Assessing The Power Quality In Micro-Grid Embedded with Renewable Energy

Author(s):  
G. M. Sharif Ullah Al-Mamun ◽  
Arpita Hoque ◽  
Md Shamim Rana ◽  
Sultan Ahmed ◽  
Md Imran Hossain ◽  
...  

Micro-grid is a potential solution for the integration and management of renewable energy generation. Power generation through renewable energy sources has become more preferential and cost-effective, by articulating small scale distributed energy resources, micro-grids are becoming an alternative method in electrical power generation at the distribution voltage level. The increment of nonlinear loads and power electronic interfaced distribution generation system (DG) in the grid creates power quality issues like harmonic distortions in the distributed power system [6] [18]. The microgrid proposed in this paper consists of a photovoltaic array which represents the main generation unit and a three-phase induction generator that supplements the variable power generated by the photovoltaic array; a battery bank is included in the micro-grid to reduce the burden of the power generated by the micro-grid during the peak period [19] [20]. The power electronic interface maintains the necessary adaptability, security and reliability of operation between renewable sources and the distribution system [18]. In this paper, a comprehensive survey on micro-grid to improve the power quality parameters like THD is taken as the main objective with the help of suitable hybrid optimization algorithm, harmonic filters, controllers and battery storage.


Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Deyaa Ahmed ◽  
Mohamed Ebeed ◽  
Abdelfatah Ali ◽  
Ali S. Alghamdi ◽  
Salah Kamel

Optimal inclusion of a photovoltaic system and wind energy resources in electrical grids is a strenuous task due to the continuous variation of their output powers and stochastic nature. Thus, it is mandatory to consider the variations of the Renewable energy resources (RERs) for efficient energy management in the electric system. The aim of the paper is to solve the energy management of a micro-grid (MG) connected to the main power system considering the variations of load demand, photovoltaic (PV), and wind turbine (WT) under deterministic and probabilistic conditions. The energy management problem is solved using an efficient algorithm, namely equilibrium optimizer (EO), for a multi-objective function which includes cost minimization, voltage profile improvement, and voltage stability improvement. The simulation results reveal that the optimal installation of a grid-connected PV unit and WT can considerably reduce the total cost and enhance system performance. In addition to that, EO is superior to both whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and sine cosine algorithm (SCA) in terms of the reported objective function.


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