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Controller design for VSCs in distributed generation applications: An IDA-PBC approach
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
This paper presents an asymptotically stable global controller design for distributed energy integration in electrical distribution networks using a three-phase voltage source converter (VSC). An invariant Park's transformation ...
A Sequential Quadratic Programming Model for the Economic-Environmental Dispatch in MT-HVDC
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
This paper addresses the economic-environmental dispatch problem for thermal plants on a Multi-terminal HVDC power grid. A multi-objective optimization approach is used for modeling the compromise between fuel costs and ...
Current PI Control for PV Systems in DC Microgrids: A PBC Design
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
This paper proposes a passive PI control for applications of photovoltaic (PV) systems integrated with boost DC-DC converters. The proposed controller guarantees asymptotically stability in closed-loop for the boost DC-DC ...
PBC approach applied on a DC-DC step-down converter for providing service to CPLs
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
This paper addresses the problem of output voltage regulation for step-down converters (buck converters) for constant power load (CPL) applications. The model of the CPL corresponds to a hyperbolic constraint that introduces ...
Wirtinger's Calculus for the Load Flow in Power Distribution Grids
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018)
This paper shows a Wirtinger's-Calculus based loadflow methodology for power distribution grids. This approach allows to obtain an algorithm which works directly on the complex domain maintaining some useful symmetries and ...
Small-Signal Stability in Low-Voltage DC-Grids
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018)
This paper presents a general methodology for small signal stability analysis in low voltage de grids considering four type of terminals, namely: constant power, constant voltage, constant current and constant impedance. ...
VSC with direct PI power control for frequency compensation in a microgrid: A PBC approach
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
The power systems with low inertia such as microgrids require advanced control strategies to improve their performance. These type of grids use voltage source converters to interconnect renewable energy sources and storage ...
Power Flow Analysis in DC Grids: Two Alternative Numerical Methods
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
This express brief proposes two new iterative approaches for solving the power flow problem in direct current networks as efficient alternatives to the classical Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson methods. The first approach ...
PBC Approach for SMES Devices in Electric Distribution Networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018)
This express brief presents a nonlinear active and reactive power control for a superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system connected in three-phase distribution networks using pulse-width modulated current-source ...
Passivity-Based Control for Hydro-Turbine Governing Systems
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018)
In this paper an interconnection and damping assignment passivity-based control (IDA-PBC) applied to the hydro-Turbine governing systems (HTGS) is proposed to regulate the relative deviation of turbine speed in single ...