The present disclosure relates to a device of monitoring a reactive power compensation system to compensate reactive power, the device including a measurement unit configured to acquire voltage data, current data, and a phase angle from each constituent device, a power performance index calculation unit configured to calculate power performance index data including at least one of power factor data, flicker data, and harmonics data based on the acquired voltage data, current data, and phase angle, and a controller configured to analyze and evaluate the calculated power performance index data based on a preset situation.

A method for mitigating voltage disturbances at a point of interconnection (POI) of a grid-forming inverter-based resource (IBR) due to flicker includes receiving a voltage reference command and a voltage feedback. The voltage feedback contains information indicative of the voltage disturbances at the POI due to the flicker. The method also includes determining a power reference signal for the IBR based on the voltage reference command and the voltage feedback. Moreover, the method includes generating a current vector reference signal based on the power reference signal, the current vector reference signal containing a frequency component of the voltage disturbances. Further, the method includes generating a transfer function of a regulator based on the frequency component to account for the flicker effect. In addition, the method includes generating a current vector based on a comparison of the current vector reference signal and a current vector feedback signal. Thus, the method includes regulating a voltage vector command using the current vector to mitigate the voltage disturbances.

Combined heat and power systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the combined heat and power (CHP) system includes a heating appliance, a power cell thermally coupled to the heating appliance and configured to receive a portion of the heat generated by the heating appliance, and power electronics operatively coupled to the heating appliance and the power cell. The power cell can generate a power output from the heat generated by the heating appliance. The power electronics can include a controller configured to detect a loss in external power, and in response enter a blackout operation mode in which the heating appliance is electrically coupled to an energy storage device and/or electrically isolated from an external grid.

The present techniques generally concern methods and systems for managing undesired effects in an electrical grid, which may include rapid voltage change(s) and/or flicker(s). The system includes an event detection module operatively connected to a plurality of horticultural light sources. The event detection module is configured to determine a power usage of the horticultural light sources, based on illumination conditions, detect an event affecting the illumination conditions, determine whether the event causes the undesired effects in the electrical grid, based on an evolution of the power usage of the horticultural light sources in response to the event, and send illumination instructions to the horticultural light sources to adjust the power usage of the horticultural light sources, if the event causes the undesired effects.

The disclosure provides a grid-tied power generation system and a grid-tied power fluctuation suppression device and method thereof. The system includes a first direct current source, an inverter, and a power grid. The device includes a second direct current source, connected to a direct current side of the inverter; and a power allocation unit, respectively connected to the second direct current source and the inverter. The power allocation unit obtains a power reference value of the first direct current source and a power feedback value of the first direct current source, calculates an alternating current power reference value and a power reference value of the second direct current source according to the power reference value and the power feedback value, and controls the inverter through the alternating current power reference value and controls the second direct current source through the power reference value of the second direct current source.

A power quality compensator device and a control method thereof are provided. The power quality compensator device is electrically connected to a power grid and a nonlinear load, and includes a current controller, a converter, a ripple predictor, a processing unit and a voltage controller. The current controller is configured to receive an instruction current and output a switch control signal. The converter is configured to output an output current and an actual DC bus voltage according to the switch control signal. The ripple predictor is configured to receive an intermediate voltage and a first current and output a predicted ripple voltage. The processing unit is configured to output a processing result according to the actual DC bus voltage, the predicted ripple voltage and a reference DC bus voltage. The voltage controller is configured to receive the processing result and output a voltage control signal to the current controller.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for estimating recovery of a distribution network after a disaster. One method includes an operation for generating a synthetic distribution network based on locations of substations in a geographical area. Further, the method includes operations for estimating damages to the synthetic distribution network based on disaster data, and for performing a simulation to estimate how the synthetic distribution network is repaired. The output of the simulation includes information on a lifeline recovery timeline for each building in the geographical area. Further, the method includes presenting, in a user interface, the recovery timeline for one or more buildings.

A method and apparatus measures flicker while improving the computational performance for measuring flicker severity level. Specifically, an Intelligent Electronic Device employs a method in which a processor summarizes and characterizes a plurality of instantaneous flicker sensation level values as histogram formatted data and selects a specific percentile of the instantaneous flicker sensation level values from the histogram formatted data. The method employed by the device uses the specific percentile to calculate a short-term flicker severity level value.

A power supply system and method. The power supply system includes: a first branch on which a first string is located, a second branch on which a second string is located, a transfer switch unit, a first voltage compensation unit, and a controller. The transfer switch unit is configured to connect the first voltage compensation unit to the first branch based on a voltage compensation enabling signal received from the controller, where the voltage compensation enabling signal is generated by the controller based on an operating state parameter of the first string and an operating state parameter of the second string. The first voltage compensation unit is configured to compensate for an output voltage of the first branch. Thus the system and method can prevent the voltage compensation unit from causing an unnecessary system loss in the branch requiring no voltage compensation, and reduce system costs.

A method for mitigating voltage disturbances at a point of interconnection (POI) of a grid-forming inverter-based resource (IBR) due to flicker includes receiving a voltage reference command and a voltage feedback. The voltage feedback contains information indicative of the voltage disturbances at the POI due to the flicker. The method also includes determining a power reference signal for the IBR based on the voltage reference command and the voltage feedback. Moreover, the method includes generating a current vector reference signal based on the power reference signal, the current vector reference signal containing a frequency component of the voltage disturbances. Further, the method includes generating a transfer function of a regulator based on the frequency component to account for the flicker effect. In addition, the method includes generating a current vector based on a comparison of the current vector reference signal and a current vector feedback signal. Thus, the method includes regulating a voltage vector command using the current vector to mitigate the voltage disturbances.