Publications by Yves Pannatier

Optimization of the Start-up Time of a Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Unit in Pumping Mode

Basile Kawkabani, Jean-Jacques Simond, Christophe Nicolet, Yves Pannatier

This paper presents the start-up and synchronization procedures of large variable- speed pump-turbine units in pumping mode. These procedures applied to a doubly-fed induction motor-generator with three-level voltage source inverters VSI cascade in the rot ...

2012

Optimisation des stratégies de réglage d'une installation de pompage-turbinage à vitesse variable

Yves Pannatier

Important modifications of the electricity generation landscape are expected in the next decades. This is mainly due to the increase of the demand, the limitation of traditional resources as fossil fuel energy resources and the development of renewable ene ...

EPFL2010

Investigation of control strategies for variable speed pump-turbine units by using a simplified model of the converters

Jean-Jacques Simond, Philippe Allenbach, Basile Kawkabani, Yves Pannatier, Alexander Schwery

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2010

Benefits of Variable Speed Pumped storage Units in Mixed Islanded Power Network during Transient Operation

François Avellan, Jean-Jacques Simond, Basile Kawkabani, Yves Pannatier, Alexander Schwery

2009

Modeling and Transient Simulation of FACTS in Multi-Machine Power Systems

Jean-Jacques Simond, Basile Kawkabani, Yves Pannatier

The present paper describes the modeling of 3-level Unified Power Flow Controllers (UPFC) with their control systems for studying the steady-state and transient behavior of electrical networks equipped with FACTS devices. The control features of these devi ...

2008

Dynamic Behavior of a 2 Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Power Plant

Jean-Jacques Simond, Philippe Allenbach, Basile Kawkabani, Yves Pannatier

This paper presents the modeling, simulation and analysis of the dynamic behavior of a fictitious 2times320 MW variable speed pump-turbine power plant including hydraulic system, electrical equipments, rotating inertias and control systems using the softwa ...

2008

Transient Behavior of Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Units

François Avellan, Jean-Jacques Simond, Basile Kawkabani, Christophe Nicolet, Yves Pannatier, Alexander Schwery

2008

Transient Behavior of variable speed pump-turbine units

François Avellan, Jean-Jacques Simond, Basile Kawkabani, Christophe Nicolet, Yves Pannatier, Alexander Schwery

This paper presents the modeling, simulation and analysis of the dynamic behavior of a fictitious 2x320 MW variable speed pump-turbine power plant including hydraulic system, electrical installations, rotating inertias and control systems. First, the model ...

International Association For Hydraulic Research2008

Modeling and Transient Simulation of Unified Power Flow Controllers (UPFC) in Power System Studies

Jean-Jacques Simond, Basile Kawkabani, Yves Pannatier

The present paper describes the modeling of Unified Power Flow Controllers (UPFC) for studying the steady-state and transient behavior of electrical networks equipped with FACTS devices. Detailed time-domain simulations are carried out on four model power ...

2007