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SCADA and Energy Management Applications in Electric Power Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 10420

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Renato Procopio

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Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia, 11a 16145 Genoa, Italy
Interests: integration of renewable energy sources into the electric grid; smart grid and microgrid management; control and modeling; lightning modeling and its effect on transmission and distribution networks
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Dr. Andrea Bonfiglio

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Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11a-I, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Interests: renewable energy; technologies photovoltaics; energy management; microgrids optimization
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recent development of the electric power systems toward a more and more sustainable, efficient, and smart configuration has deeply changed some of the paradigms of the traditional control and management architectures. In this framework, microgrids and smart grids represent the most promising solution for a deep integration of renewable energy sources and distributed generation to satisfy the energy demand and to provide a flexible and resilient configuration for the future electricity system.

In this view, future supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and energy management systems (EMS) will have to adapt in order to provide suitable exchange of information and the optimal management of the infrastructure representing a border complex system between power engineering, control engineering, and ICT engineering.

The aim of this Special Issue is that of collecting research articles related to innovative architectures and approaches for SCADA and energy management systems in the field of electric power systems. Contributions are welcome both from an ICT and from a power system integration point of view highlighting how such devices should adapt to ease the development of microgrids, smart grids, smart power systems, and smart mobility in the view of a deeper integration of these various aspects of the energy power supply and management.

Prof. Dr. Renato Procopio
Prof. Dr. Andrea Bonfiglio
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Keywords

  • SCADA application for smart and microgrids
  • Islanded microgrids control and energy management
  • Cyber security engineering for electric power system applications
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Smart grids
  • Energy management systems
  • Electric power system
  • Data acquisition
  • Supervisory
  • Monitoring
  • Power system protection.

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An MPC-Sliding Mode Cascaded Control Architecture for PV Grid-Feeding Inverters
by Alessandro Palmieri, Alessandro Rosini, Renato Procopio and Andrea Bonfiglio
Energies 2020, 13(9), 2326; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13092326 - 07 May 2020
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The primary regulation of photovoltaic (PV) systems is a current matter of research in the scientific community. In Grid-Feeding operating mode, the regulation aims to track the maximum power point in order to fully exploit the renewable energy sources and produce the amount [...] Read more.
The primary regulation of photovoltaic (PV) systems is a current matter of research in the scientific community. In Grid-Feeding operating mode, the regulation aims to track the maximum power point in order to fully exploit the renewable energy sources and produce the amount of reactive power ordered by a hierarchically superior control level or by the local Distribution System Operator (DSO). Actually, this task is performed by Proportional–Integral–Derivative (PID)-based regulators, which are, however, affected by major drawbacks. This paper proposes a novel control architecture involving advanced control theories, like Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Sliding Mode (SM), in order to improve the overall system performance. A comparison with the conventional PID-based approach is presented and the control theories that display a better performance are highlighted. Full article
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A Nearly Zero-Energy Microgrid Testbed Laboratory: Centralized Control Strategy Based on SCADA System
by Mostafa Kermani, Domenico Luca Carnì, Sara Rotondo, Aurelio Paolillo, Francesco Manzo and Luigi Martirano
Energies 2020, 13(8), 2106; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13082106 - 23 Apr 2020
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Currently, despite the use of renewable energy sources (RESs), distribution networks are facing problems, such as complexity and low productivity. Emerging microgrids (MGs) with RESs based on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) are an effective solution to control, manage, and finally deal [...] Read more.
Currently, despite the use of renewable energy sources (RESs), distribution networks are facing problems, such as complexity and low productivity. Emerging microgrids (MGs) with RESs based on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) are an effective solution to control, manage, and finally deal with these challenges. The development and success of MGs is highly dependent on the use of power electronic interfaces. The use of these interfaces is directly related to the progress of SCADA systems and communication infrastructures. The use of SCADA systems for the control and operation of MGs and active distribution networks promotes productivity and efficiency. This paper presents a real MG case study called the LAMBDA MG testbed laboratory, which has been implemented in the electrical department of the Sapienza University of Rome with a centralized energy management system (CEMS). The real-time results of the SCADA system show that a CEMS can create proper energy balance in a LAMBDA MG testbed and, consequently, minimize the exchange power of the LAMBDA MG and main grid. Full article
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A Study on Neutral-Point Potential in Three-Level NPC Converters
by Maosong Zhang, Ying Cui, Qunjing Wang, Jun Tao, Xiuqin Wang, Hongsheng Zhao and Guoli Li
Energies 2019, 12(17), 3367; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173367 - 01 Sep 2019
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This paper proposes an accurate mathematical model of three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converters that can accurately represent the midpoint potential drift of the DC link with parameter perturbation. The mathematical relationships between the fluctuation in neutral-point voltage, the parametric perturbation, and the capacitance error [...] Read more.
This paper proposes an accurate mathematical model of three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converters that can accurately represent the midpoint potential drift of the DC link with parameter perturbation. The mathematical relationships between the fluctuation in neutral-point voltage, the parametric perturbation, and the capacitance error are obtained as mathematical expressions in this model. The expressions can be used to quantitatively analyze the reason for the neutral-point voltage imbalance and balancing effect based on a zero-sequence voltage injection. The injected zero-sequence voltage, which can be used to balance the DC-side voltages with the combined action of active current, can be easily obtained from the proposed model. A balancing control under four-quadrant operation modes is proposed by considering the active current to verify the effectiveness of this model. Both the simulation and experiment results validate the excellent performance of the proposed model compared to the conventional model. Full article
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