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Recent Advances in Distributed Power Generation System

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2023) | Viewed by 7125

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan

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1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
2. Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Interests: power systems; power electronics; smart grid; flexible AC transmission system (FACTS); power system stability; renewable energy system—PV and wind; smart inverters; power quality; distribution systems
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Prof. Dr. E. Randolph Collins

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Interests: power distribution systems; power electronics; electric machines; adjustable speed motor drives; electric power quality monitoring; grid connected inverters; renewable energy systems - PV and wind; smart inverters; distributed generation; electronic lighting and control; hardware-in-the-loop grid simulator
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Electronics entitled Recent Advances in Distributed Power Generation Systems. The renewed interest in distributed generation shown by the utilities industry has paved the way for more advances in smart grids. With the increased awareness of environmental aspects, the advances in distributed power generation have been rapid and the expected growth will continue in the coming years. Decentralized and distributed power generation has started to replace conventional power plants by reducing the burden on transmission systems, causing a shift towards a new paradigm in the form of intelligent distribution grids that could also be referred to as smart grids. The increase in distributed generators in the form of combined heat power (CHP), fuel cells, wind energy, solar energy, micro combined heat and power, microturbines, PV systems (typically rooftop solar PV), and plug-in electric vehicles has increased the local share of electricity in the form of domestically produced energy apart from utility-based distributed generators. The benefits associated with the recent advances in distributed generators has always been great and has enhanced the overall efficiency of the power system by bringing out an evolution in smart and sustainable grids. Indeed, the enhanced penetration levels of the distribution power generation system also poses many challenges, leading to new difficulties like stability, voltage control, reverse power flow, power quality issues, etc. Novel and innovative solutions are required to address the recent advances in distributed generators and their impacts on the power system network. The stochastic nature of wind- and PV-based distributed generators adds more complexity to the security and reliability of the system. Such a situation calls for an adequate control methodology, energy, demand side management, planning, and operations for addressing the challenges of and recent advances in distributed generators. This Special Issue aims to address any topics pertaining to Recent Advances in Distributed Power Generation Systems.

Dr. Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan
Prof. Dr. E. Randolph Collins
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • distributed power-generation systems (DPGSs)
  • real-time simulation
  • controller hardware-in-the-loop simulation (CHIL)
  • power hardware-in-the-loop simulation (PHIL)
  • grid codes
  • grid resilience
  • energy processing
  • microgrid
  • distributed power-generation protection
  • power control technologies
  • smart grid
  • renewable energy
  • electric vehicles
  • power electronics

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Efficiency and Reliability Assessment-Based Selection of the Optimal Common Bus in Hub-Stations
by Hira Tahir, Hasan Erteza Gelani, Muhammad Saleem and Asif Hussain
Electronics 2023, 12(16), 3411; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12163411 - 11 Aug 2023
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This paper is an attempt to present a simple yet innovative planning method for determining the type of common bus in a hub station (HS), devised on efficiency and reliability grounds. The efficiency is evaluated by modeling the efficiency curves of the converters [...] Read more.
This paper is an attempt to present a simple yet innovative planning method for determining the type of common bus in a hub station (HS), devised on efficiency and reliability grounds. The efficiency is evaluated by modeling the efficiency curves of the converters under part-load and full-load conditions, hence enabling a realistic estimate of the efficiency. Reliability evaluation is executed by modeling the failure and repair rate distributions of the HS components. The optimal common bus type selection is based on both the efficiency and reliability metrics of the HS. The deterministic factor in the type of common bus selection is proved to be the number of components in the HS. The results indicate that DC and AC systems have comparable efficiencies with a meagre difference of 1.26%. The failure rate of AC common bus architecture is 22% greater than DC common bus architecture resulting in a 1.788 times reliability advantage of the DC system. Moreover, the greater number of components in the case of a AC common bus adds to the economic advantage of DC with a lower number of components leading DC to be an optimal design. Full article
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Microgrid Emergence, Integration, and Influence on the Future Energy Generation Equilibrium—A Review
by Sabrina Lee Chartier, Vinod Kumar Venkiteswaran, Shriram S. Rangarajan, Edward Randolph Collins and Tomonobu Senjyu
Electronics 2022, 11(5), 791; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11050791 - 03 Mar 2022
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Microgrids are emerging throughout the world as a means of integrating decentralized, renewable energy power generation. The flexibility of this customer-driven, behind the meter solution allows it to address unique challenges. This variability that drives microgrid adoption is the same thing that keeps [...] Read more.
Microgrids are emerging throughout the world as a means of integrating decentralized, renewable energy power generation. The flexibility of this customer-driven, behind the meter solution allows it to address unique challenges. This variability that drives microgrid adoption is the same thing that keeps them from being categorized and repeatable. This lack of specific modeling leads to a stalling in financing and wide-scale adoption. By analyzing the microgrid system development, evolution, architecture, integration zones, technological advances, and business models, a clearer picture of how these entities are intertwined emerges. Several case studies of deployed microgrids will showcase the cutting-edge solutions they apply. The future implications of this new energy revolution will be highlighted and shown to create an energy generation equilibrium and the significant role played by microgrids in this new energy revolution. Although many compilations of research work on microgrids have been previously presented by various reviewers, most of them are specific to an electrical or power quality-related issue, which addresses a discrete audience. This work only includes within its scope a general outlook of microgrids and the present-day challenges in its use of rural/urban renewable energy production and distribution. The results allowed for the researchers to conclude that microgrids have emerged as a great solution in situations where energy has to be transmitted from a decentralized system to a centralized system. Challenges will arise in the microgrid management and government laws and regulations if rectified microgrids can lead to an equilibrium between decentralized and centralized bulk energy networks. Full article
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