POWER PLANT ENGINEERING: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1 Performance of modern industrial plants with renewable power generation: a comprehensive system analysis 1 11 Introduction 2 111 Contributions 3 12 IEEE Standards 4 13 State of the art 4 14 Challenges and opportunities 5 15 Test system simulation and result discussion 6 151 Test system description 6 152 Analysis under different cases 7 16 Conclusion 17 References 17 2 Maximum power extraction from partially shaded photovoltaic power conversion systems 21 21 Introduction 22 22 PV partial shading problem 23 221 Causes and effects of partial shading problem 23 222 Partial shadowing remediation 24 23 Standalone and grid-interconnected PV power conversion systems 25 231 General description of standalone and grid-interconnected PV power systems 25 232 Configuration of the PV power conversion system under study 27 24 PV nature-inspired MPPT algorithms 28 241 Classification of the nature-inspired MPPT algorithms 28 242 Proposed MPPT algorithms brief overview 29 25 Results and discussions 34 26 Conclusions 38 References 38 3 Transformerless grid-connected inverter for PV integration 43 31 Need of transformerless inverter 44 32 Classification of transformerless PV inverter 45 321 Conventional full-bridge TLI 45 322 Transformerless inverters with decoupling 51 323 Transformerless inverters with clamping 59 33 Summary 65 References 65 4 PMSG and DFIG-based wind energy conversion systems 67 41 Introduction 68 42 Power converter 70 421 Convertor topology 71 43 Modeling of WECS 73 431 Different types of generators 74 432 Modeling and control of DFIG-based WECS 76 433 Modeling and control of PMSG-based WECS 77 44 Control strategies and MPPT 77 45 Power quality 83 46 Case study 83 47 Conclusion 86 References 86 5 Novel AI, machine, deep learning, and optimization-based computing for energy systems 91 51 An introduction to modern energy systems 93 511 Challenges in modern power systems 94 52 Definition of energy systems problems 96 521 Planning 96 522 Operation 97 523 Control 98 53 Technology of intelligent systems 98 531 Neural network 101 532 Decision tree 102 533 Support vector machine 103 54 Applications of computational intelligence methods in energy systems studies 103 541 Power systems and big data 104 542 Operation and control 105 543 Optimization 108 544 Decision making 109 545 Fault detection 109 546 Stability analysis 110 547 An example of power flow by neural network 114 55 Future perspectives of dynamic security assessment by ML 115 56 Conclusions 116 References 116 6 Converter topologies for grid-integration of renewable power sources 127 61 Introduction 128 611 Renewable energy applications of buck-boost inverter: solar PV micro-inverters 129 62 State of the art 137 621 Review based on operating modes of single-stage BBI 137 622 Review of single-stage inverters: salient points 145 63 Case study: bi-modal fourth-order inverters – derivation and working principle 145 631 Why fourth-order converters? 145 632 Basic requirements 146 633 Merging two converters for bipolar output 147 634 Second-order buck–boost inverter 147 635 Possible combinations with fourth-order converters 150 636 Schematics of two new inverter circuits 152 637 Topology-1 (C´ uk+SEPIC) 152 638 Topology-2 (CSC-IL+SEPIC) 154 639 Comparison among SOBBI, topologies-1 and 2 inverters 155 6310 Additional details on topology-2 operation 158 6311 New switching strategy-single mode inverter 159 64 Conclusion 163 65 Future trends/future possibilities 164 References 164 7 PV powered DC microgrid with plug-in energy harvesting and EV incorporated functions 167 71 Introduction 169 72 The established PV powered microgrid 170 721 Governing equation for a PV cell 172 722 Parameter determination 172 723 I–V curves and effects on temperature and irradiance 173 73 PV array with followed interleaved boost converter 174 731 Simulated PV array 174 732 The established interleaved boost converter 174 733 Evaluation on MPPT and interleaving operations 176 734 Whole system operation 178 74 Plug-in energy harvesting mechanism with AC source 179 741 Power circuit 179 742 Controller design 179 743 Evaluation of the proposed control scheme 188 744 PV array with plug-in single-phase AC source 188 75 Interconnected M2V/V2M operations between PV powered DC microgrid and EV SRM drive 191 751 V2M discharging operation 193 752 M2V charging operation 194 76 Conclusion 194 References 195 8 Power electronics technology and applications in clean generation and power grids 199 81 Introduction 199 82 Renewable sources-based shunt active filter 201 83 Renewable sources-based dynamic voltage restorer 205 84 Renewable sources-based UPQC 212 85 Dual UPQC-based OEW transformers (case study) 218 851 PV modeling and MPPT method 218 852 VSCs control 220 853 Simulation results 221 86 Summary 225 References 225