查看更多>>摘要:In power systems,failures of vulnerable lines can trigger large-scale cascading failures,and vulnerability assess-ment is dedicated to locating these lines and reducing the risks of such failures.Based on a structure and attribute network embedding(SANE)algorithm,a novel quantitative vulnerability analysis method is proposed to identify vulnerable lines in this research.First,a two-layered random walk network with topological and electrical properties of transmission lines is established.Subsequently,based on the weighted degree of nodes in the two-layered network,the inter-layer and intra-layer walking transition probabilities are developed to obtain walk sequences.Then,a Word2Vec algorithm is applied to obtain low-dimension vectors representing transmission lines,according to obtained walk sequences for calculating the vulnerability index of transmissions lines.Finally,the proposed method is compared with three widely used methods in two test systems.Results show the network embedding based method is superior to those comparison methods and can provide guidance for identifying vulnerable lines.
查看更多>>摘要:Polypropylene(PP)is considered to be a rather promising material for HVDC cable insulation.Grafting modi-fication has proved to be an effective method on the electrical property improvements of PP.This paper reports on the highly-enhanced electrical properties of styrene-grafted polypropylene(PP-g-St)and their related mechanism.The influence of grafting styrene on crystallization structures,thermal properties and electrical properties of PP-g-St are characterized and analyzed.These results show that PP-g-St exhibits remarkably enhanced DC volume resistivity,suppressed space charge accumulation and improved DC breakdown strengths as compared to PP.Crystallization observation shows PP-g-St has small,imperfect spherulites with indistinct boundaries,which is strongly cor-related to enhanced electrical properties.This study provides an effective grafting strategy to design high-performance HVDC cable insulation materials for bulk power transmission systems.
查看更多>>摘要:In order to evaluate the insulation of two-phase immersion cooling in the HV power electronic package,the insulation degradation of the dielectric interface induced by bubbles is investigated.In this paper,a test strategy with 50 Hz unipolar DC and AC combined voltage for partial discharge(PD)at boiling interface of AlN ceramic is proposed.The insulation threshold of an AlN ceramic surface is acquired in several dielectric environments,such as air,FC-72 liquid(FC-72,a FluorinertrM from 3MTM),FC-72 vapor,and boiling state of FC-72.This reveals the deterioration of boiling on the insulation of the surface immersed in the dielectric refrigerant.To investigate the mechanism of the PD feature at the boiling interface,the PD patterns of the unrestricted bubble and the accumulated bubble are acquired and contrastively analyzed.Combined with the feature of the back discharge and the bubble behavior,the charged vapor-ceramic interface is relatively stable due to the accumulated vapor layer.This stability of the charged vapor-ceramic interface is broken if the bubble is unrestricted.Besides,it is discovered that the vapor-liquid interface inside the bubble may be another charged interface,which can also trigger a back discharge.
查看更多>>摘要:The conventional multilevel inverters(MLIs)have the disadvantages of numerous devices,incapacity of boost,unbalance for capacitor's voltage,high complexity for control,and etc.Motivated by this issue,a seven-level boost inverter(7LBI)based on a switched capacitor is presented for single-phase applications in this paper.The proposed 7LBI using only seven transistors can achieve seven output levels,1.5 voltage gain,and natural balance of capacitors'voltages without sensors or other auxiliary methods,which illustrates its suitability for the applications of renewable energy generation.The configuration of topology and operating principles are illustrated in detail.The natural balance of capacitors and capacitance calculations are deduced as well.Moreover,the comparative study is conducted for different types of MLIs.The results illustrate the merits of the proposed 7LBI with respect to reduced devices,lower voltage stress,and less power loss.Finally,a simulation for the proposed 7LBI with PWM modulation is realized based on the theoretical analysis;an experimental prototype is also implemented,verifying multilevel output,boost ability,natural balance for switched capacitors,and performance of transient response.
查看更多>>摘要:Due to their outstanding anti-flashover characteris-tics,composite insulators have been extensively applied in power systems.A lot of research has investigated flashover character-istics of hydrophobic specimens with artificial water droplets.However,the phenomenon is not consistent with that of the contaminated composite insulators.On the test specimens covered with water droplets,there is no obvious leakage current before the flashover and no obvious relationship between flashover voltage and the conductivity of water droplets.On the contaminated composite insulator surface,there are short continuous arcs on the insulators before critical flashover,making insulators look like a luminous lantern.Considering that under these two conditions,the proportion of water along the insulation distance is different,the flashover characteristic of"dry band-water band"on a hydrophobicity surface is analyzed in the present study.The influence of the water band parameter(including length,width,and conductivity)as well as the length of dry band is studied.On this basis,the arc generation and development process of the surface covered with"dry band-water band"is analyzed.The research results improve the understanding of the flashover process on contaminated composite insulators.
查看更多>>摘要:This paper focuses on the finite element method in the complex frequency domain(CFD-FEM)for the transient electric field.First,the initial value and boundary value problem of the transient electric field under the electroquasistatic field in the complex frequency domain is given.In addition,the finite element equation and the constrained electric field equation on the boundary are derived.Secondly,the indirect algorithm of the numerical inverse Laplace transform is introduced.Based on it,the calculation procedures of the CFD-FEM are illustrated in detail.Thirdly,the step response,zero-state response under the positive periodic square waveform(PPSW)voltage,and the zero-input response by the CFD-FEM with direct algorithm and indirect algorithm are compared.Finally,the reason for the numerical oscillations of the zero-state response under the PPSW voltage is analyzed,and the method to reduce oscillations is proposed.The results show that the numerical accuracy of the indirect algorithm of the CFD-FEM is more than an order of magnitude higher than that of the direct algorithm when calculat-ing the step response of the transient electric field.The proposed method can significantly reduce the numerical oscillations of the zero-state response under the PPSW voltage.The proposed method is helpful for the calculation of the transient electric field,especially in the case of frequency-dependent parameters.
查看更多>>摘要:The spacer used in gas insulated switchgear(GIS)plays a vital role in its safe operation.The mismatch of me-chanical properties between conductor and insulating material in spacers results in stress concentration at the interface between them.During a hydrostatic test,mechanical damages are often initiated from the interface.In this paper,the stress between aluminum conductors and epoxy resin is studied by using a simplified coaxial structure specimen.The measurement system and finite element simulation are used to explore the generation of stress and strain during curing and shrinkage.The real-time measurement of strain at the interface shows that the residual strain in the entire process is primarily generated during the cooling stage.Consequently,the temperature and stress/strain distribution at the interface during the cooling stage are fur-ther studied,and combined with experiments and simulations.The consistency between the finite element simulation and the experimental measurement results verifies the validity of the simulation method used.The results show that the maximum of the first principal stress generated during the cooling stage of the production process is concentrated on the upper and lower edges of the interface which is critical to the impact of the production quality of the spacer.
查看更多>>摘要:Traditional analytical approaches for stability as-sessment of inverter-based resources(IBRs),often requiring detailed knowledge of IBR internals,become impractical due to IBRs'proprietary nature.Admittance measurements,relying on electromagnetic transient simulation or laboratory settings,are not only time-intensive but also operationally inflexible,since various non-linear control loops make IBRs'admittance models operating-point dependent.Therefore,such admittance measurements must be performed repeatedly when operating point changes.To avoid time-consuming and cumbersome mea-surements,admittance estimation for arbitrary operating points is highly desirable.However,existing admittance estimation algorithms usually face challenges in versatility,data demands,and accuracy.Addressing this challenge,this letter presents a simple and efficient admittance estimation method for black-boxed IBRs,by utilizing a minimal set of seven operating points to solve a homogeneous linear equation system.Case studies demonstrate this proposed method ensures high accuracy across various types of IBRs.Estimation accuracy is satisfying even when non-negligible measurement errors exist.
查看更多>>摘要:This letter proposes a reliable transfer learning(RTL)method for pre-fault dynamic security assessment(DSA)in power systems to improve DSA performance in the presence of potentially related unknown faults.It takes individual discrep-ancies into consideration and can handle unknown faults with incomplete data.Extensive experiment results demonstrate high DSA accuracy and computational efficiency of the proposed RTL method.Theoretical analysis shows RTL can guarantee system performance.
查看更多>>摘要:With deployment of measurement units,fitting static equivalent models of distribution networks(DNs)by linear regression has been recognized as an effective method in power flow analysis of a transmission network.Increasing volatility of measurements caused by variable distributed renewable energy sources makes it more difficult to accurately fit such equivalent models.To tackle this challenge,this letter proposes a novel data-driven method to improve equivalency accuracy of DNs with distributed energy resources.This letter provides a new perspective that an equivalent model can be regarded as a mapping from internal conditions and border voltages to border power injections.Such mapping can be established through 1)Koopman operator theory,and 2)physical features of power flow equations at the root node of a DN.Performance of the proposed method is demonstrated on the IEEE 33-bus and IEEE 136-bus test systems connected to a 661-bus utility system.