scholarly journals Blockchain and Internet of Things for Electrical Energy Decentralization: A Review and System Architecture

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 8043
Author(s):  
Manuel Casquiço ◽  
Bruno Mataloto ◽  
Joao C. Ferreira ◽  
Vitor Monteiro ◽  
Joao L. Afonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Fair Price ◽  
Industrial Sectors

The decentralization in the electrical power grids has gained increasing importance, especially in the last two decades, since transmission system operators (TSO), distribution system operators (DSO) and consumers are more aware of energy efficiency and energy sustainability issues. Therefore, globally, due to the introduction of energy production technologies near the consumers, in residential and industrial sectors, new scenarios of distributed energy resources (DER) are emerging. In order to guarantee an adequate power management in the electrical power grids, incorporating producers, consumers and producers-consumers (prosumers) together, it is important to adopt intelligent systems and platforms that allow the provision of information on energy consumption and production in real time, as well as for obtaining a fair price for the sale and purchase of energy. In this paper, we analyze the literature to identify the appropriate solutions to implement a decentralized electrical power grid based on sensors, blockchain and smart contracts, evaluating the current state of the art and pilot projects already in place. We also discuss a proposal for a power grid model, with renewable energy production, combining Internet of Things, blockchain and smart contracts.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Micro-Grid Based On Measurement and Processing Different Electrical Quantities

TEM Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 837-843
Author(s):  
Ihsan Mizher Baht ◽  
Petre-Marian Nicolae ◽  
Nameer Bahat
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Voltage Drop ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Load Flow ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Wave Form ◽  
Electrical Power System ◽  
Micro Grid ◽  
Active Power Losses

To change the electrical power system from conventional system or existing system to micro grid one needs to check the performance of this system and analyze all parameters. Actually the power grid consists of three essentials parts that are generation, transmutation line and distributions system. Among all parts feeders, transformers and some of electronics parts are to improve the voltage drop or decrease the active power losses and interfaces between two systems. The main advantage of the micro grid is integration of the renewable energy recourses into the power grid through transmutation line or distribution system, but before integration one needs to check and evaluate all parameters of the system (cable, transformers, load flow, losses, etc.). and find out how to improve them . This paper consists of three parts: the first part is introduction about important parameters in the power grid, the Second part analyzes system from IEC standers by using MATLAB software and discuss on the result of these systems. as well as it involves an idea of how to improve it by using the Newton Raphson method. The third part is about power quality analysis and effect of the harmonics on the current and voltage wave form.

scholarly journals A Survey on Power Grid Faults and Their Origins: A Contribution to Improving Power Grid Resilience

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Mar ◽  
Pedro Pereira ◽  
João F. Martins
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Electrical Power System ◽  
Electrical Power Systems ◽  
Different Types ◽  
System Resilience ◽  
Types Of Faults ◽  
Power System Resilience

One of the most critical infrastructures in the world is electrical power grids (EPGs). New threats affecting EPGs, and their different consequences, are analyzed in this survey along with different approaches that can be taken to prevent or minimize those consequences, thus improving EPG resilience. The necessity for electrical power systems to become resilient to such events is becoming compelling; indeed, it is important to understand the origins and consequences of faults. This survey provides an analysis of different types of faults and their respective causes, showing which ones are more reported in the literature. As a result of the analysis performed, it was possible to identify four clusters concerning mitigation approaches, as well as to correlate them with the four different states of the electrical power system resilience curve.

scholarly journals Searching for small-world and scale-free behaviour in long-term historical data of a real-world power grid

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bálint Hartmann ◽  
Viktória Sugár
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Small World ◽  
Network Evolution ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Scale Free

AbstractSince the introduction of small-world and scale-free properties, there is an ongoing discussion on how certain real-world networks fit into these network science categories. While the electrical power grid was among the most discussed examples of these real-word networks, published results are controversial, and studies usually fail to take the aspects of network evolution into consideration. Consequently, while there is a broad agreement that power grids are small-world networks and might show scale-free behaviour; although very few attempts have been made to find how these characteristics of the network are related to grid infrastructure development or other underlying phenomena. In this paper the authors use the 70-year-long historical dataset (1949–2019) of the Hungarian power grid to perform complex network analysis, which is the first attempt to evaluate small-world and scale-free properties on long-term real-world data. The results of the analysis suggest that power grids show small-world behaviour only after the introduction of multiple voltage levels. It is also demonstrated that the node distribution of the examined power grid does not show scale-free behaviour and that the scaling is stabilised around certain values after the initial phase of grid evolution.

scholarly journals Vulnerability Analysis of Power Grids Using Modified Centrality Measures

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Gutierrez ◽  
E. Barocio ◽  
F. Uribe ◽  
P. Zuniga
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Vulnerability Analysis ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Centrality Measures ◽  
Scale Free ◽  
Critical Nodes ◽  
Active Power Flow

The aim of this paper is to propose modified centrality measures as a tool to identify critical nodes before a vulnerability analysis is performed in an electrical power grid. Pair dependency centrality is weighted using the grid active power flow, and this becomes the basis to define closeness and betweenness of its nodes, and hence to identify the most critical ones. To support the idea of using modified centralities, four power grids are tested to be either exponential or scale-free. To evaluate the proposal, information obtained via modified centrality measures is used to calculate global efficiency of the power grids.

scholarly journals Voltage Stability of Power Systems with Renewable-Energy Inverter-Based Generators: A Review

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Nasser Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Asma Aziz ◽  
Apel Mahmud ◽  
Ameen Gargoom ◽  
Mahbub Rabbani
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Voltage Stability ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Synchronous Generators

The main purpose of developing microgrids (MGs) is to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) into the power grid. RESs are normally connected to the grid via power electronic inverters. As various types of RESs are increasingly being connected to the electrical power grid, power systems of the near future will have more inverter-based generators (IBGs) instead of synchronous machines. Since IBGs have significant differences in their characteristics compared to synchronous generators (SGs), particularly concerning their inertia and capability to provide reactive power, their impacts on the system dynamics are different compared to SGs. In particular, system stability analysis will require new approaches. As such, research is currently being conducted on the stability of power systems with the inclusion of IBGs. This review article is intended to be a preface to the Special Issue on Voltage Stability of Microgrids in Power Systems. It presents a comprehensive review of the literature on voltage stability of power systems with a relatively high percentage of IBGs in the generation mix of the system. As the research is developing rapidly in this field, it is understood that by the time that this article is published, and further in the future, there will be many more new developments in this area. Certainly, other articles in this special issue will highlight some other important aspects of the voltage stability of microgrids.

scholarly journals Optical Voltage Transformer Based on FBG-PZT for Power Quality Measurement

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2699
Author(s):  
Marceli N. Gonçalves ◽  
Marcelo M. Werneck
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Power Quality ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Pockels Effect ◽  
Electrical Power System ◽  
Voltage Transformer ◽  
Technical Literature ◽  
Distribution Lines

Optical Current Transformers (OCTs) and Optical Voltage Transformers (OVTs) are an alternative to the conventional transformers for protection and metering purposes with a much smaller footprint and weight. Their advantages were widely discussed in scientific and technical literature and commercial applications based on the well-known Faraday and Pockels effect. However, the literature is still scarce in studies evaluating the use of optical transformers for power quality purposes, an important issue of power system designed to analyze the various phenomena that cause power quality disturbances. In this paper, we constructed a temperature-independent prototype of an optical voltage transformer based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and piezoelectric ceramics (PZT), adequate to be used in field surveys at 13.8 kV distribution lines. The OVT was tested under several disturbances defined in IEEE standards that can occur in the electrical power system, especially short-duration voltage variations such as SAG, SWELL, and INTERRUPTION. The results demonstrated that the proposed OVT presents a dynamic response capable of satisfactorily measuring such disturbances and that it can be used as a power quality monitor for a 13.8 kV distribution system. Test on the proposed system concluded that it was capable to reproduce up to the 41st harmonic without significative distortion and impulsive surges up to 2.5 kHz. As an advantage, when compared with conventional systems to monitor power quality, the prototype can be remote-monitored, and therefore, be installed at strategic locations on distribution lines to be monitored kilometers away, without the need to be electrically powered.

scholarly journals Non-isolated load sharing direct current system operation with use of the auctioneering diodes

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 01037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Kozak
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Current System ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Laboratory System ◽  
Simulation Studies ◽  
Power Distribution System ◽  
Electrical Systems

The paper presents the background and results of numerical simulation and experimental research of a system using auctioneering diodes used to distribute the electrical power between two power converters connected with intermediate circuits in parallel, direct connection. Presented non-isolated power distribution system which utilizes blocking diodes placed in DC branches are used in the selected ship's electrical systems, however, they create problems related to control and handling ground faults. Another issue occurring during the operation of this type of systems is increased heat dissipation while diodes switching. Selected problems related to the operation of experimental system have been identified by means of simulation studies and experiments carried out in a 11 kVA laboratory system and the theoretical basis along with results are provided in the article.

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