Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1980 / Includes bibliographical references. / by Conrado Orta, Jr. / M.S. / M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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A variety of factors such as increasing electrical energy demand, slow expansion of transmission infrastructures, and electric energy market deregulation, are forcing utilities and system operators to operate power systems closer to their design limits. Operating under stressed regimes can have a detrimental effect on the rotor-angle stability of the system. This stability reduction is often reflected by the emergence or worsening of poorly damped low-frequency electromechanical oscillations. Without appropriate measures these can lead to costly blackouts. To guarantee system security, operators are sometimes forced to limit power transfers that are economically beneficial but that can result in poorly damped oscillations. Controllers that damp these oscillations can improve system reliability by preventing blackouts and provide long term economic gains by enabling more extensive utilization of the transmission infrastructure. Previous research in the use of artificial neural network-based intelligent controllers for power system damping control has shown promise when tested in small power system models. However, these controllers do not scale-up well enough to be deployed in realistically-sized power systems. The work in this dissertation focuses on improving the scalability of intelligent power system stabilizing controls so that they can significantly improve the rotor-angle stability of large-scale power systems. A framework for designing effective and robust intelligent controllers capable of scaling-up to large scale power systems is proposed. Extensive simulation results on a large-scale power system simulation model demonstrate the rotor-angle stability improvements attained by controllers designed using this framework.

Worldwide concern about the environmental problems and a possible energy crisis has led to increasing interest in clean and renewable energy generation. Among various renewable energy sources, wind power is the most rapidly growing one. Therefore, how to provide efficient, reliable, and high-performance wind power generation and distribution has become an important and practical issue in the power industry. In addition, because of the new constraints placed by the environmental and economical factors, the trend of power system planning and operation is toward maximum utilization of the existing infrastructure with tight system operating and stability margins. This trend, together with the increased penetration of renewable energy sources, will bring new challenges to power system operation, control, stability and reliability which require innovative solutions. Flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) devices, through their fast, flexible, and effective control capability, provide one possible solution to these challenges. To fully utilize the capability of individual power system components, e.g., wind turbine generators (WTGs) and FACTS devices, their control systems must be suitably designed with high reliability. Moreover, in order to optimize local as well as system-wide performance and stability of the power system, real-time local and wide-area coordinated control is becoming an important issue. Power systems containing conventional synchronous generators, WTGs, and FACTS devices are large-scale, nonlinear, nonstationary, stochastic and complex systems distributed over large geographic areas. Traditional mathematical tools and system control techniques have limitations to control such complex systems to achieve an optimal performance. Intelligent and bio-inspired techniques, such as swarm intelligence, neural networks, and adaptive critic designs, are emerging as promising alternative technologies for power system control and performance optimization. This work focuses on the development of advanced optimization and intelligent control algorithms to improve the stability, reliability and dynamic performance of WTGs, FACTS devices, and the associated power networks. The proposed optimization and control algorithms are validated by simulation studies in PSCAD/EMTDC, experimental studies, or real-time implementations using Real Time Digital Simulation (RTDS) and TMS320C6701 Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Platform. Results show that they significantly improve electrical energy security, reliability and sustainability.

Orientador: Carlos Alberto de Castro Junior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T19:37:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gomes_RicardoBorges_M.pdf: 725231 bytes, checksum: e24b9811f14e33910092b2f639a89050 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: O método desacoplado rápido (MDR) [2] é uma variante do tradicional método de Newton [1] para a resolução do problema de fluxo de carga (obtenção do estado de operação de redes elétricas de potência). Sabe-se que o MDR apresenta desempenho insatisfatório quando aplicado a redes de distribuição, devido à desfavorável relação r/x dos ramos, resultando num processo de cálculo que pode apresentar divergência ou convergência lenta (grande número de iterações). Há algum tempo foi proposta uma alteração no MDR, chamada de rotação de eixos[4], que melhora as características de convergência do método. A idéia consiste em obter uma rede fictícia para a qual o MDR funcione bem e cujo estado de operação (magnitudes e ângulos de tensão) seja o mesmo da rede original. O valor do ângulo de rotação de eixos, único para toda a rede, é determinado empiricamente. Recentemente uma outra proposta de rotação ótima de eixos[5] foi apresentada, sugerindo modificações ao método que trouxeram maior automação aos cálculos, apesar de efeitos desfavoráveis em relação à manipulação de matrizes e ao significado físico da rede elétrica durante o processo iterativo. O presente trabalho traz um novo algoritmo de rotação de eixos que supera algumas desvantagens dos métodos apresentados em [4, 5], com bom desempenho. Além disso, traz uma interessante contribuição sobre a rotação de barras do tipo PV, não abordado anteriormente / Abstract: The fast decoupled loadflow (FDLF) [2] is a variant of the traditional Newton method [1] for solving the loadflow problem (find the operational state of electrical power networks). It is well-known that FDLF presents unsatisfactory performance when applied to distribution systems. Their unfavourable r/x branch ratios may lead to divergence or slow convergence (large number of iterations). A modification to the FDLF, called axesrotation[4], was proposed some time ago, which improves convergency of the method. The idea is to obtain a fictitious network for which the FDLF performs better and which operational state (voltage magnitudes and angles) is the same as the original network. However, the rotation angle is determined empirically. Recently the optimal axes rotation[5] was presented, suggesting some modifications that led to more automated calculations, despite of some undesirable effects on matrices handling and also to the physical meaning of networks during the iterative process. This research work presents a new algorithm for axes rotation that overcomes some disadvantages found in [4, 5], with good performance. Moreover, it brings an interesting contribution on the rotation of PV buses, not previously considered. / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientadores: Ernesto Ruppert Filho, Alfeu Joãozinho Sguarezi Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T13:09:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Trindade_FilipeSarmento_M.pdf: 4372801 bytes, checksum: 51cf6a93426e65669c049bef356ed0a2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Nas últimas décadas, a crescente necessidade de novas fontes limpas e renováveis de energia elétrica provocou um grande interesse por meios alternativos às usinas elétricas convencionais. Entre eles, o aproveitamento da energia eólica. Nesse contexto, o gerador de indução de rotor bobinado tem sido bem utilizado com turbinas eólicas em todo o mundo devido à possibilidade de conexão do seu estator diretamente à rede elétrica e à possibilidade de controle das potências ativa e reativa através de conversores eletrônicos de potência conectados aos terminais do seu rotor, o que diminui a potência dos conversores para até 30% da potência nominal do gerador elétrico. Assim, a presente dissertação objetiva propor o controle das potências ativa e reativa do gerador elétrico com o uso de controladores por modos deslizantes utilizando a técnica de orientação de campo pelo fluxo do estator para realizar o controle independente dessas potências. Primeiramente, compara-se o desempenho do controlador proposto com o tradicional controle de potências por controladores PI, através de simulações computacionais da conexão do gerador à rede elétrica através de duas topologias de conversores: com apenas os terminais do estator conectados à rede elétrica e com os terminais do rotor também conectados através de conversores em anti-paralelo (back-to-back). Finalmente, o controlador por modos deslizantes foi implementado fisicamente em uma bancada experimental com apenas os terminais do estator do gerador conectados à rede elétrica para comprovação da proposta / Abstract: In the last decades, the increasing need for new clean and renewable sources of electric energy caused a great interest in alternative means to conventional power plants. Among them, the use of wind energy. In this context, the doubly-fed induction generator has been widely used with wind turbines worldwide due to the possibility of connecting its stator terminals directly to the electric power grid and its active and reactive power control possibility through electric power converters connected to its rotor terminals, which reduce the converters power capacity for up to 30% of the generator rated power. Thus, this dissertation aims to propose the generator active and reactive power control using sliding mode controllers using field-oriented control to perform independent power control. First, the performance of the proposed controller with the traditional PI power control controllers is compared through computer simulations connecting the generator to the electric grid through two converter topologies: with only the stator terminals connected to the grid and with the rotor terminals also connected to the grid through a back-to-back converter. Finally, the sliding mode controller was implemented on a laboratory assembly with only the generator stator terminals connected to the grid to prove the proposal / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientadores: José Antenor Pomilio, Edson Adriano Vendrusculo / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T02:26:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_Newtonda_D.pdf: 5963220 bytes, checksum: 500403f704e8c3419c8550979ec0b925 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Os filtros híbridos combinam o filtro passivo com o filtro ativo para a obtenção de um filtro que aproveita as qualidades de ambos. O filtro híbrido possui uma redução de potência na sua parte ativa e apresenta um melhor desempenho que o filtro passivo. Existem diferentes topologias de combinações entre o filtro passivo e o filtro ativo, cada uma com suas características. A topologia mais usual é aquela em que o filtro ativo fica em série com o filtro passivo. Neste trabalho será analisada a topologia com o filtro ativo em paralelo com o indutor do filtro passivo. A vantagem desta topologia é a divisão das correntes harmônicas entre ambos os filtros, o que não ocorre na topologia série. O funcionamento do filtro híbrido na compensação das harmônicas de corrente da carga é aprofundado, ampliando as discussões anteriormente publicadas, identificando novas características de operação, contribuindo no estabelecimento de procedimentos de projeto tanto do circuito de potência quanto de controle. Um estudo teórico da atuação do filtro híbrido em um alimentador industrial de média tensão descrito na norma IEEE 519-1992 (workbench) é também apresentado. Resultados experimentais de implementação em um protótipo são apresentados de modo a comprovar a técnica de controle usada e também avaliar a compensação de correntes harmônicas em situações distintas de carga e harmônico de tensão na rede / Abstract: Hybrid Filters combine the passive filter with the active filter to obtain a filter that takes advantage of the qualities of both. The hybrid filter has a power reduction in its active part and presents better performance than the passive filter. There are different topologies of the combinations between the passive filter and the active filter, each with its own characteristics. The most common topology is the active filter in series with the passive filter. In this work the topology that will be analyzed is one where the active filter is parallel to the inductor of the passive filter. The advantage of this topology is the division of the harmonic current between the two filters, this does not occur in the series topology. The operation of the hybrid filter in the compensation of the load harmonic current is improved, expanding the discussions previously published, identifying new characteristics of operation, contributing to the establishment of design procedures in the power circuit as in the control. A theoretical study of the hybrid filter performance in an industrial medium voltage power supply described in IEEE standard 519-1992 (workbench) is presented too. Experimental results from a prototype implementation are presented in order to check the control technique used and also to evaluate the current harmonic compensation in different situations of the load and harmonic voltage in the source / Doutorado / Energia Eletrica / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

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Tato práce se zabývá návrhem adaptivního řídícího algortitmu pro konkrétní třídu elektromechanických aktuátorů, založeného na principu dopředného řízení pomocí inverzního dynamického modelu. Adaptibilita řízení spočívá v mechanismu získání inverzního dynamického modelu. Tato práce se zaměřuje na jeho online aproximaci pomocí lokálních aproximačních metod. Výstupem práce je shrnutí analýzy, simulačního testování a reálných experimentů, které testovaly možnosti praktického využití lokálných aproximačních metod pro účely adaptivního řízení v reálném prostředí.

The 2015 ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) was held from 21 to 23 September 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The scope of the conference covers intelligent, flexible, adaptive materials and systems that respond to changes in the environment to perform in the most profitable way. Scientific strides and technological maturity in the field are linked to the interdisciplinary efforts at universities, government and industry. SMASIS aims at assembling world experts across engineering and scientific disciplines such as mechanical, aerospace, electrical, materials, and civil engineering, as well as biology, physics and chemistry, to discuss the latest findings and trends in this fruitful area of research.