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This paper presents a transient analysis of various configurations of DC distribution systems. A combination of theoretical and practical methods were used to investigate the behavior of the system's variables after the occurrence of faults and the protection operation. A number of networks of varying complexity were built with detailed cable models using the EMTP/ATP software package in order to...
Connecting large dc distribution grids on the same voltage level can allow superior utilization of infrastructure. Selective ground fault protection is necessary and can be done using low impedance grounding. Distributed energy resources would allow for higher resilience of the grid if islanding operation of dc microgrids is allowed. For safety, grounding is essential in these islanded microgrids...
Nodal pricing or LMP is one option to deal with congestion in the distribution grids that are expected due to the emergence of electric vehicles. When optimal power flow (OPF) with losses is used to determine optimal dispatch and locational marginal prices (LMP) of a power systems, the prices include marginal losses. Marginal losses are double the amount of the real physical losses. This leads to...
This study evaluates the dynamics of DC microgrids (DCMG) with the integration of voltage dependent demand response (VDDR). Previous work evaluates price prediction models for grid operators to estimate local price as a demand side management (DSM) technique. VDDR has been proposed to implement DSM without the need of a dedicated communication link. The dynamic response of a DCMG with VDDR has been...
This paper proposes a method to mitigate the problems related to series arcing in low voltage dc (LVdc) micro-grids by performing voltage drop detection using the power electronic device at the load-side. Specifically, the selectivity of the designed series arc detection algorithm is shown for two constant power loads connected in parallel at the point of common coupling with a stable voltage dc micro-grid...
In the future, the number of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that will participate in the primary frequency control (PFC) is likely to increase. In our previous research, the computational complexity of the PFC problem for a large number of PEVs was reduced using aggregate models of PEVs. However, in the literature on the PFC, the distribution network characteristics have not been included in the...
In the future, the number of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that will participate in the primary frequency control (PFC) is likely to increase. In our previous research, the computational complexity of the PFC problem for a large number of PEVs was reduced using aggregate models of PEVs. However, in the literature on the PFC, the distribution network characteristics have not been included in the...
The emergence of distributed energy resources can lead to congestions in distribution grids. DC distribution grids are becoming more relevant as more sources and loads connected to the low voltage grid use dc. Bipolar dc distribution grids with asymmetric loading can experience partial congestion resulting in a nodal price difference between the two polarities. In order to take into account this price...
Due to the absence of current zero crossing, dc arcs do not extinguish as easily as ac ones. It is essential to detect and eliminate series arc faults in dc microgrids in order to ensure safety, particularly while unplugging loads. Several detection and extinction methods using various means are known in literature. In this paper a novel arc detection method is proposed. It detects the load side input...
DC renewable energy sources and dc loads are gaining attraction and they are preferably connected in dc microgrids. To increase the availability of dc microgrids, voltage dependent demand response should be used to switch off low priority loads in case of insufficient supply. This is possible even without communication with the loads. In this paper it is shown that using a voltage hysteresis with...
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