Alleviating Solar Energy Congestion in the Distribution Grid via Smart Metering Communications

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1607-1620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Hao Lo ◽  
Nirwan Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Energy Congestion

scholarly journals Unification of Edge Energy Grids for Empowering Small Energy Producers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8487
Author(s):  
Evangelos K. Markakis ◽  
Yannis Nikoloudakis ◽  
Kalliopi Lapidaki ◽  
Konstantinos Fiorentzis ◽  
Emmanuel Karapidakis
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Power Production ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Small Energy ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Energy Grid ◽  
Current Energy ◽  
Energy Pool

The current energy landscape is largely comprised of big stakeholders, who are often the monopolistic drivers of their local market. This fact does not leave any room for smaller players to participate in this procedure by contributing their part in the energy pool. Moreover, the dynamic demand for power along with the current power production rate are not corelated, rendering the power distribution grid, a best effort network, prone to power failures, due to the inevitable irregularities in demand. This paper introduces a novel concept that allows small energy producers, such as solar panel grids, to offer their production excess through an intelligent energy brokerage blockchain-based framework. The proposed framework ingests the vast amounts of bigdata stemming from the distributed smart energy grids smart metering and allows for automatic commercial transactions of power between the participants of a dedicated marketplace. Values dynamically fluctuate depending on the real-time offer and demand and the grid’s state. Thus, all partaking stakeholders are able to take the most out of their product by leveraging the intelligence provided by the energy marketplace, and contribute to the overall stabilization of the energy grid.

scholarly journals Design and Sizing of Mobile Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant to Support Rapid Charging for Electric Vehicles

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 3579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kameswara Satya Prakash Oruganti ◽  
Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam ◽  
Gowthamraj Rajendran ◽  
Ramasamy A
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Plug And Play ◽  
Photovoltaic Power ◽  
Fast Charging ◽  
Charging Stations

Existing DC fast-charging stations are experiencing power quality issues such as high harmonics in the line current, poor power factor in the input supply, and overloading of distribution transformers, due to the dynamic behavior of charging patterns when it is connected to the power grid. Most of the recent works involve the usage of renewable energy sources to mitigate the issues on the distribution grid. In order to design a mobile plug and play DC fast charging station, solar energy is the best and viable solution to carry out. In this paper, plug and play solar photovoltaic power plant to charge electric vehicles (EVs) is proposed and modelled using MATLAB/Simulink software. The proposed system can act as a mobile power plant. The controller allows the system to charge the battery, whenever there is abundant solar energy. Incoming EVs will be charged directly from the system battery where the charger acts as a rapid charging system. The proposed system can meet the concept of Solar Photovoltaic Rapid Charging Stations (SPRCS), which shows that 80% of charge can be fed to an EV in 10.25 s.

scholarly journals A proposed algorithm to detemine hosting capacity of distribution network

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Le Hong Lam, Nguyen Huu Hieu, Tran Tan Vinh Le
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Iterative Algorithm ◽  
Distribution Network ◽  
Excess Energy ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Distributed Resources ◽  
Power Company ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Rooftop Solar

Today, solar energy has great potential and is, therefore, being promoted for use not only in Vietnam but also worldwide. In particular, households with rooftop solar energy can sell excess energy to the power company, which is being noted for strong development. However, the development of rooftop solar will have some negative effects on the distribution grid if the selling capacity from households is too large. PV rooftop is a part of distributed resources. Thus the paper will discuss distributed resources in general. In this paper, an iterative algorithm that determines the maximum number of distributed resources that can penetrate into the grid is developed in the Matlab environment. The proposed model is tested with a simple distribution grid to determine the hosting capacity of the distribution grid.

scholarly journals Statistical Approach in Analyzing of Advanced Metering Data in Power Distribution Grid

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Ramljak ◽  
Drago Bago
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Statistical Approach ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Electric Energy Consumption ◽  
Advanced Metering

In last period many distribution system operators (DSO) invest significant amount of money in smart metering system. Those investments are in part due to regulatory obligations and in part due to needs of DSO (utilities) for knowledge about electric energy consumption. Term electric energy consumption refers not only on real consumption of electric energy but also on data about peak power, unbalance, voltage profiles, power losses etc. Data which DSO can have depends on type of smart metering system. Further, smart meters as source of data can be implemented in transformer stations (TS) MV/LV and in LV grid at consumer level. Generally, smart meters can be placed in any node of distribution grid. As amount of smart meters is greater, the possibility of data analysis is greater. In this paper a smart metering system of J.P Elektroprivreda HZ HB d.d, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be presented. One statistical approach for analyzing of advanced metering data of TS MV/LV will be presented. Statistical approach presented here is powerful tool for analyzing great amount of data from distribution grid in simple way. Main contribution of this paper is in using results obtained from statistical analysis of smart meter data in distribution grid analyzing and in maintenance/investment planning.

scholarly journals A cloud-based smart metering infrastructure for distribution grid services and automation

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 14-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Pau ◽  
Edoardo Patti ◽  
Luca Barbierato ◽  
Abouzar Estebsari ◽  
Enrico Pons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Metering ◽  
Grid Services ◽  
Distribution Grid

scholarly journals Optimization Framework for Solar Energy Integrated Resilient Distribution Grid

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Chen ◽  
Shijia Zhao ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Zhaoyu Wang ◽  
Arif Anmar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Optimization Framework

Rendez vous with Saturn's rings

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 743-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry T. Nock
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Ring Plane ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Total Impulse ◽  
Saturn's Rings

ABSTRACTA mission to rendezvous with the rings of Saturn is studied with regard to science rationale and instrumentation and engineering feasibility and design. Future detailedin situexploration of the rings of Saturn will require spacecraft systems with enormous propulsive capability. NASA is currently studying the critical technologies for just such a system, called Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP). Electric propulsion is the only technology which can effectively provide the required total impulse for this demanding mission. Furthermore, the power source must be nuclear because the solar energy reaching Saturn is only 1% of that at the Earth. An important aspect of this mission is the ability of the low thrust propulsion system to continuously boost the spacecraft above the ring plane as it spirals in toward Saturn, thus enabling scientific measurements of ring particles from only a few kilometers.

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