This paper deals with power generation through solar photovoltaic (SPV) system and its implementation as grid‐tied and stand‐alone systems. The major setbacks of SPV system of low conversion ...efficacy, that can be enhanced through the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. A modified incremental conductance (MIC), termed as error based incremental conductance MPPT, has been proposed, and its behaviour is comprehensively compared with classical perturb and observe (P&O) and incremental conductance (IC) techniques. Dealing with the on‐grid application of SPV system, maximum power obtained through MIC is fed to a three‐phase grid operating at unity power factor (UPF), and the quality of grid current is monitored. Further, the power obtained through MIC finds its application in designing an SPV‐diesel generator (DG) based hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) for areas either not connected to the grid or have insufficient fossils. The stochastic nature of source or uncertain load demand leads to deviation in system frequency. This paper proposes an intelligent, comprehensive supervisory optimal‐fuzzy‐proportional‐integral‐derivative (O‐F‐PID) controller for load frequency control (LFC). The performance of proposed O‐F‐PID controller has been vividly compared with the designed optimal‐PID (O‐PID) and conventional PID (C‐PID) controllers under varying source and load demand conditions.
Buildings are a major primary energy consumer in the world energy sector, with a value of about 40% of total energy consumption. The absence of traditional sources of energy currently promotes the ...development of Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs). The general definition of net zero energy construction is very critical to grasp. The aim of the paper is to overview the literature on the existing NZEB to make them self-sustaining and net zero in order to improve energy efficiency of the buildings. If enough renewable energy could be used, NZEB could potentially be achievable with power production. Furthermore, different building-service systems utilizing renewable energy sources have been extensively investigated for possible uses in NZEB. The paper gives the detail of its climatic condition in various part of the world along with their consequences and its impacts. The NZEB concept will significantly define the demand and supply strategies for renewable energies and conversion accounting to achieve a NZEB target along with its renewable energy evaluation. Buildings account for a large proportion of the world's total energy and carbon emissions, and play an important role in formulating strategies for sustainable growth. To this end, smart systems implement applications with numerous and interdisciplinary features. Here, the paper gives a detailed literature review on NZEB.
Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) has been gaining importance due to the fast growing technology as well as its requirements in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and vehicular social network ...(VSN). VANET facilitates vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communication and improves the ride quality with value added services. The number of connected vehicles is expected to grow to a huge number with enormous exchange of safety and non-safety messages which are susceptible to security and privacy threat. To ensure secured communication, VANET must implement an authentication protocol to resist the attack and preserve the privacy. In this paper, a detailed discussion on the taxonomy for authentication schemes in VANET has been presented. The authentication schemes have been compared with security, privacy and scalability requirement. The use of recent technologies such as 5G, 5G-SDN, and Blockchain to design authentication schemes with low cost, and low communication, computational overhead has been discussed. Finally, the paper concludes with open challenges in VANET authentication. This paper is expected to open new avenues for researchers working in the domain of VANETs.
In this paper, closed-loop control and boundary condition for continuous conduction mode and discontinuous conduction mode of nonisolated inverting N× multilevel boost converter (MBC) are ...articulated. Inverting N× MBC combines the features of classical boost converter and voltage multiplier to attain inverting N times higher voltage. Consequently, the inverting N× MBC provides a viable solution for high-voltage step-up photovoltaic applications with low voltage rating reactive components and semiconductor devices. The control strategy with saturation limiter is employed to achieve highly stable voltage. The modes of operation, benefits of inverting N× MBC, and key factors for the selection of semiconductor devices and sizing of the reactive components are discussed. Additionally, the effects of reactive components and semiconductor devices on the output voltage are examined. Experimental results of the developed circuit are presented to validate the design of converter, and effectiveness and robustness of the implemented control algorithm for different input and output side perturbations.
A significant growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) installation has observed during the last decade in standalone and grid-connected power generation systems. The solar PV system has a non-linear output ...characteristic because of weather intermittency, which tends to have a substantial effect on overall PV system output. Hence, to optimize the output of a PV system, different maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques have been used. But, the confusion lies while selecting an appropriate MPPT, as every method has its own merits and demerits. Therefore, a proper review of these techniques is essential. A "Google Scholar" survey of the last five years (2015-2020) was conducted. It has found that overall seventy-one review articles are published on different MPPT techniques; out of those seventy-one, only four are on uniform solar irradiance, seven on non-uniform and none on hybrid optimization MPPT techniques. Most of them have discussed the limited number of MPPT techniques, and none of them has discussed the online and offline under uniform and hybrid MPPT techniques under non-uniform solar irradiance conditions all together in one. Unfortunately, very few attempts have made in this regard. Therefore, a comprehensive review paper on this topic is need of time, in which almost all the well-known MPPT techniques should be encapsulated in one paper. This article focuses on classifications of online, offline, and hybrid optimization MPPT algorithms, under the uniform and non-uniform irradiance conditions. It summarizes various MPPT methods along with their mathematical expression, operating principle, and block diagram/flow charts. This research will provide a valuable pathway to researchers, energy engineers, and strategists for future research and implementation in the field of maximum power point tracking optimization.
A hybrid microgrid-powered charging station reduces transmission losses with better power flow control in the modern power system. However, the uncoordinated charging of battery electric vehicles ...(BEVs) with the hybrid microgrid results in ineffective utilization of the renewable energy sources connected to the charging station. Furthermore, planned development of upcoming charging stations includes a multiport charging facility, which will cause overloading of the utility grid. The paper analyzes the following technical issues: (1) the energy management strategy and converter control of multiport BEV charging from a photovoltaic (PV) source and its effective utilization; (2) maintenance of the DC bus voltage irrespective of the utility grid overloading, which is caused by either local load or the meagerness of PV power through its energy storage unit (ESU). In addition, the charge controller provides closed loop charging through constant current and voltage, and this reduces the charging time. The aim of an energy management strategy is to minimize the usage of utility grid power and store PV power when the vehicle is not connected for charging. The proposed energy management strategy (EMS) was modeled and simulated using MATLAB/Simulink, and its different modes of operation were verified. A laboratory-scale experimental prototype was also developed, and the performance of the proposed charging station was investigated.
Wireless power transmission (WPT) is one of the breakthroughs in effortless electric vehicle (EV) charging technology. Different types of wireless charger topologies were proposed and implemented to ...meet various constraints like power transfer efficiency, wireless transfer distance, and misalignment tolerance. Yet the coupling separation and the transfer efficiency are still underdeveloped for contactless charging of medium- and low-power EVs like e-cycles and e-scooters. For achieving the high-distance WPT in the vehicles which are prone to misalignment issues, series-series (SS) compensated WPT is used. The conventional SS-compensated WPT uses a voltage-fed converter for the power conversion. But the combination of these topologies allows reverse current flow in the system, which will affect the transfer efficiency and life span of the source. To prevent this, a reverse blocking diode or a current-fed converter can be used. Though the reverse current problem can be solved, these approaches seem to reduce the power transfer efficiency further. This article tries to optimize the current-fed converter-based SS-WPT to achieve higher coupling separation, higher power transfer efficiency, and higher misalignment tolerance than the conventional designs. To achieve this, the input inductor of the current-fed converter and the primary coil of the SS-WPT are tuned without affecting the magnetic resonance condition. The transfer efficiency was found to be 94% at a coupling separation of 200 mm, which is 20% more than the conventional voltage source inverter-based, renewable energy-powered SS-WPT charging efficiency. After proving the concept in prototype design, the results are validated by testing the same in a real-time electric cycle.
The multilevel inverters (MLI) are resourceful in producing a voltage waveform with superior-quality staircase counterfeit sinusoidal and depressed harmonic distortion (THD). Several conventional ...topologies are proposed to realize the MLI however, the limitations of these topologies may involve more DC sources and power-switching devices, and less THD, which in turn, increases the cost and size of the inverter. These drawbacks can be eliminated with the proposed hybrid Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter with reduced components topology. As compared with the established MLI topologies the recommended topology having a reduced number of DC sources, power-switching devices, component count level factor, lesser TSV, more efficient, lesser THD, and cost-effective. The proposed MLI is a blend of a single-phase T-Type inverter and an H-Bridge module made of sub switches. This article incorporates the design and simulation of the multilevel inverter with staircase PWM technique. Further, the 9-level and 17-level MLI is examined with different combinational loads. The proposed inverter is stable during nonlinear loads, and it is well suited for FACTS and renewable energy grid-connected applications. An operational guideline has been explained with correct figures and tables. The Output voltage wave is realized in numerical simulation. Finally, the experimental demonstrations were performed by implementing a hardware prototype setup for both linear and nonlinear loads using the dSPACE controller laboratory.
With the maturation of nonlinear systems, considerable endeavors have been made to provide valid and high-speed controllers to supervise superior and more complex systems. Artificial intelligence has ...been remembered as the head topic among designers in the last decade. One of the popular control techniques is fuzzy logic, which is known to provide a controller that simulates the behavior of an expert operator. On the other hand, due to the necessity of change in human energy sources and the popularity of solar energy, attention to the greatest utilization of this category of green resources has significantly increased. Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in solar systems is a headed topic, with innovative methods being presented every day despite numerous articles. However, the less discussed topic is the choice of a fuzzy inference system. In this article, the two classes of Mamdani and Sugeno are discussed to introduce the best controller for extracting more power from a solar system by implementing both types and gaining an understanding of their differences. In addition, the influence of the number of input membership functions on the controller performance is investigated. Therefore, two different input membership functions are given to each fuzzy system model. It should be noted that fuzzy system setup has been done by genetic algorithm to respond to the mortal desire to automate various processes, which is a subset of artificial intelligence. Accordingly, four different fuzzy systems have been designed and implemented on a solar system. The results were tested and summarized in various radiations in MATLAB Simulink.
Rapid industrialization and its automation on the globe demands increased generation of electrical energy with more reliability and quality. Renewable energy (RE) sources are considered as a green ...form of energy and extensively used as an alternative source of energy for conventional energy sources to meet the increased demand for electrical power. However, these sources, when integrated to the utility grid, pose challenges in maintaining the power quality (PQ) and stability of the power system network. This is due to the unpredictable and variable nature of generation by these sources. The distributed flexible AC transmission system (DFACTS) devices such as distributed static compensator (DSTATCOM) and dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) play an active role in mitigating PQ issues associated with RE penetration. The performance of DFACTS devices is mostly dependent on the type of control algorithms employed for switching of these devices. This paper presents a comprehensive review of various conventional and adaptive algorithms used to control DFACTS devices for improvement of power quality in utility grids with RE penetration. This review intends to provide a summary of the design, experimental hardware, performance and feasibility aspects of these algorithms reported in the literature. More than 170 research publications are critically reviewed, classified, and listed for quick reference for the advantage of engineers and academician working in this area.
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