Performance Enhancement of Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems Using UPFC
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Proposed System
3.1. PV System
3.2. Wind System
3.3. Unified Power Flow Controller
3.4. MPPT
4. The Stages of Adjusting the Performance of the UPFC
4.1. Control of Series Power Filter
4.2. Control of Shunt Power Filter
5. Proposed Control Strategy
5.1. ASO with the UPFC
5.2. FOPID Controller
6. Atom Search Algorithm
6.1. Initialization
6.2. Fitness Evaluation
6.3. Compute the Mass and C Neighbors’ Fitness
6.4. Interaction Force and Acceleration Computation
6.5. The Updating Process
7. Simulation Results and Discussions
Assessment of the Used ASO–FOPI Controller
- Test case 1: Sag condition
- Test case 2: Swell condition
- Test case 3: disturbance condition
8. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ASO | Atom Search Optimization |
DFIG | Double-Fed induction generator |
FACTS | Flexiable AC transmission systems |
FOPID | Fractional Order Proportional–Integral–Derivative |
HRES | Hybrid renewable energy system |
GA | Genetic Algorithm |
GSC | Grdi-side converter |
LPF | Low-pass filter |
MPPT | Maximum power point tracking |
PI | Proportional–Integral |
PLL | Phase-locked loop |
POC | Point of connection |
PQ | Power Quality |
PV | Photovoltaic cells |
SSSC | Static Synchronous Series Compensator |
RSC | Rotor-side converter |
STATCOM | Static Synchronous Compensator |
SVC | Static VAr compensator |
TCSC | thyristor controller series capacitor |
THD | Total harmonic distortion |
UPFC | Unified Power Flow Controller |
WOA | Whale Optimization Algorithm |
WT | Wind turbine |
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Objective Function | Parameter Value |
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No. of iterations | 50 |
No. of variables | 5 |
Population size | 50 |
0.82 | |
1 | |
29.7500 | |
49.426 | |
0.3953 |
49.426 | 29.75 | 0.3953 | 1 | 0.82 |
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Osama abed el-Raouf, M.; A. Mageed, S.A.; Salama, M.M.; Mosaad, M.I.; AbdelHadi, H.A. Performance Enhancement of Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems Using UPFC. Energies 2023, 16, 4362. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114362
Osama abed el-Raouf M, A. Mageed SA, Salama MM, Mosaad MI, AbdelHadi HA. Performance Enhancement of Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems Using UPFC. Energies. 2023; 16(11):4362. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114362
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsama abed el-Raouf, M., Soad A. A. Mageed, M. M. Salama, Mohamed I. Mosaad, and H. A. AbdelHadi. 2023. "Performance Enhancement of Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems Using UPFC" Energies 16, no. 11: 4362. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114362