scholarly journals Features of Smart Grid Technologies: An Overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong Cheol Kim ◽  
Papia Ray ◽  
S. Surender Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation ◽  
And Control

This paper presents an overview of smart grid (SG) technology features such as two-way communication, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, integration of renewable energy, advanced storage techniques, real time operation and control, data management and processing, physical and cyber security, and self-healing, etc. The SG technology allows twoway communications for better reliability, control, efficiency and economics of the power system. With these new SG technologies, consumers have many energy choices, such as use of renewable energy, usage management, flexible rates, electric vehicles (EVs), etc. The requirement of these technologies is the real time operation, and the SG accommodates this realtime operation and control. SG technology allows distributed generation through demand response and energy efficiency technologies to shed the load demand. However, it’s very difficult to adopt these changes to the conventional grids. Utility companies, governments, independent system operators (ISOs) and energy regulatory commissions need to agree on the scope and time frame of these changes.

scholarly journals Smart Sensors for Smart Grid Reliability

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Alonso ◽  
Hortensia Amaris ◽  
Daniel Alcala ◽  
Diana M. Florez R.
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Test System ◽  
Smart Sensors ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Protection Scheme ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation

Sensors for monitoring electrical parameters over an entire electricity network infrastructure play a fundamental role in protecting smart grids and improving the network’s energy efficiency. When a short circuit takes place in a smart grid it has to be sensed as soon as possible to reduce its fault duration along the network and to reduce damage to the electricity infrastructure as well as personal injuries. Existing protection devices, which are used to sense the fault, range from classic analog electro-mechanics relays to modern intelligent electronic devices (IEDs). However, both types of devices have fixed adjustment settings (offline stage) and do not provide any coordination among them under real-time operation. In this paper, a new smart sensor is developed that offers the capability to update its adjustment settings during real-time operation, in coordination with the rest of the smart sensors spread over the network. The proposed sensor and the coordinated protection scheme were tested in a standard smart grid (IEEE 34-bus test system) under different short circuit scenarios and renewable energy penetration. Results suggest that the short-circuit fault sensed by the smart sensor is improved up to 80% and up to 64% compared with analog electromechanics relays and IEDs, respectively.

Research of a Rotating Machine Reconfigurable Monitoring System

2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 868-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Wan ◽  
Tai Yong Wang ◽  
Yi Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Task Assignment ◽  
Operation System ◽  
Rotating Machine ◽  
Machine Monitoring ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation ◽  
Filter Type ◽  
And Control

To get over the problem that only one type of filter cannot meet the requests of field monitoring, a rotating machine monitoring system that can reconstruct filter type was developed based on ARM, DSP and FPAA. The dual-CPU consisted of ARM and DSP was used as the computing and control core of the system; FPAA was used to achieve that the filter type can be reconfigured; RT-Linux was imported as embedded real-time operation system, which achieved hiberarchy design of software and enhanced the operational stability and real-time performance of task assignment. Put into practice, it was confirmed that the system was effective.

Special Issue on Smart Grid

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-93
Author(s):  
Ken Nagasaka
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Special Issue

Recently many utilities, manufacturers, researchers, government leaders around the world are working on a very sophisticated issue, Smart Grid, to modernize both the electric power transmission and distribution grids for the future. As a suitable subject for special issue for the Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII), I found that Smart Grid with its impacts on many fields is a timely subject though related to the fundamental concept of this Journal on Intelligence and real-world applications and so forth. Smart grids are intelligent and self-healing power systems which integrate intelligent transmission network with IT and collect, distribute, and process information about the behavior of all power suppliers and consumers in order to improve reliability, power quality, and to reduce electricity costs. Using a key issue, smart meter, enables smart grids to have smart real time monitoring on a regional and national scale to control and management the grids to avoid or mitigate the system-wide blackouts. In this special issue, we hope to explore breakthrough and new contributions useful to achieve the goal of smart grid. Three papers were selected for this special issue: The first paper proposes a novel idea though a strategic system in energy and environment required in smart grid. Managing sources combination including solar energy as well as the production trading is a new kind of risk management in smart grid. Important extensions of this study includes emissions management program accommodating uncertain and erratic renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energies. The second paper is related to communication aspect required for smart grid technology when renewable energy in small smart communities is interconnected to the smart grid. The simulation model developed in this paper is believed to be a useful tool in real-time power management system in smart grid. Third paper is selected as another hot subject in smart grids; the authors developed an extended procedure that obtains a unit commitment including a significant wind power penetration and PEVs as additional reserves. The shadow prices obtained by the trade-off analysis may provide a basis of evaluating the equivalent cost of the wind farms and the applying PEVs as the reserve and their contribution toward CO2 reduction. Finally, using this opportunity, I would like to thank the reviewers for spending their valuable time for evaluating the papers and quick response which made this special issue catch the time. I would also like to thank the JACIII editorial office for their great assistance for preparing this special issue.

Distributed Optimization and Control of Microgrid Considering Environmental Protection and Stability

2013 ◽  
Vol 732-733 ◽  
pp. 1297-1302
Author(s):  
Yu Chen Hao ◽  
Xiao Bo Dou ◽  
Zai Jun Wu ◽  
Min Qiang Hu ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Distributed Optimization ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Optimal Scheduling ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation ◽  
Optimization And Control ◽  
And Control

In order to reduce pollutant emissions to improve environmental protection, and maintain microgrid stability during real-time operation, a distributed energy optimization scheduling and stability control strategy was proposed. According to the distributed nature of the microgrid, as well as operational objectives of different microsources, an optimal scheduling model for microgrid environmental protection was designed. Based on the proposed model, the tasks of each unit in optimal scheduling and stability control were described. Genetic algorithm (GA) and user datagram protocol (UDP) were used to implement distributed optimization and control of the microgrid. The simulation indicates that, compared with the traditional centralized optimization and control, the proposed distributed optimization and control strategy can clearly show the characteristics of each unit, and have a faster computation speed. Meanwhile, it can timely response once the voltage fluctuates due to power imbalance, so as to keep microgrid stability in real-time operation.

A Spatiotemporal Data Summarization Approach for Real-Time Operation of Smart Grid

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 624-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zubair Shah ◽  
Adnan Anwar ◽  
Abdun Naser Mahmood ◽  
Zahir Tari ◽  
Albert Y. Zomaya
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Spatiotemporal Data ◽  
Data Summarization ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation

scholarly journals Building the New Electric Grid

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (12) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Mintz Testa
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Time Usage ◽  
Real Time Information ◽  
And Control ◽  
Monitoring Devices ◽  
Time Information

This article focuses on benefits of the electric meters capable of sharing real-time usage data with the company and customers alike. Creating the smart grid on a national scale will be perhaps the biggest change to the electrical system since the rural electrification effort of the 1930s. Companies are trying to get a more reliable energy system through, for example, outage management systems, rebalancing loads, and getting help with rebalancing through consumers controlling their usage. To provide real-time or near-real time information, which is needed for consumers to monitor and control their usage, the electric meters must communicate with each other frequently. Sensing and monitoring devices at customer premises that let customers control their electric use are explicit elements of smart grids The future smart grid, Smart Grid 2.0, is next-generation, interactive, self-healing, distributed everywhere, and has an innate capability to reach every device.

Analysis of solar and wind extreme values for implementation of real-time operation and control of Eurelios solar plant

1988 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-49
Author(s):  
A. Longhetto ◽  
C. Giraud ◽  
G. Brusasca ◽  
G. Elisei ◽  
G. Sciangula
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Extreme Values ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Solar Plant ◽  
Real Time Operation ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals System Level Simulation of Microgrid Power Electronic Systems

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Michal Frivaldsky ◽  
Jan Morgos ◽  
Michal Prazenica ◽  
Kristian Takacs
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
System Level ◽  
Time Behavior ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
System Level Simulation ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, we describe a procedure for designing an accurate simulation model using a price-wised linear approach referred to as the power semiconductor converters of a DC microgrid concept. Initially, the selection of topologies of individual power stage blocs are identified. Due to the requirements for verifying the accuracy of the simulation model, physical samples of power converters are realized with a power ratio of 1:10. The focus was on optimization of operational parameters such as real-time behavior (variable waveforms within a time domain), efficiency, and the voltage/current ripples. The approach was compared to real-time operation and efficiency performance was evaluated showing the accuracy and suitability of the presented approach. The results show the potential for developing complex smart grid simulation models, with a high level of accuracy, and thus the possibility to investigate various operational scenarios and the impact of power converter characteristics on the performance of a smart gird. Two possible operational scenarios of the proposed smart grid concept are evaluated and demonstrate that an accurate hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system can be designed.

Real-Time Operation and Characterization of a High-Performance Time-Based Accelerometer

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1703-1711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Alves Dias ◽  
Filipe Serra Alves ◽  
Margaret Costa ◽  
Helder Fonseca ◽  
Jorge Cabral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Performance Time ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation
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