Browsing by Author "Cheah Mañé, Marc"
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A review of energy storage technologies for large scale photovoltaic power plants
(2020-09-15)
Article
Open AccessEnergy storage can play an essential role in large scale photovoltaic power plants for complying with the current and future standards (grid codes) or for providing market oriented services. But not all the energy storage ... -
Admittance study of grid-connected VSCs for harmonic oscillatory instabilities
(2019-09-17)
Article
Open AccessVoltage source converters (VSCs) can reduce damping of grid-connected VSC systems at harmonic resonances, leading to system instability. The conductance of the VSC admittance can be shaped selecting appropriate VSC parameter ... -
Assessment of subsynchronous oscillations in AC grid-connected VSC systems with type-4 wind turbines
(2019-12-09)
Article
Open AccessConverters are the key for increasing the development of renewable energy generation but their dynamic interaction with the grid has an important impact on stability. Oscillatory instabilities in different grid-connected ... -
Criterion for the electrical resonance stability of offshore wind power plants connected through HVDC links
(2017-11-01)
Article
Open AccessElectrical resonances may compromise the stability of HVDC-connected offshore wind power plants (OWPPs). In particular, an offshore HVDC converter can reduce the damping of an OWPP at low-frequency series resonances, leading ... -
Dc-MMC for the interconnection of HVDC grids with different line topologies
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021-07-09)
Article
Open AccessDC-DC converters are needed for the future development of high voltage direct current (HVDC) grids, as they allow to interconnect lines with different voltages and topologies. The dc-dc converters can increase the grid ... -
Dynamic interactions in large scale photovoltaic power plants with frequency and voltage support
(2022-06-01)
Article
Open AccessThe increasing penetration of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants in the power system is raising the concern of potential stability issues due to dynamic interactions of power electronics components. In particular, Power ... -
Effect of wind turbine converter control on wind power plant harmonic response and resonances
(2017-02-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyWind turbine harmonic emissions due to power electronics are a well-known power quality concern in wind power plants (WPPs). This problem may be increased by resonances because they amplify harmonic distortion around ... -
Electrical resonance instability study in traction systems
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyTraction system stability can be affected by the interaction between the traction load and resonances in the railway traction grid. This paper presents an electrical resonance instability study applied to traction systems. ... -
Electrical resonance instability study in wind power plants
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyWind power plant stability can be affected by the interaction between the wind turbine and the resonances in the collector grid. This paper presents an electrical resonance instability study applied to wind power plants. The ... -
Energy-based control of a DC Modular Multilevel Converter for HVDC grids
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-08)
Article
Open AccessDC-DC converters are expected to interconnect High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grids with different configurations or voltage levels, which will increase reliability and operational flexibility. The DC Modular Multilevel ... -
Flexible converters for meshed HVDC grids: From Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) to Flexible DC grids
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-02-01)
Article
Open AccessFlexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) have achieved to enhance the flexibility of modern AC power systems, by providing fast, reliable and controllable solutions to steer the power flows and voltages ... -
HVAC transmission system for offshore wind power plants including mid-cable reactive power compensation: optimal design and comparison to VSC-HVDC transmission
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-09-28)
Article
Open AccessThe design distance of offshore wind power plants connected through HVAC transmission systems might be extended due to the introduction of mid-cable reactors for reactive power compensation purposes and the latest developments ... -
Impedance-based analysis of harmonic instabilities in HVDC-connected Offshore Wind Power Plants
(2019-03-01)
Article
Open AccessHVDC-connected Offshore Wind Power Plants (OWPPs) with a large number of power converters are prone to instabilities due to interactions with converter controllers. This paper analyzes harmonic instabilities in OWPPs ... -
Implementació d'una microxarxa monofàsica basada en convertidors de tipologia VSC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-02)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessImplementació d'una microxarxa monofàsica basada en convertidors de tipologia VSC 1 Resum En aquest projecte es presenta la construcció i validació d'una microxarxa que forma part del sistema elèctric monofàsic dels ... -
Interaction analysis in islanded power systems with HVDC interconnections
(2018)
Conference lecture
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Low frequency AC transmission systems for offshore wind power plants: Design, optimization and comparison to high voltage AC and high voltage DC
(2021-12-13)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyLow frequency AC technology has been presented as a configuration that can potentially reduce the total cost of existing transmission systems. Such cost reduction could be achieved by increasing the power transfer capacity ... -
Modeling and analysis approaches for small-signal stability assessment of power-electronic-dominated systems
(2022-01-01)
Article
Open AccessThe stability, operation, and control of power networks have been challenged due to the increased penetration of power electronic converters. New instability phenomena have appeared due to the interaction of the power ... -
Modelling VSCs connected to weak grids
(2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper addresses the oscillatory stability phenomena studied in the literature and reported by network operators in grid-connected VSC systems. Negative interactions have been observed at different frequencies in these ... -
On resonance instabilities in VSCs connected to weak grids
(2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper addresses the oscillatory stability phenomena studied in the literature and reported by network operators in grid-connected VSC systems. Negative interactions have been observed at different frequencies in these ... -
On the solution of equilibrium points of power systems with penetration of power electronics considering converter limitation
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-01-01)
Article
Open AccessThis article presents a novel approach for black-box modeling of 270 V-to-28 V dc–dc step-down converters used in more electric aircrafts. These converters normally feed constant power loads. The proposed deep learning ...
