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Orientador: Vivaldo Fernando da Costa / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T11:14:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paccini_RodrigodeOliveira_M.pdf: 1988341 bytes, checksum: 7be3a801c003202ec884c8313b60ac5f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Quando um sistema interligado de corrente alternada sofre variações de carga, sua freqüência pode exibir um comportamento oscilatório. Se este mesmo sistema possuir um elo de corrente contínua em paralelo com as linhas de intercâmbio, esse efeito poderá ser atenuado devido à atuação do controlador de corrente do elo. Esta tese apresenta um estudo que avalia a eficiência de um elo de CC para o amortecimento de oscilações de freqüência de intercâmbio sob condições de pequenas perturbações, operando o sistema com Controle Automático de Geração (CAG). Um modelo de injeção de potência utilizado para representar o elo CC é implementado no Modelo de Sensibilidade de Potência (MSP). Uma das vantagens desse modelo é permitir o desacoplamento da rede em duas partes distintas: o balanço ativo e o balanço reativo, em que as duas podem ser tratadas juntas ou separadamente. Com a escolha desse modelo, tornou-se possível implementar toda a rede no formato de diagrama de blocos. Além disso, as barras de carga do sistema são acessíveis através do diagrama de blocos, o que torna possível variar também a característica da carga. Através dessa representação, tornou-se viável a inserção do elo de CC no diagrama de blocos, pois o mesmo foi modelado como uma injeção de potência nas barras terminais nos balanços ativo e reativo, fechando um novo balanço de potência. As análises no domínio do tempo foram realizadas no programa Matlab Simulink®. Também utilizando este software, um controlador de amortecimento de oscilações de potência (POD-Power Oscillation Damping Controller) foi projetado para a modulação da potência do elo de CC. Os resultados obtidos mostram que o elo de CC possui um grande potencial para a manutenção do amortecimento de oscilações de freqüência de modo inter-área, quando equipados com controladores POD. / Abstract: When an interconnected alternate-current power system suffers variations of loads, its frequency can exhibit an oscillatory behavior. If this system possesses a direct-current link in parallel with the inter-tie lines, this effect could be decreased, due to the link current controller action. This work presents a study that evaluates the efficiency of DC link for the damping of interarea frequency oscillations under small disturbances, operating the system with automatic generation control (AGC). A DC power injection model is implemented in the Power Sensitivity Model (PSM). One of the advantages of this model is to allow the detach of the network in two distinct parts: the active and reactive balances, where the two can be dealt together or separately. With the choice of this model, it's possible to implement the complete network in the block diagram format. Moreover, the network load bus are accessible through the block diagram, which this are possible to vary the load characteristic. Through this representation, the insertion of DC link in the block diagram became viable, therefore it was modeled as a power injection in the terminals bus in the active and reactive balances, closing a new power balance. The time domain analysis is carried out the software Matlab Simulink®. Also using this software, a POD controller (Power Oscillation Damping Controller) was designed for the DC power modulation. The results show that DC link comprises a great potential for the maintenance of frequency oscillations damping in interarea mode, when coupled to POD controllers. / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

In chapter 1, I study long term contracts in retail electricity markets. Deregulation of retail electricity markets gives consumer choices over contracts of different lengths. Long term contracts allow consumers to hedge against future price increase, but they can be more expensive than spot contracts. There is little empirical evidence on how consumers value long term contracts. Using a dataset from an incumbent retailer containing 10-year panel of consumer contract choice data, this paper analyzes consumers' valuations of long term contracts. I first document that a significant percentage of consumers actively choose long term contracts when they are more expensive than shorter contracts. To quantify the value of long term contracts and welfare implication of product innovation after retail deregulation, I build and estimate a dynamic model that incorporates risk preference, price expectations and consumer inertia. Counterfactual calculation shows that on average consumers gain about 6% per month from long term contracts. In chapter 2, I quantify the effect of introducing large-scale renewable energy on the wholesale electricity market. Renewable energy capacity has increased in many markets as renewable is crucial to reduce emission in the energy sector. More than 8GWh of wind capacity has been added in Texas between 2014 and 2017. Using hourly data from Texas, I find increasing daily wind energy production results in statistically significant reduction of wholesale electricity price for all hours of the day except 10pm, and the effect is larger during peak hours. Increasing wind production reduces output from both coal and natural gas power plants. Using hours when no transmission limit is binding and load is above 50th percentile in the load distribution, I find increasing hourly wind production reduces offer prices submitted by owners of fossil fuel power plants. In chapter 3, I study the effect of transmission limit on market outcomes. Wholesale electricity markets are often subject to transmission constraints that prevent efficient dispatch of power. Increasing renewable capacity demands transmission infrastructure investment. In 2011 to 2013, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) constructed several high voltage transmission lines from the wind-rich west Texas to demand centers. Using data on electricity production, demand, price and information on grid congestion, this paper shows that an increase of 100MW in the transmission limit from the West to the North reduces the hourly output of fossil fuel generators in the North by 71.1MWh and decreases the price in the North by 0.17$/MWh when the transmission constraint from the West to the North is binding. Meanwhile, the increase of the transmission limit reduces dispatch of coal and combined cycle gas power plants in the North, but increases production of simple cycle and steam gas power plants in the North.

The diploma thesis deals with the comparison of the conduction with the classic "AlFe" ropes (ACSR technology - aluminium conductor steel reinforced) and the line with the ACCC technology (aluminum core composite core). The first part describes the development of the transmission and distribution network in the Czech Republic. Subsequently types of conductors are described, its construction and main characteristics. The theoretical part also consists of theoretical knowledge about compared types of conductors and knowledge from the field of external lines. During the creation of the theoretical part of the thesis, we gained experience in the advanced functions of Excel, which are later used in practical part. The practical part of the thesis consists of creation of the calculation program itself, instructions and calculation methodology. Included is also an example of use of the program that compars two types of conductors of the same diameter, the same transmitted current and the same weight per unit length.

In the new global and local scenario, the advent of intelligent distribution networks or Smart Grids allows real-time collection of data on the operating status of the electricity grid. Based on this availability of data, it is feasible and convenient to predict consumption in the short term, from a few hours to a week. The hypothesis of the study is that the method used to present time variables to a prediction system of electricity consumption affects the results.

In the operation, planning and design of the transmission system it is of greatest concern to quantify the reliability security margin to unwanted conditions. The deterministic N-1 criterion has traditionally provided this security margin to reduce the consequences of severe conditions such as widespread blackouts. However, a deterministic criterion does not include the likelihood of different outage events. Moreover, experience from blackouts shows, e.g. in Sweden-Denmark September 2003, that the outages were not captured by the N-1 criterion. The question addressed in this thesis is how this system security margin can be quantified with probabilistic methods. A quantitative measure provides one valuable input to the decision-making process of selecting e.g. system expansions alternatives and maintenance actions in the planning and design phases. It is also beneficial for the operators in the control room to assess the associated security margin of existing and future network conditions. This thesis presents a method that assesses each component's risk to an insufficient transfer capability in the transmission system. This shows on each component's importance to the system security margin. It provides a systematic analysis and ranking of outage events' risk of overloading critical transfer sections (CTS) in the system. The severity of each critical event is quantified in a risk index based on the likelihood of the event and the consequence of the section's transmission capacity. This enables a comparison of the risk of a frequent outage event with small CTS consequences, with a rare event with large consequences. The developed approach has been applied for the generally known Roy Billinton Test System (RBTS). The result shows that the ranking of the components is highly dependent on the substation modelling and the studied system load level. With the restriction of only evaluating the risks to the transfer capability in a few CTSs, the method provides a quantitative ranking of the potential risks to the system security margin at different load levels. Consequently, the developed reliability based approach provides information which could improve the deterministic criterion for transmission system planning.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis presents a comprehensive study of the effects of material, geometric and operational parameters on flat belt-drives steady-state belt stresses, belt slip, and belt-drive efficiency. The belt stresses include: belt rubber shear, normal, axial and lateral stresses; reinforcements tension force; and tangential and normal belt-pulley contact stresses. Belt slip is measured using the driven over driver pulleys’ angular velocity ratio. Each parameter was varied over a range to understand its impact on the steady-state belt-drive response. The material parameters studied are belt axial stiffness and damping, belt bending stiffness and damping, and belt-pulley friction coefficient. The geometric parameters studied are pulley center distance, pulleys diameter ratio, and belt thickness. The operational parameters studied are the driver pulley angular velocity and the driven pulley opposing torque (load). A high-fidelity flexible multibody dynamics parametric model of a two-pulley belt-drive system was created using a commercial multibody dynamics code. In the model the belt’s rubber matrix is represented using three-dimensional brick elements and the belt’s reinforcements are represented using one dimensional beam elements at the top surface of the belt. An asperity-based Coulomb friction model is used for the friction forces between the pulley and belt. The pulleys are modeled as rigid bodies with a cylindrical contact surface. The equations of motion are integrated using an explicit solution procedure. Unlike prior models which use one-dimensional truss or beam elements for the belt, the present model uses a three-dimensional belt model which introduces the effect of the thickness of the belt rubber matrix (modeled using brick elements). This enables a more accurate prediction of the belt stresses and slip than prior models. This thesis resolves in more details the complex stick-slip friction behavior of an axially flexible belt coupled with the shear effects of a flexible rubber cushion and at the same time shows the effect of the main system parameters on this stick-slip behavior. Some of the important conclusions of the thesis include: (1) the driver pulley has two distinct contact zones - a negative traction zone and a positive traction zone - while only one traction zone is present over the driven pulley; (2) the width of the negative traction zone on the driver pulley increases with the belt-pulley coefficient of friction and decreases with the belt axial stiffness; (3) the maximum belt tension and normal contact stress occur on the driver pulley and increase with the belt thickness, belt axial stiffness, and coefficient of friction; (4) belt-drive energy efficiency increases with the belt axial stiffness, and decreases with belt thickness, belt bending damping, belt operating speed, and operating torque load. The belt-drive modeling methodology presented in this thesis which enables accurate prediction of the belt stresses and slip can in turn be used to more accurately predict the fatigue life, wear life, and energy efficiency of belt-drives.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis proposes a reconfigurable phased array of antennas for wireless power transfer. The array finds use in many applications, from drone destruction (for defense) to wireless charging of robots and mobile devices. It utilizes a novel feeding architecture to greatly reduce the number of high cost elements (such as amplifiers and phase shifters) as well as the quantity of unused resources in the system. Upon the instruction of the CPU, the array can separate into any number of subarrays, each of which transmits power to a single receiver, steering its beam as the receiver changes location. Currently dormant elements in the array can be used to provide position information about the receivers, either via Radar, or by listening for beacons pulses from the receiver. All of this is made possible, with only 4 amplifiers and 3 phase shifters, by the proposed 4-Bus Method. The source signal is divided into four buses, which are respectively phase shifted by 270 degrees, 180 degrees, 90 degrees, and 0 degrees (no shifter required) and then amplified. The CPU calculates, based on the number and positions of the receivers / targets, what the amplitude and phase excitation must be at each element. Any phase and amplitude which could be required can be achieved by simply adding together appropriate quantities of the correct two buses. In order to achieve this, the key piece is the variable power divider. These differ from Wilkinson dividers in that the dividing ratio can be changed via an applied DC voltage. Therefore, at each junction, by properly diverting the power levels on each phase bus to their proper location, complete delocalization of both amplifiers and phase shifters can be achieved. A method has also been developed which helps overcome the limitations of each variable power divider. That is, in certain instances, it may be desirable to pass all the power to a single output port or the other, which is not a possibility inherently possible with the device. With the use of a unique combination of RF switches, the nodes achieve much enhanced flexibility. Finally, an intensive study is carried out, in an attempt to yield greater understanding, as well as quick, useful approximations, of the behaviors of both rectangular and hexagonal arrays of various sizes and beam steering angles for wireless power.