Time & Location:
Auditorium (G01011, KU Main Campus )
Monday 29th April 2024 (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
Abstract
Growing penetration of non-dispatchable renewable energy sources (RES) in modern power systems results in degradation of power system inertia leading to major power system stability and reliability concerns. Dispatchability of these sources can be improved by using energy storage systems, FACTS, and control of converter stations in multiterminal HVDC (MTDC) system among other solutions.
In this seminar, stability enhancement of modern power system via control of MTDC converter stations is discussed. Various solutions have been proposed in existing literature for provision of frequency support to AC grids interconnected via MTDC grid and DC voltage support to the MTDC network to ensure regulation limits are not violated. This seminar sheds light on some of the most significant methods proposed to achieve this by discussing their strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the application of fuzzy logic to provide enhanced frequency support and DC voltage regulation is discussed and the performance improvement that this technique offers for frequency support and DC voltage regulation is also demonstrated via simulation results.
Biography
Fahd Ali Shifa received his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (Honors) from University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan and his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. He also served as a Lecturer in COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2015 to 2021. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he also serves as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research interests include control of Multiterminal HVDC (MTDC) systems for enhanced stability of renewables-dominated modern power systems.