Microgrid to smart grid's evolution: Technical challenges, current solutions, and future scopes

FR Badal, SK Sarker, Z Nayem… - Energy Science & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Renewable energy (RE) sources play an important role that not only reduces the pressure
on fossil fuels but also produces safe and clean energy by developing the microgrid (MG) …

Measuring harmonics with inductive voltage transformers in presence of subharmonics

G Crotti, G D'Avanzo, PS Letizia… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The measurement of harmonics is one of the key tasks in modern power systems, performed
basically for power quality assessment, verification of planning levels compliance, immunity …

Compensation of nonlinearity of voltage and current instrument transformers

A Cataliotti, V Cosentino, G Crotti… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims at characterizing and improving the metrological performances of current
and voltage instrument transformers (CTs and VTs) in harmonic measurements in the power …

Harmonic distortion compensation in voltage transformers for improved power quality measurements

M Faifer, C Laurano, R Ottoboni… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Monitoring voltage harmonics represents one of the most important tasks in power quality
assessment. In particular, the employed instrument transformer plays a key role in the …

Pantograph-to-OHL arc: Conducted effects in DC railway supply system

G Crotti, A Delle Femine, D Gallo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The electrical arc occurring in the sliding contact between the supply contact line and the
current collector (pantograph) of an electrical locomotive is a fast transient phenomenon …

A new PLC-based smart metering architecture for medium/low voltage grids: Feasibility and experimental characterization

G Artale, A Cataliotti, V Cosentino, D Di Cara, R Fiorelli… - Measurement, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the feasibility of a smart metering architecture for modern power
grids in the smart cities framework. A particular focus is made on Automatic Meter Reading …

Review of measuring methods, setups and conditions for evaluation of the inductive instrument transformers accuracy for transformation of distorted waveforms

M Kaczmarek, E Stano - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this review article, ideas for the development of measuring methods and setups to test
inductive instrument transformer accuracy for the transformation of distorted current or …

Overcoming frequency response measurements of voltage transformers: An approach based on quasi-sinusoidal Volterra models

M Faifer, C Laurano, R Ottoboni… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The most recent IEC standards about voltage transformers warn about nonlinearity, which
may significantly impact the harmonic measurement performance. However, there is a lack …

[HTML][HTML] A new industry-oriented technique for the wideband characterization of voltage transformers

G Crotti, D Giordano, G D'Avanzo, PS Letizia, M Luiso - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
The constant increase of switching power converters in distribution and transmission grids
pushes the need for harmonic measurements. Recent literature has shown that inductive …

Characterization of IP-Based communication for smart grid using software-defined networking

S Rinaldi, F Bonafini, P Ferrari… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The smart grid (SG) approach is based on a strong interaction between the network
communication infrastructure and the power grid. Usually the management of the …