Design of an optimum control solution for inverter based generation integrated to a weak power grid

dc.contributor.authorHATHIYALDENIYE M, THILINI
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeKarawita, Chandana (Electrical and Computer Engineering)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHo, Carl (Electrical and Computer Engineering)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeCanizares, Claudio (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorAnnakkage, Udaya
dc.contributor.supervisorPahalawaththa, Nalin
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-26T19:16:33Z
dc.date.available2022-05-26T19:16:33Z
dc.date.copyright2022-05-26
dc.date.issued2022-05-25
dc.date.submitted2022-05-25T18:57:38Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2022-05-26T18:29:01Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractRenewable energy sources have increasingly been integrated into the power systems via inverter-based systems, as a result of the global drive toward clean energy concepts as well as the substantial advances in renewable and power electronics technologies. Renewable energy sources offer plenty of benefits from the environmental and sustainability point of view. However, they do pose significant challenges to the power system stability. This thesis aims to investigate the stability concerns of the power system due to the inverter-based generations, especially when the power system is weak. Accordingly, two primary operational aspects related to voltage and transient stability will be examined. These are (a) system contingency in the vicinity of the inverter, and (b) the ability of the inverter to recover from a fault. Simulation models necessary to capture typical power system characteristics will be developed, and the issues mentioned above will be investigated in detail. Further, control solutions to mitigate those issues will be provided. The application of the proposed control strategies will be demonstrated on a large practical power system. Consequently, dynamic simplification of the large power system must be performed as a compulsory step. The proposed control strategies will then be implemented in the dynamically simplified system, followed by the performance analysis to validate the efficacy of the proposed solutions.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2022en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNSERC: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000038en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/36505
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectInverter based generationsen_US
dc.subjectIBGen_US
dc.subjectInverter control strategiesen_US
dc.subjectMMCen_US
dc.subjectDynamic simplificationsen_US
dc.subjectVoltage stabilityen_US
dc.subjectTransient stabilityen_US
dc.subjectWeak power systemsen_US
dc.subjectFrequency scanningen_US
dc.subjectOptimizationen_US
dc.titleDesign of an optimum control solution for inverter based generation integrated to a weak power griden_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
project.funder.identifierMitacs: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004489en_US
project.funder.nameMitacsen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Hathiyaldeniye_Thilini.pdf
Size:
12.63 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Thesis
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2.2 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed to upon submission
Description: