence (AI) can further advance smart home technology. This paper explains the background of residential load modeling, starting with the concept of digital twin (DT) as well as the different types of methods. Two major types of appliance load monitoring (ALM) and their advantages/disadvantages are then discussed. This is followed by a review of multiple studies on residential load modeling, particularly for HVAC, EWH, and human behavior. …

Power Decoupling Control And Optimization For A Photovoltaic Inverter In D-Q Rotation Frame, Zhaoxia Yang

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

In the past decade, solar energy, the fastest growing renewable energy, has been a growing interest in integration to the utility grid. Power electronics converters play important role in renewable energy integration, e.g., integrate the distributed photovoltaic (PV) panels to the grid. In many applications, particularly in the residential area, a single-phase rather than three-phase inverter is used to regulate the voltage from one form to the other while tracking the maximum power point of the PV system. The input voltage and current are DC and its maximum power is desired to be a constant value. However, in the single-phase …

Techno-Economic Feasibility Of Electrifying Food Markets In Nigeria With Biogas Hybrid Mini-Grids, Demi Temitope Ogunwo

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This thesis explored the feasibility of electrifying a food market in an urban city in Nigeria with a hybrid biogas-powered mini-grid. Under the Energizing Economies Initiative of the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria, nine markets in the country currently receive constant access to electricity via hybrid mini-grid systems. As a majority of these systems are diesel-solar-battery systems, this thesis explored the use of biogas generators as a substitute for diesel generators in hybrid mini-grids for food markets. A fruit and vegetable market in Ketu, Lagos was used as a case study for the research. The research for this thesis was …

Stochastic Battery Soc Model Of Ev Community For V2g Operations Using Cta-2045 Standards, Huangjie Gong, Rosemary E. Alden, Dan Ionel

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

An electric vehicle (EV) battery has large energy storage capacity in the context of residential total usage, and the potential to provide large energy reserves for Home energy Management (HEM) systems. In an electric distribution system, groups of EVs could provide vehicle-to-grid (V2G) service in response to control signals and enable virtual power plant (VPP) operation of the car batteries. The CTA-2045 standards were considered for integration of the EV controls into the HEM system for maximal interoperability with other appliances, such as residential battery, electric water heater, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The power distribution system …

Assessment Of Hydrogen Adoption Readiness In Energy Sector Using Indicator-Based Analysis, Patcharee Penchan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Global environmental concerns have led countries like Japan and Thailand to seek alternative energy sources to meet environmental goals and country agenda. Hydrogen has been added to the energy agenda as a way to address the energy challenges and shape the country's future profile. This study analyzes the readiness of Japan and Thailand to adopt hydrogen energy technology by comparing indicators. Japan experienced in developing hydrogen energy projects, while Thailand is exploring the technology's potential. The research proposes a hydrogen-related indicator framework to evaluate a country's energy system in Japan and Thailand case. The study aims to identify indicators to …

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Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อนำเสนอผลกระทบด้านความต้องการพลังงานของอาคารที่ออกแบบตามเกณฑ์อาคารที่มีสุขภาวะที่ดีโดยสถาบันอาคารเขียวไทยมีชื่อเกณฑ์”เป็นสุข” โดยการวิจัยนี้นำข้อมูลการประเมินประสิทธิภาพการใช้พลังงานทั้งอาคารกรณีศึกษาแบบปกติและอาคารกรณีศึกษาที่ปรับแบบให้สอดคล้องตามเกณฑ์เป็นสุข นำมาวิเคราะห์เปรียบเทียบตามมาตรฐานและหลักเกณฑ์ในการออกแบบอาคารเพื่อการอนุรักษ์พลังงาน โดยการใช้โปรแกรม Building Energy Code (BEC) Web-based ผลการศึกษาพบว่า อาคารกรณีศึกษาแบบปกติที่ใช้เป็นแบบอ้างอิงมีผลการประเมินประสิทธิภาพการใช้พลังงานผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯ ทั้งแบบการประเมินรายระบบและการใช้พลังงานโดยรวม ส่วนกรณีอาคารเป็นสุขแบบที่ 1 ผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯเฉพาะการใช้พลังงานโดยรวม แต่ระบบกรอบอาคารไม่ผ่านเกณฑ์การประเมินรายระบบ โดยที่ค่าการถ่ายเทความร้อนรวมของผนังในส่วนที่มีการปรับอากาศ (OTTV) เปลี่ยนแปลงเพิ่มขึ้น 13.86% เนื่องจากความต้องการของอาคารตามเกณฑ์เป็นสุข คือ การมีช่องเปิดที่มีขนาดใหญ่ขึ้นและมีกระจกหน้าต่างที่สว่างมากขึ้นเพื่อให้ได้รับแสงสว่างธรรมชาติที่มากขึ้น จึงนำความร้อนเข้าสู่ภายในอาคารผ่านกระจกหน้าต่างด้านนอกมากขึ้น โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งหากไม่ได้ใช้กระจกกรอบอาคารประสิทธิภาพสูง แต่สำหรับค่าการใช้พลังงานโดยรวมของอาคารพบว่าอาคารเป็นสุขแบบที่ 1 ยังสามารถผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯ เนื่องจากการประหยัดพลังงานจากการใช้ไฟฟ้าแสงสว่าง สำหรับอาคารเป็นสุขแบบที่ 2 ผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯ ทั้งแบบการประเมินรายระบบและการใช้พลังงานโดยรวม

Superhalogen-Based Li-Rich Anti-Perovskite Superionic Conductors, Md Mominul Islam

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Solid-state batteries are being widely explored to meet next-generation energy storage demand with a great potentiality of achieving high energy and power densities at All-solidstate Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In recent years, electronically inverted lithium-rich antiperovskite (LiRAP) solid electrolytes with the formula Li3OX, where X is a halogen or mixture of halogens have appeared as a prospective alternative of the commercially available flammable and corrosive organic liquid electrolytes because of their high ionic conductivity, structural variety, and wide electrochemical window. Here, For the first time, we have successfully formulated and synthesized a completely new class of super halogen based double anti-perovskite …

Optimization Based On Movable Damped Wave Algorithm For Design Of Photovoltaic/ Wind/ Diesel/ Biomass/ Battery Hybrid Energy Systems, Mohammed Kharrich, Salah Kamel, Mamdouh Abdel-Akher, Ahmad Eid, Hossam Zawbaa, Jonghoon Kim

Articles

The actual energetic situation has several challenges such as pollution, the rarefaction of fossil fuel and the dangers of nuclear. Renewable sources are proposed as a solution and suggested, such as a cost-effectiveness system. The paper deals with the problem of feeding a domestic load with electricity which should respect the ecologies factors, so this work is a design problem of the hybrid renewable energy systems; PV/biomass, PV/diesel/battery, PV/wind/diesel/battery, and wind/diesel/battery to choose the best one of them which feed the load with the lowest cost. The study’s goal is to design a microgrid system by the minimization of the …

A Soft-Switched Three-Port Dc-Dc Converter For A Pv/ Battery System, Mohamedelfatih Dosa

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This thesis proposed a soft-switched three-port bidirectional DC-DC converter for managing the power flow of a photovoltaic (PV) and battery system. The proposed converter consists of three ports connected to a PV panel, battery, and load. These three ports are interfaced through the high-frequency transformer and use phase-shift control to achieve soft-switching for all converter switches. Compared with the traditional multiport converters, the proposed three-port converter uses the least number of power switches, and zero-voltage switching (ZVS). Simulation and experimental results validate the design and effectiveness of soft switching and power flow control. The converter can work in different scenarios …

Sizing Considerations For Ev Dynamic Wireless Charging Systems With Integrated Energy Storage, Donovin Lewis, Huangjie Gong, Gregory D. Erhardt, Rong Zeng, Omer Onar, Veda Prakash Galigekere, Burak Ozpineci, Dan Ionel

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

Roadways with dynamic wireless charging systems (DWCS) enable charge-sustaining in-motion EV charging, which can reduce charging idle time while increasing range capabilities. Spatially distributed transmitter coils are controlled in response to traffic load that varies significantly minute to minute with high power levels, very short charging time, and low system utilization like wind turbine power. Traffic load estimation and localized analysis may guide effective sizing and topology adoption for feasible and scalable DWCS deployment. DWCS traffic load approximation is reviewed with measured Automated Traffic Recorder (ATR) data and statistical distributions being used to create a synthetic load analyzed using proposed …