Power Scheme Research Articles

A control strategy of DC transmission system for offshore wind power based on hybrid converters

Abstract As the DC transmission system of modular multilevel converters for offshore wind power suffers problems like large volume, heavy weight, difficulty in platform transportation, and high cost, a DC transmission scheme for offshore wind power based on diode rectifier units and modular multilevel converters is put forth in the present work; Meanwhile, the features of active-power coordination, the DC harmonic current, and the AC harmonic current of the hybrid converter in this proposed scheme are analyzed to propose control strategies for active power coordination control, DC harmonic current suppression, and AC harmonic current suppression of the hybrid converter, respectively. The performance and feasibility of the proposed strategies are verified by testing the hardware in the loop real-time simulation system for transmission of offshore wind power through hybrid converters based on RTDS. It is found that the proposed strategies could improve the stability, flexibility, and reliability of the system.

Multi-timescale dispatch technology for islanded energy system in the Gobi Desert

The Gobi Desert has vast wilderness to utilize, and its renewable energy capacity experiencing rapid growth. To better allocate regulation resources for maintaining power balance and frequency regulation capacity, an islanded grid optimization model considering multi-timescale dispatch optimization is constructed for integrating chemical parks with thermal power units, energy storage, and green hydrogen production. In the day-ahead optimization stage, to improve the level of renewable energy consumption, the ladder-type regulation performance of thermal power units involved in deep peak load with frequency regulation capacity is derived and established. Moving to the real-time frequency regulation stage, a novel graph neural network-based technique with infeasible region modification is proposed to rapidly acquire the operational power scheme. The input features are the time series of total power command, regulation capacity, past operating power, and past mileage command. And the output features are the mileage commands received by the resources. Training data are generated through offline optimization with the genetic algorithm, which utilizes renewable energy generation and load data with a scale of three months in the Gobi Desert. In the one-month simulation test, the proposed method demonstrated a reduction in power deviation by approximately 32.7 % and an improvement in accuracy by roughly 16 %.

Innovative microbial water quality management in water distribution systems using in-pipe hydropowered UV disinfection: envisioning futuristic water-energy systems

ABSTRACT Hydropower UV disinfection has not been explored as a possible alternative for off-grid disinfection. Hydropowered UV LED technology was developed using off-the-shelf UV-C LEDs and pico – and femto-scale hydro turbine generators and evaluated across point-of-use relevant flow rates. Commercially available UV LED flow through reactors were subjected to microorganism challenge testing with 3 power schemes: wall-plug, hydropower, and hydropower-charged battery. UV LEDs powered by hydropower-charged battery demonstrated similar disinfection as wall-plug powered UV LEDs, achieving 0.5-1.8 MS2 log10 reduction at flow rates 0.5-2.3 L min−1, corresponding to reduction equivalent doses (RED) up to 16 or 30 mJ/cm2 for 254 and 285 nm, respectively. With hydropowered UV LEDs alone, MS2 log10 reduction decreased to <0.3 log10 reduction due to an underperforming and grossly inefficient turbine, with RED of 8 or 18 mJ/cm2 for 254 and 285 nm, respectively. Assessment of existing markets of UV disinfection systems and pico-hydro turbines demonstrated that hydropowered UV systems are already theoretically feasible for scales at point-of-entry (POE) and above. Economic feasibility will improve if turbines and/or UV system efficiencies improve. Prototype hydropower UV LED systems ranged from $145 to 220 depending on the UV LED reactor, and the battery system added $81. This study demonstrates the practicality of sustainable, renewable energy POU UV disinfection technology that can benefit decentralised, off-grid, rural and remote communities. The system may also scale up to provide renewable energy disinfection at larger scales, such as buildings and water distribution systems, for protecting human health in highly populated areas.

Energy management enhancement of a smart home supplied by renewable energy system

Solar energy is a reliable and eco-friendly solution for power outages in Karbala, Iraq. This study presents a smart grid technology model for energy management in electrical systems, optimizing power schemes and economic benefits through a unique spatial distribution approach in Iraq, with the primary objective of ensuring consistent base loads for smart homes while achieving other economic goals. The algorithm’s effectiveness was tested in three different scenarios. The energy was supplied by the national grid and battery bank-powered base loads. Meteorological data, including temperature and solar radiation, was gathered from a station in Karbala city for testing and evaluation. The study found that energy consumption decreased by 85% in April, with solar energy accounting for 37% of the total consumption. Smart homes saved 48% of energy, reducing reliance on the grid to 15%, as well as the reduction of energy consumption reached up to 47% and 60% in January and July, respectively, with solar energy estimated at 14% and 26% in those months.

АНАЛІЗ КОНСТРУКТИВНО-ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИХ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ ХВОСТОВИХ БАЛОК ВЕРТОЛЬОТІВ ТРАНСПОРТНОЇ КАТЕГОРІЇ

An analysis of the structural and technological features of the design of the tail beam of transport category helicopters was carried out. The main zones of probable fatigue failure of the tail girders were determined. Based on the analysis of the structural and technological features of the design of tail beams of transport category helicopters, the tail beam design of the physical model was developed. In the practice of world helicopter industry, single-screw helicopters, which are characterized by relative simplicity of design, control system and relatively low cost, have become the most widespread. The tail beam is the most complex part in the production of a helicopter. For a single-screw helicopter, the tail beam is a very critical part of the structure, the failure of which, in most cases, leads to an aviation incident. Ensuring strength requirements is an extremely important task; therefore it is regulated by mandatory airworthiness standards for designers, which are an integral part of the Aviation Rules. In these standards, the initial requirements for the calculation and experimental works to ensure strength are set, load conditions are established, and instructions are given for determining the magnitude of the loads. In the practice of helicopter construction, the experience accumulated in aircraft construction is used in the formation of structural and power schemes of frame units. The tail beam of helicopters is made according to beam, truss or mixed schemes. Optimization methods of compressed and stretched panels of frame units have a common criterion for aviation - the minimum weight of the structure while meeting the requirements of strength, rigidity, survivability, resource, manufacturability, operational efficiency, etc. The task of selecting a rational structural and force scheme of the tail beam is solved by indirect methods involving weight statistical data, parametric dependencies and information about the force schemes of previous structures. In most cases, the type of tail beam design is selected based on the requirements for the helicopter, operating conditions and production capabilities. The task is to find the best option within a given structural type. The helicopter tail beam is part of the structure of the helicopter, has the shape of a truncated cone and consists of a set of frames, stringers and skin. For ease of manufacturing, the tail beam has a longitudinal technological connector, which allows separate assembly of each half of the tail beam. The tail beam is connected to the central part of the fuselage by bolts that fasten the end power frames with the help of fittings at the ends of the stringers. The end part of the tail beam is connected to the keel, similar to the connection of the tail beam to the central part of the fuselage. The following are installed on the tail beam: stabilizers, rudder control rods, rudder drive system, intermediate and tail gear, navigation lights, assemblies and components of hydraulics and tail shaft. Modern transport helicopters are designed and manufactured with a specified resource and service life in mind, which range from 15,000 to 30,000 hours with a service life of 25-30 years. Increasing the fatigue life of the zones of structural irregularities of the tail beams of transport category helicopters is an urgent task, which is of great practical importance for ensuring the safety of flights during the operation of helicopters during the established resource, which in turn is an important indicator of the competitiveness of helicopters.

Economic Rationality in Decision-Making Regarding Newborn Screening: A Case Study in Quebec.

Health systems in high-resource countries recognize the importance of making decisions about the services offered to the population based on scientific evidence. Producing this evidence is especially challenging in areas such as newborn care where the frequency of conditions is rare. However, methodological advances in the field of economic evaluation could change how this evidence is used in decision-making. This study aimed to investigate how decision-makers in the Canadian province of Quebec perceive the value of recent advances in economic evaluations for perinatal studies and how these advances might affect the offer of neonatal interventions in the public health care system. A qualitative study was conducted. A total of 10 policymakers were interviewed. A neo-institutional conceptual framework highlighting three dimensions, structure, power, and interpretive schemes, was used for data collection and analyses. Structural factors, interpretative schemes, and power management between the groups concerned concur to ensure that providing services to newborns is not hindered by the difficulty of producing evidence. They also ensure that the decisions regarding which disease to screen for take into consideration the specificity of neonatology, in particular, the social value given to children not captured by available evidence.

Stand-alone PV-SOFC-battery power system based on ANFIS controller for electric vehicle charging

Purpose This study aims to offer a hybrid stand-alone system for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (CS), an emerging power scheme due to the availability of renewable and environment-friendly energy sources. This paper presents the analysis of a photovoltaic (PV) with an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) algorithm, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and a battery storage scheme incorporated for EV CS in a stand-alone mode. In previous studies, either the hydrogen fuel of SOFC or the irradiance is controlled using artificial neural network. These parameters are not controlled simultaneously using an ANFIS-based approach. The ANFIS-based stand-alone hybrid system controlling both the fuel flow of SOFC and the irradiance of PV is discussed in this paper. Design/methodology/approach The ANFIS algorithm provides an efficient estimation of maximum power (MP) to the nonlinear voltage–current characteristics of a PV, integrated with a direct current–direct current (DC–DC) converter to boost output voltage up to 400 V. The issue of fuel starvation in SOFC due to load transients is also mitigated using an ANFIS-based fuel flow regulator, which robustly provides fuel, i.e. hydrogen per necessity. Furthermore, to ensure uninterrupted power to the CS, PV is integrated with a SOFC array, and a battery storage bank is used as a backup in the current scenario. A power management system efficiently shares power among the aforesaid sources. Findings A comprehensive simulation test bed for a stand-alone power system (PV cells and SOFC) is developed in MATLAB/Simulink. The adaptability and robustness of the proposed control paradigm are investigated through simulation results in a stand-alone hybrid power system test bed. Originality/value The simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the ANFIS algorithm in a stand-alone hybrid power system scheme.

Power Supply Status Analysis and Scheme Design of High Efficiency and Rapid Driving Equipment

In the view of the problems of frequent movement and change in the practical application of complete sets of high efficient and rapid driving equipment, a scheme of extending the power supply distance is designed. In this scheme, an intelligent comprehensive regulation device is arranged in the shifting area and a power quality parameter monitoring device is arranged in the combination switch of the device. Real-time and accurate monitoring of the three-phase line voltage and phase Angle during the operation of the equipment and feedback to the intelligent integrated regulation device through optical fiber communication mode. The PLC controller in the intelligent integrated regulation device implements different voltage and phase regulation control strategies according to the voltage and phase Angle values monitored at the head and end. The test results in the plant show that the scheme can improve the terminal voltage of the equipment and achieve the purpose of “shift and change, long distance power supply.

Analyzing the Role of Values and Ideals in the Development of Energy Systems: How Values, Their Idealizations, and Technologies Shape Political Decision-Making

This study examines an important aspect of energy history and policy: the intertwinement of energy technologies with ideals. Ideals play an important role in energy visions and innovation pathways. Aspirations to realize technical, social, and political ideals indicate a long-term commitment in the design of energy systems, distinguishable from commitment to other abstract goals, such as values. This study offers an analytical scheme that could help to conceptualize these differences and their impact on energy policy. In the proposed model, two spheres of interaction are highlighted: a material sphere in which values and technologies co-evolve, and an imaginary sphere in which ideals interact with idealized technologies. Furthermore, the relation between these two spheres can be understood in different ways. This study examines three cases that are illustrative of the different roles of ideals in the development of energy technologies and visions: (1) the evolution of safety in nuclear reactor design; (2) visions of atomic power in France; (3) the political idealization of a tidal power scheme in the Severn Estuary. Finally, the developed model implies more general insights for the development of sociotechnical systems. Amongst others, it shows why certain projects and technologies remain a political, but not a techno–economic option.

Joint equalization of frequency offset and phase noise using two-stage cascaded extended Kalman filter for discrete spectrum 16/64APSK NFDM systems.

For the discrete spectrum nonlinear frequency division multiplexing (DS-NFDM) 16/64 amplitude phase shift keying (APSK) system, the inevitable laser impairments including frequency offset (FO) and carrier phase noise (CPN) would cause different rotations of the received signal constellations. In addition, the combined effect of FO and amplifier spontaneous emission (ASE) noise induces the eigenvalue shift, accordingly the residual channel impairment (RCI) is inevitably yielded. To address the above problems, we deduce the joint impairment model of FO, CPN and RCI, and then propose a joint equalization scheme using two-stage cascaded extended Kalman filter (TSC-EKF) for these impairments. It performs frequency offset compensation in the first stage, subsequently carries out joint equalization of CPN and RCI in the second stage. Meanwhile, the minimum Euclidean distance and phase difference between the received symbols and the ideal 16/64APSK constellations are ingeniously fused to calculate the innovations of TSC-EKF. The effectiveness has been verified by 2 GBaud DS-NFDM 16/64 APSK simulations and DS-NFDM 16APSK transmission experiments. The results demonstrate that when performing the joint equalization of FO, CPN and RCI, the maximum FOE range of TSC-EKF scheme achieves 1.2 and 9.6 times as that of nonlinear frequency domain (NFD) scheme and fast Fourier transform -Like (FFT-Like) scheme, respectively. Furthermore, its maximum LW tolerance reaches 3.3 times as that of the M-th power scheme. Importantly, the complexity of TSC-EKF is 63.4% as that of NFD scheme and on an order of O(N).

Multi-Agent-Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Enabled Offloading Scheme for Energy Minimization in Vehicle-to-Everything Communication Systems

Offloading computation-intensive tasks to mobile edge computing (MEC) servers, such as road-side units (RSUs) and a base station (BS), can enhance the computation capacities of the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system. In this work, we study an MEC-assisted multi-vehicle V2X communication system in which multi-antenna RSUs with liner receivers and a multi-antenna BS with a zero-forcing (ZF) receiver work as MEC servers jointly to offload the tasks of the vehicles. To control the energy consumption and ensure the delay requirement of the V2X communication system, an energy consumption minimization problem under a delay constraint is formulated. The multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) algorithm is proposed to solve the non-convex energy optimization problem, which can train vehicles to select the beneficial server association, transmit power and offloading ratio intelligently according to the reward function related to the delay and energy consumption. The improved K-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm is proposed to assign vehicles to the specific RSU, which can reduce the action space dimensions and the complexity of the MADRL algorithm. Numerical simulation results show that the proposed scheme can decrease energy consumption while satisfying the delay constraint. When the RSUs adopt the indirect transmission mode and are equipped with matched-filter (MF) receivers, the proposed joint optimization scheme can decrease the energy consumption by 56.90% and 65.52% compared to the maximum transmit power and full offloading schemes, respectively. When the RSUs are equipped with ZF receivers, the proposed scheme can decrease the energy consumption by 36.8% compared to the MF receivers.

Design and Analysis of Ultra-low Power Voltage Controlled Oscillator in Nanoscale Technologies

In latest wired and wireless communication equipment, VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) is the major building block and particularly used as the stable high frequency clock generator. VCO performance is measured through frequency range, power supply used, area occupied, power consumption, delay, and phase noise. VCO is the cascaded of odd number of inverter stages in a ring format, hence it is also articulated as a ring oscillator. Today’s portable communication devices are battery operated. Hence, low power and area efficient designs play a key role in battery life enhancement and device size reduction. Device scaling improves the effective silicon area utilization, but it leads to more leakages. Therefore, low power techniques along with the technology scaling is the best way of low power designs. In this article, discussed various low power schemes. The ring oscillator designs are carried out in various nano meter scaled technologies such as 180nm, 90nm,65nm and 45nm. A 5-stage ring oscillator is implemented in each technology along with low power schemes, simulated in Cadence virtuoso, and noted power, delay, and area. Observed that the proposed ring oscillator with sleepy keeper technique generated a stable frequency of oscillations in the range of 1GHz-2GHz. A control voltage of 1.8V to 0.4V is applied and targeted the power less than 30mW and delay in 0.25p sec.

Design of Autoconfigurable Random Access NOMA for URLLC Industrial IoT Networking

Low power devices are massively deployed to facilitate real time sensing and data transmission requested in low power wide-area network (LPWAN). However, the dominating signaling, i.e. continuous phase modulation (CPM), barely gains attention in the context of supporting massive connectivity, not to mention ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), a primary concern in industrial network automation. To this end, auto-configurable nonorthogonal multiple access (AC-NOMA) based on CPM signaling is proposed. The term auto-configuration is used since each device selects a setup from a pool of configurations whenever connecting to the access point in a random and distributive way. It is proven, using ideal power allocation and phase shaping technique, AC-NOMA offers drastically improved user load and near capacity performance even in finite blocklength regime. Moreover, to enable massive yet sporadic access, slotted ALOHA is combined with AC-NOMA. It is proven that the resultant scheme outperforms power-domain NOMA in terms of throughput even with reduced transmit power and simple forward error correction schemes such as repetition and convolutional coding. The throughput is further improved using semi AC-NOMA with slightly increased latency. It is demonstrated that both designs can support very high user load while enabling URLLC in finite blocklength regime, where the packet size is merely 256 bits while the error rate is <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$10^{-5}$</tex-math></inline-formula> , which are also desirable in a number of applications including satellite communications, visible light communications, etc.

An efficient secure and energy resilient trust-based system for detection and mitigation of sybil attack detection (SAN).

In the modern digital market flooded by nearly endless cyber-security hazards, sophisticated IDS (intrusion detection systems) can become invaluable in defending against intricate security threats. Sybil-Free Metric-based routing protocol for low power and lossy network (RPL) Trustworthiness Scheme (SF-MRTS) captures the nature of the biggest threat to the routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks under the RPL module, known as the Sybil attack. Sybil attacks build a significant security challenge for RPL networks where an attacker can distort at least two hop paths and disrupt network processes. Using such a new way of calculating node reliability, we introduce a cutting-edge approach, evaluating parameters beyond routing metrics like energy conservation and actuality. SF-MRTS works precisely towards achieving a trusted network by introducing such trust metrics on secure paths. Therefore, this may be considered more likely to withstand the attacks because of these security improvements. The simulation function of SF-MRTS clearly shows its concordance with the security risk management features, which are also necessary for the network's performance and stability maintenance. These mechanisms are based on the principles of game theory, and they allocate attractions to the nodes that cooperate while imposing penalties on the nodes that do not. This will be the way to avoid damage to the network, and it will lead to collaboration between the nodes. SF-MRTS is a security technology for emerging industrial Internet of Things (IoT) network attacks. It effectively guaranteed reliability and improved the networks' resilience in different scenarios.

Simultaneous Power and Data Modulation Scheme for LLC Resonant Converter

Simultaneous Power and Data Modulation Scheme for <i>LLC</i> Resonant Converter

SPICE modelling and analysis of hybrid energy harvester combiner topologies

Harvesting energy from multiple hybrid sources and efficiently combining the harvested energies is critical for enabling self-powered devices. Designing an efficient energy combiner is a technical challenge and is non-trivial. Various factors viz. kinds of sources, harvestable energy level and range from the sources, electrical characteristics of sources (low current and high voltage, high current and low voltage, capacitive, inductive etc.), impedance matching (resistive, resistive-reactive, modulus, complex conjugate etc.) of sources, sources scheduling algorithms for combiner, sources switching and control/trigger circuit losses, power conversion and management etc. influence the overall energy combiner’s efficiency. Considering that, this article presents a SPICE modelling and simulation framework for analyzing hybrid energy harvester combiner topologies such as Inductor sharing, voltage level detection and powerORing for its power and energy flow characteristics, regulation, and energy combining efficiency. Such analysis through simulation enables arriving efficient combiner architecture for the chosen harvestable resources, source models, power management circuits and schemes etc. Based on a case study with three different kinds of sources, it has been observed that the voltage level detection technique with DC-DC converters results in the highest efficiency as compared with the other two topologies for such a scenario.

Profit-based unit commitment models with price-responsive decision-dependent uncertainty

Highlighting the increasing importance of demand elasticity in electricity markets and its impact on the revenues of power generating companies, this paper proposes new profit-based unit commitment models that effectively capture the uncertainty in the willingness-to-pay the price set for the elastic demand. To develop a new revenue scheme for power generating companies, we use a coupling function to model the willingness-to-pay response of the elastic demand as a decision-dependent source of uncertainty. The coupling function reflects how power generating companies’ pricing decisions may influence the market appeal (i.e., the buyer’s willingness-to-pay) and how it affects their revenues. The optimization models are stochastic mixed-integer nonlinear problems with nonconvex continuous relaxations and are not amenable to a numerical solution in their original forms. We devise a convexification reformulation method and derive valid inequalities to strengthen the formulation. We propose a learning framework to parameterize the willingness-to-pay functions and the concept of the value of the decision-dependent solution to quantify the value of the uncertainty modeling approach. Numerical tests on power systems of various sizes, demand portfolios, and price elasticity levels show (i) how the valid inequalities speed up the solution process, (ii) the benefits of properly modeling decision-dependent uncertainty and demand elasticity, and (iii) how the incorporation of decision-dependent uncertainty in demand elasticity can change the power generating companies’ decisions and revenue estimation.

ФОРМОУТВОРЕННЯ НАМОТУВАННЯМ АНІЗОГРИДНИХ КОМПОЗИТНИХ СІТЧАСТИХ КОРПУСНИХ КОНСТРУКЦІЙ ЛІТАЛЬНИХ АПАРАТІВ

The process of modeling the trajectory of laying the reinforcing material (RM) during the formation of anisogrid composite mesh hull structures (MHS) has been developed. The paper gives a brief description of the types of aircraft structures of complex shape according to the criterion of the possibility of manufacturing by winding, in which certain types of surface shapes are distinguished from the condition of determining the laying trajectory and developing a winding control program (WCP) for CNC machines. It is shown that the process of developing manufacturing technology for structures of complex shape (SCS) has significant differences from the process of developing technology for axisymmetric products. The general technique for determining the trajectory of laying the reinforcing material is shown and new approaches to setting the reinforcement scheme are described. A general method for calculating the WCP for winding SCS is described. Calculation of displacements of the working bodies of the winding machine (WM) includes several subtasks: choosing the sequence of individual turns of the RM, calculating the displacements of the working bodies of the WM when laying each turn, and determining the transition program from turn to turn. It is shown that the most important stage in the development of a general type of SCS winding technology is the choice of a winding scheme that determines the structural power scheme (SPS) of the structure. For this, the concepts are introduced - the base point and the base angle of reinforcement. The winding scheme of any type of products can be described using an array of base point coordinates and base reinforcement angles. An algorithm for calculating the RM stacking trajectory on the mandrel surface is presented. The features of the choice of the order of the turns are described. The order of the turns affects the number of weaves in the structure of the composite material obtained during the winding process and the strength of the resulting product. The optimal sequence of turns according to the strength criterion is determined experimentally by repeated development tests. The features of the choice of programs for the transition from coil to coil are described. The algorithm of actions of the WM during the transition from one turn to another - the transition program consists of two programs: the program for entering the coil and the program for exiting the coil. The algorithm of the transition programs depends on the chosen order of the turns and, in each particular case, depends on the design features of the product. To test the developed methodology, a trial calculation of a general hull SCS was carried out. As a result of the work done, it was possible to solve the problem of the process of modeling the RM laying trajectory for bodies of complex shape with a fixed type of section, made by winding from a polymer composite material (PCM). This technology can be used to produce aircraft structures such as the "wing", "fuselage" of an aircraft, etc. Thus, the possibility of winding SCS of a general type has been proved using the example of mesh hull structures. As a result, the range of production of coiled products has expanded - bodies with an arbitrary convex section and a straight generatrix.

Design and Implementation of Power Big Data Platform

In recent years, with the advancement of the national construction of smart grid and the development of power grid enterprise integration system, the traditional power data platform has some defect, such as insufficient scalability, repeated implementation of two sets of logic of off-line data warehouse and real-time data warehouse, highly correlated storage of data warehouse during computation, and difficulty in platform migration, which restrict the deeper mining and analysis of power big data. Therefore, this paper adopts a technical architecture incorporating distributed calculating, micro-service, flow-batch integration and lake-warehouse integration, combining the current popular Web front-end and back-end technologies such as Vue, SpringCloud and Flask, and utilizing big data components such as Hadoop, Flink, Hudi and Kafka as well as Docker containerization technology. We explore and build a power grid system operation oriented big data platform that assembles real-time computing, multi-source heterogeneous data storage, and develop APIs for authority management, information management, data analysis and visualization, machine learning and other data supporting services that assist power enterprises in managing electrical equipment and users’ power consumption.With the help of this platform, power enterprises can intelligently track the equipment status, view the offline and real-time visual charts to analyze the power consumption by users, so as to have better basis in the power dispatching, maintenance and scheme adjustment of electrical market.

Multi-obective performance analysis of a wind power plant equipped with a PAT system

In conventional wind power plants, the wind turbine drives an electrical generator equipped with an AC/DC converter for battery charging purposes and with an inverter inverter to supply power to the grid / AC load. This approach exhibits some drawbacks like the energy losses associated to the power electronics and the cost and the waste management of the battery storage systems.To overcome such drawbacks, this work proposes a new plant scheme, where the battery system has been removed (or strongly reduced) and the storage task is accomplished by a pumping system equipped with a reversible hydraulic machinery which can operate both as centrifugal pump and a hydraulic turbine (called Pump as Turbine). In this scenario, when the wind velocity is quite high, the reversible hydraulic machinery, working as centrifugal pump, will store energy in the form of potential energy pumping fluid to an elevated water reservoir. On the contrary, in low wind conditions, the Pump as Turbine will operate as a hydraulic turbine, helping the wind turbine to overcome the external mechanical load. This solution results in a number of advantages: lower plant costs, longer Pump as Turbine life with lesser maintenance and reduced waste costs.The present work focuses on a multi-objective performance analysis of the proposed wind system power scheme. Specifically, this multi-objective sensitivity analysis will be addressed to the net potential energy stored by the reversible hydraulic machinery, the extracted wind energy and the torque supplied by the Pump as Turbine in hydraulic turbine mode. Such an analysis will considered as design variables the Pump as Turbine (centrifugal pump mode) specific speed (pump geometry), the gear box transmission ratio between the centrifugal pump and the wind turbine and the pump head. The aim of this analysis is to evaluate the design variables range which could lead to determine the set of the multi-objective wind systems optimal design.