DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Final Year Project Proposal

Title of the proposal:

POWER QUALITY IN LOW VOLTAGE GRIDS WITH INTEGRATED MICROPRODUCTION

1. Group Details
1.1. Students Details:
REG. NO. NAME

18PWELE5276* Muneeb-Ur-Rehman

18PWELE5264 Bakhtiar Ali

18PWELE5268 Ubid Ullah

18PWELE5284 Humaira Khan

* is showing the group leader.

1.2. Internal Advisor:

Name: Prof. Dr. Syed Waqar Shah

Designation: Chairman of the electrical engineering department.

Department: Electrical engineering department.

Signature:

1.3. External Advisor:

Name:
Designation:
Company:
PEC Number:
Contact:
Email:

1.4. Funding/Sponsoring Organization:

NIL

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2. Project Details:

2.1. Project Type:

New.

2.2. Nature of Project:

Simulation based.

2.3. Introduction:
The trend within the electricity sector is pointing towards a more diversified grid concept. It is
expected that the future grids will be more diversified in both generation and consumption. This
is a feature of the subtle expression “smart grids”.

This thesis project takes aim at providing a small piece of the puzzle in exploring how distributed
generation can affect the power quality in the low voltage grid. The project is generally focused
a bit more on solar power generation but as we will see later on, the conclusions draws can be
applied to other power sources.

2.4. Executive Summary:

This project seeks to evaluate and predict possible power quality issues regarding engagement
in the challenge to create a sustainable energy system. This is thought to be achieved through
several measures. Energy saving actions are incorporated at several levels and there is a plan to
create a “smart grid” for the electricity supply. A smart grid has no strict definition but, in this
case a key feature is “demand-response” which effectively means a way to optimize the
consumption to have a more balanced consumption over the 24 hours of a day. One of the key
components in the smart grid is the “active house” which is planned to have several specific
features separating it from an ordinary house. It is planned to have its own contribution to
electricity production using solar cells and an energy storage using batteries. Another feature is
thought to be both automation and economic incentives measures to achieve peak load
reduction. Our project has the perspective of the end customer in the active house and has tried
to evaluate the power quality to be experienced. An investigation regarding the different
components has been carried out to get an overview from the mentioned perspective and
identify possible problems or issues that may require attention in the realization of the project.

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2.5. Objectives and Deliverables:

• Evaluate and predict possible power quality issues regarding engagement in the
challenge to create a sustainable energy system.
• Optimized consumption.
• Automation and economic incentives measures to achieve peak load reduction.

2.6. Working:

Distributed generation serve as a part of a microgrid, which is connected to the electric utility’s
lower voltage distribution lines. This distributed generation will help support delivery of clean,
reliable power to additional customers and reduce electricity losses along transmission and
distribution lines. Demand-side management can be a major beneficiary of the smart grid
systems. The key goal of demand-side management is to allow the utility company to manage
the user-side electrical loads. Demand-side management techniques are expected to be a major
step in the realization of the smart grid systems. Indeed, enabling the interconnection of
consumers, electric cars, microgrids, and utility companies can only be made possible with
efficient demand-side management.

2.7. Risks:

The isolation of the smart grid from the internet is an increasingly difficult task. In a world of
cloud computing, being up to date and compliant with applicable security standards is
imperative. There is also a dire need to undergo periodic security assessments and
monitoring as these standards are in their infancy and are subject to change when new
flaws are surfaced.

2.8. Equipment/components required for making prototype/working model

Equipment’s
S. No. Details
Name
1. Laptop Required to run various software.
2. Etap Design model.
3. Matlab Required to do various calculations.
4. Internet To gather required information.

2.9. Applications:

✓ Distributed generation will serve as a part of a microgrid (a smaller grid that is also tied
into the larger electricity delivery system), such as at a major industrial facility, a military
base, or a large college campus.
✓ This project will help prevent against nationwide blackouts.

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3. Project Management:

List of all the tasks:

Task 1: Finding supervisor

Task 2: project title
Task 3: Research and planning.
Task 4: Proposal writing.
Task 5: Confirm title.
Task 6: Research about project.
Task 7: Confirm Hardware/Software to be used
Task 8: Report writing.
Task 9: Final Report Submission

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4.List of Accessed Resources:

Realization of this project would need us to take help from following resources:
➢ Project supervisor.
➢ Various internet websites.
➢ Senior faculty members.
➢ Lab engineers.
➢ Grid stations.
➢ FYP simulation lab.