Ghassan Mousa¹, Ayman A. Aly², Imran Khan³, Dag Øivind Madsen^4,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.2, pp. 1963-1978, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.033627

Abstract The economics, infrastructure, transportation, and level of living of a country are all influenced by energy. The gap between energy usage and availability is a global issue. Currently, all countries rely on fossil fuels for energy generation, and these fossil fuels are not sustainable. The hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) power system is both clean and efficient. The fuel delivery system and the PEMFC make up the majority of the PEMFC power system. The lack of an efficient, safe, and cost-effective hydrogen storage system is still a major barrier to its widespread use. Solid hydrogen storage has the… More >

Chang Liu¹, Bo Luo¹, Wei Wang¹, Hongyuan Gao¹, Zhixun Wang², Hongfa Ding^3,*, Mengqi Yu⁴, Yongquan Peng⁵

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.2, pp. 541-559, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.022610

Abstract Building structures themselves are one of the key areas of urban energy consumption, therefore, are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. With this understood, the carbon trading market is gradually expanding to the building sector to control greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, to balance the interests of the environment and the building users, this paper proposes an optimal operation scheme for the photovoltaic, energy storage system, and flexible building power system (PEFB), considering the combined benefit of building. Based on the model of conventional photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system (ESS), the mathematical optimization model of the system is proposed… More >

Billel Meghni¹, Afaf Benamor², Oussama Hachana³, Ahmad Taher Azar^4,5,*, Amira Boulmaiz⁶, Salah Saad¹, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy^7,8, Nashwa Ahmad Kamal⁹, Suliman Mohamed Fati⁵, Naglaa K. Bahgaat¹⁰

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 3977-3996, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.029838

Abstract The integration of wind turbines (WTs) in variable speed drive systems belongs to the main factors causing low stability in electrical networks. Therefore, in order to avoid this issue, WTs hybridization with a storage system is a mandatory. This paper investigates WT system operating at variable speed. The system contains of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) supported by a battery storage system (BSS). To enhance the quality of active and reactive power injected into the network, direct power control (DPC) scheme utilizing space-vector modulation (SVM) technique based on proportional-integral (PI) control is proposed. Meanwhile, to improve the rendition of… More >

Saeed Akbari¹, Seyed Saeed Fazel^1,*, Hamed Hashemi-Dezaki^2,3

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.1, pp. 69-86, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.024121

Abstract The networking of microgrids has received significant attention in the form of a smart grid. In this paper, a set of smart railway stations, which is assumed as microgrids, is connected together. It has been tried to manage the energy exchanged between the networked microgrids to reduce received energy from the utility grid. Also, the operational costs of stations under various conditions decrease by applying the proposed method. The smart railway stations are studied in the presence of photovoltaic (PV) units, energy storage systems (ESSs), and regenerative braking strategies. Studying regenerative braking is one of the essential contributions. Moreover, the… More > Graphic Abstract

Tinnawat Hongphan¹, Matthew O. T. Cole^1,*, Chakkapong Chamroon¹, Ziv Brand²

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.1, pp. 147-161, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.022821

Abstract This paper presents a theoretical and experimental study on controller design for the AMBs in a small-scale flywheel energy storage system, where the main goals are to achieve low energy consumption and improved rotordynamic stability. A H-infinity optimal control synthesis procedure is defined for the permanent-magnet-biased AMB-rotor system with 4 degrees of freedom. Through the choice of design weighting functions, notch filter characteristics are incorporated within the controller to reduce AMB current components caused by rotor vibration at the synchronous frequency and higher harmonics. Experimental tests are used to validate the controller design methodology and provide comparative results on performance… More >

Jun Zhou^1,*, Shijie Fang¹, Jinghong Peng¹, Qing Li², Guangchuan Liang^1,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.1, pp. 221-243, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.020317

Abstract Underground energy storage is an important function of all energy supply systems, and especially concerning the seemingly eternal imbalance between production and demand. Salt rock underground energy storage, for one, is widely applied in both traditional and renewable energy fields; and this particular technique can be used to store natural gas, hydrogen, and compressed air. However, resource diversification and structural complexity make the supply system increasingly uncertain with the passing years, leading to great challenges for energy storage facilities in the present, and perhaps going into the future as well. Hence, it is necessary to research the operation stability of… More >

Edwin N. Mbinkar^1,*, Derek Ajesam Asoh^1,2,3, Jerome Ndam Mungwe³, Livinus Songyuh⁴, Emmanuel Lamfu⁵

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.6, pp. 2637-2654, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.023419

Abstract An electricity market is a trading platform provided by the actors in the electricity sector to sell and buy electricity while maintaining the stability of the transmission network and minimizing energy losses. The management of electrical energy for rational use consists of all the operations that the consumers can carry out in order to minimize their electricity bill, while the producers optimize their benefits and the transmission infrastructure. The reduction of active and reactive power consumption and the smoothing of daily and yearly load profiles are the main objectives in this work. Many developed countries already have properly functioning electricity… More > Graphic Abstract

Baoge Zhang¹, Shanyan Ping^1,*, Haoliang Shi², Yi Long¹, Boxiang Wu¹, Yuemin Jiao¹

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.6, pp. 2347-2367, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.021693

Abstract Renewable energy is connected to the grid through the inverter, which in turn reduces the inertia and stability of the power grid itself. The traditional grid-connected inverter does not have the function of voltage regulation and frequency regulation and can therefore no longer adapt to the new development. The virtual synchronous generator (VSG) has the function of voltage regulation and frequency regulation, which has more prominent advantages than traditional inverters. Based on the principle of VSG, the relationship between the frequency characteristics and the energy storage capacity of the feedforward branch-based virtual synchronous machine (FVSG) is derived when the input… More >

Ruoqiong Li^1,*, Linrun Xiao¹, Jingtao Lu², Xin Li²

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.6, pp. 2533-2548, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.020803

Abstract In electrified railways, traction load not only fluctuates between peaks and valleys, but also has a situation of low utilization rate of average load throughout the day and short overload. The traction transformer selects the capacity with the peak load as the demand boundary, which will cause the capacity utilization rate to be low and even lead to the economic decline of the traction power supply system. This article summarizes the existing configuration methods for capacity optimization of traction transformer. Then under the conditions of energy storage and new energy access to traction power supply system, the three aspects are… More >

Hongliang Wang¹, Jiahua Hu¹, Danhuang Dong¹, Cenfeng Wang¹, Feixia Tang², Yizheng Wang¹, Changsen Feng^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.2, pp. 1137-1158, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.021965

Abstract With the rapid and wide deployment of renewable energy, the operations of the power system are facing greater challenges when dispatching flexible resources to keep power balance. The output power of renewable energy is uncertain, and thus flexible regulation for the power balance is highly demanded. Considering the multi-timescale output characteristics of renewable energy, a flexibility evaluation method based on multi-scale morphological decomposition and a multi-timescale energy storage deployment model based on bi-level decision-making are proposed in this paper. Through the multi-timescale decomposition algorithm on the basis of mathematical morphology, the multi-timescale components are separated to determine the flexibility requirements… More >