scholarly journals Individual Phase Full-Power Testing Method for High-Power STATCOM

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingjun Huang ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Yanjun Tan ◽  
Xinguo Mao ◽  
Siguo Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Test System ◽  
Testing Method ◽  
Individual Phase ◽  
Test Platform ◽  
Full Power ◽  
Power Testing ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Three Phases

For a high-power static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), a full-power pre-operation test in the factory is necessary to ensure the product quality of a newly manufactured one. But owing to the hardware limitation and cost of test platform, such test is currently too difficult to conduct in the factory, thus it poses great risk to the on-site operation and commissioning. To address this issue, this paper proposes an individual phase full-power testing method for STATCOM. By changing the port connection, three-phase STATCOM was reconstructed into a structure that two phases are in parallel and then in series with the third-phase, and then connected to two phases of the rated voltage grid. Then by rationally matching the voltage and current of three phases, the parallel phases can get a reactive current hedging under both the rated voltage and rated current, meanwhile three phases maintain their active power balance. As a result, STATCOM gets a phase full-power tested phase by phase. The simulation results in Matlab/Simulink show that, under the proposed test system, both the voltage and current of the parallel two phases get their rated values while the grid current is only about 3% of the rated current, meanwhile the DC-link voltage of each phase converter is stabilized. Compared with other testing methods for STATCOM, this method requires neither extra hardware nor high-capacity power supply to construct the test platform, but it can simultaneously examine both the entire main circuit and a large part of the control system in STATCOM. Therefore, it provides a cost-effective engineering method for the factory test of high-power STATCOM.

scholarly journals An Algorithm for Recognition of Fault Conditions in the Utility Grid with Renewable Energy Penetration

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Govind Sahay Yogee ◽  
Om Prakash Mahela ◽  
Kapil Dev Kansal ◽  
Baseem Khan ◽  
Rajendra Mahla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Hilbert Transform ◽  
Test System ◽  
Discrete Wavelet ◽  
Protection Scheme ◽  
Utility Grid ◽  
Hybrid Grid ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Stockwell Transform ◽  
Three Phases

Penetration level of renewable energy (RE) in the utility grid is continuously increasing to minimize the environmental concerns, risk of energy security, and depletion of fossil fuels. The uncertain nature and availability of RE power for a short duration have created problems related to the protection, grid security, power reliability, and power quality. Further, integration of RE sources near the load centers has also pronounced the protection issues, such as false tripping, delayed tripping, etc. Hence, this paper introduces a hybrid grid protection scheme (HGPS) for the protection of the grid with RE integration. This combines the merits of the Stockwell Transform, Hilbert Transform, and Alienation Coefficient to improve performance of the protection scheme. The Stockwell Transform-based Median and Summation Index (SMSI) utilizing current signals, Hilbert Transform-based derivative index (HDI) utilizing voltage signals, and Alienation Coefficient index (ACI) utilizing voltage signals were used to compute a proposed Stockwell Transform-, Hilbert Transform-, and Alienation-based fault index (SAHFI). This SAHFI was used to recognize the fault conditions. The fault conditions were categorized using the number of faulty phases and the proposed Stockwell Transform and Hilbert Transform-based ground fault index (SHGFI) utilizing zero sequence currents. The fault conditions, such as phase and ground (PGF), any two phases (TPF), any two phases and ground (TPGF), all three phases (ATPF), and all three phases and ground (ATPGF), were recognized effectively, using the proposed SAHFI. The proposed method has the following merits: performance is least affected by the noise, it is effective in recognizing fault conditions in minimum time, and it is also effective in recognizing the fault conditions in different scenarios of the grid. Performance of the proposed approach was found to be superior compared to the discrete wavelet transform (DWT)-based method reported in the literature. The study was performed using the hybrid grid test system realized by integrating wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) plants to the IEEE-13 nodes network in MATLAB software.

High Power Testing of Optical Connectors

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Furcas ◽  
Rosanna Pastorelli ◽  
Giulia Salmini ◽  
Massimo Vanzi
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Optical Power ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Optical Elements ◽  
Extraction Procedures ◽  
Equipment Operation ◽  
Burn Out ◽  
Power Testing

Abstract High optical power is considered as the source of failures in passive optical elements. Optical connectors, in particular, have been studied because of the unavoidable exposure of their optical interfaces to environmental issues during insertion and extraction. Cleaning and insertion/extraction procedures are investigated. Evidence for burn-out, depending on the different procedures, calls for new suitable rules for handling during equipment operation and testing.

scholarly journals Development and high-power testing of an X -band dielectric-loaded power extractor

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahang Shao ◽  
Chunguang Jing ◽  
Eric Wisniewski ◽  
Gwanghui Ha ◽  
Manoel Conde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
X Band ◽  
Power Testing

High-Power Operation of Acoustic-Electric Power Feedthroughs Through Thick Metallic Barriers

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Wilt ◽  
H. A. Scarton ◽  
G. J. Saulnier ◽  
T. J. Lawry ◽  
J. D. Ashdown
Keyword(s):  
Power Density ◽  
High Power ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Receive Transducer ◽  
High Power Operation ◽  
Linear Effects ◽  
Power Limits ◽  
Power Operation ◽  
Power Testing

Throughout the last few years there has been a significant push to develop a means for the transmission of electrical power through solid metallic walls using ultrasonic means. The bulk of this effort has been focused on using two coaxially aligned piezoelectric transducers on opposite sides of a thick metallic transmission barrier, where one transducer serves as the “transmit” transducer and the other as the “receive” transducer. Previous modeling has predicted reasonably high power transfer efficiencies through the wall using this type of “acoustic-electric channel” to be possible at low power levels, which implies that channel component operates in a linear range with little concern of failure. High-power testing of two acoustic-electric channels has been done in an effort to determine power limits on such channels and to determine levels at which non-linear effects on the piezoelectrics become non-negligible. The tested channels are characterized by the “power density” imposed on the transmit transducer, that is, the power applied per unit area, as the values found for maximum power density are considered to be independent of transducer radii. The constructed channels are shown to be capable of transmitting large amounts of power (over 100 watts) without failure; and further, extrapolation of the results to channels with larger diameter transducers predicts power transfer of 1 kW to be highly feasible.

The Research of IC Test Based on LTX-77 Test System

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 1176-1179
Author(s):  
Li Tan ◽  
Yu Fang
Keyword(s):  
Test Object ◽  
Test System ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Analog Ic ◽  
Test Platform ◽  
Logic Functions ◽  
Actual Test ◽  
Ic Test

LTX-77 test system is a large IC test system that is used for various kinds of analog IC, digital IC and analog digital mixed IC. It can be used to test DC parameters, AC parameters and logic functions. In the paper, the IC test platform is LTX-77 test system. IC ADC0804 was tested as the test object. The test method of IC is described in the view of actual test. The test results show that the test system is convenient and accurate, which has important practical value for IC manufacturers and users.

scholarly journals Coupler conditioning and high power testing of ADS Spoke cavity

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 027001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Chen ◽  
Fan-Bo Meng ◽  
Qiang Ma ◽  
Tong-Ming Huang ◽  
Hai-Ying Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Power Testing

scholarly journals Realizing high-power and high-capacity zinc/sodium metal anodes through interfacial chemistry regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Hou ◽  
Yao Gao ◽  
Hong Tan ◽  
Biao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Interfacial Chemistry ◽  
Zinc Deposition ◽  
Metal Anode ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Sodium Metal ◽  
Current Densities ◽  
Superior Cycling Stability ◽  
Metal Anodes

AbstractStable plating/stripping of metal electrodes under high power and high capacity remains a great challenge. Tailoring the deposition behavior on the substrate could partly resolve dendrites’ formation, but it usually works only under low current densities and limited capacities. Here we turn to regulate the separator’s interfacial chemistry through tin coating with decent conductivity and excellent zincophilicity. The former homogenizes the electric field distribution for smooth zinc metal on the substrate, while the latter enables the concurrent zinc deposition on the separator with a face-to-face growth. Consequently, dendrite-free zinc morphologies and superior cycling stability are achieved at simultaneous high current densities and large cycling capacities (1000 h at 5 mA/cm2 for 5 mAh/cm2 and 500 h at 10 mA/cm2 for 10 mAh/cm2). Furthermore, the concept could be readily extended to sodium metal anodes, demonstrating the interfacial chemistry regulation of separator is a promising route to circumvent the metal anode challenges.

A study on accumulator analysis for the valve performance evaluation system of nuclear power plants

Kerntechnik ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
K. Ryu ◽  
T. Lee ◽  
D. Baek ◽  
J. Park ◽  
N. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Temperature Difference ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Test System ◽  
Performance Evaluation System ◽  
High Temperature Steam

Abstract To evaluate the valves used in the nuclear power plants are working properly under the required conditions, the performance and capacity test should be performed. In the test system, the accumulator was employed to control the large amount of high pressure and high temperature steam generated in the boiler precisely. In the accumulating process, the steam is often condensed. In order to prevent condensation, it is needed to install heaters and preheat the accumulator. However, if the size of the accumulator becomes large, the installation of the heater may not be easy. Therefore, when the test is conducted, the system was preheated by the latent heat generated from the phase change. Insufficient thermal insulation may cause temperature differences and it can cause mechanical problems in the accumulator structure. If insulation is sufficient, the temperature difference is indicated by the height. As the cooled condensate moves downwards, the condensate is discharged by the drain valve control and the temperature difference of the structure can be disappeared. The results of this paper can be applied to the conceptualization of equipment that uses latent heat and for the design of high-precision steam experimental devices or the design of high-capacity steam utilization systems.

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