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An ultra-wide-area transmission network emulator represented by regenerative converters is developed in this paper. The converters are paralleled to provide and share power similar to electromechanical generators. Others are controlled to emulate loads, such as, induction motors and constant impedance, current, power (ZIP) loads. The structure and control algorithms of these power system component emulators are discussed in detail, and the performance of overall system architecture is presented. As is well-known, the induction motor will induce large power perturbation when it starts. The simulation results clearly show the dynamic response and starting up process of the load.

The AC/DC hybrid microgrid is the main trend of microgrids’ development, and the dynamic economic dispatch is regarded as an important way to ensure the economic and safe operation of a microgrid system. In this paper, a dynamic economic dispatch model of the isolated AC/DC hybrid microgrid is developed with the objective of minimizing the daily operation cost of controllable units. Furthermore, a distributed algorithm based on the finite-step consensus algorithm is proposed, in which the incremental cost of each distributed generation unit is set as a consensus variable, and all units obtain the optimal values by exchanging information only with their neighbors. In addition, the algorithm converges to the optimal solutions in finite steps, and the efficiency is improved significantly. The effectiveness of the proposed model and the algorithm were verified by simulation.

In this paper, the dual-stator axial-field flux-switching permanent magnet (DSAFFSPM) motors with E-and U-core stator modular segments, as well as different stator/rotor-pole combinations are compared. The operation performance of the DSAFFSPM machines are explored by using the MMFpermeance model method. A more comprehensive theoretical analysis, no more limited to numerical calculation, is presented. This reveals directly the relations between the operation performance and design parameters of the machine. The performance comparisons between the E-shaped and U-shaped teeth DSAFFSPM machines are given, including the effects of the structural parameters on the electromagnetic torque, different stator/rotor-pole combinations on the winding factor and gear ratio, the differences of the average torque and the torque density and the efficiency in the 12/10 U-core and 6/10 E-core topology. These are the basis of the DSAFFSPM machine design and optimization. Finally, the experiments on the two prototype, 6/10 E-core and 12/10 U-core DSAFFSPM machines are carried out. The results show that the average torque of the 12/10 U-core prototype is higher than that of the 6/10 E-core prototype, while the torque density and the efficiency of 6/10 E-core DSAFFSPM machines are much higher.