PMID- 37337023
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230620
LR  - 20230701
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Jun 19
TI  - Comprehensive power quality performance assessment for electrical system of a 
      nuclear research reactor.
PG  - 9915
LID - 10.1038/s41598-023-36692-2 [doi]
LID - 9915
AB  - Studying the power quality (PQ) is an essential issue to ensure the safe and 
      accurate operation of sensitive equipment particularly for nuclear installations. 
      Assessment of PQ involves collecting and analysing data resources and then 
      evaluating it with reference to PQ standards. There are many alternatives for PQ 
      and it is difficult to make an appropriate selection among them in the existence 
      of their multiple criteria which are usually conflicted. So this selection 
      subject can be classified as a Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem. To 
      do so, a reliable and scientific method for studying and evaluating the overall 
      system PQ is required. This study aims to assess performance of PQ for the 
      electrical power system at a Nuclear Research Reactor (NRR) during a certain 
      period using multiple measures for the most decisive PQ phenomena. It focuses on 
      a number of the most important PQ phenomena namely frequency fluctuation 
      (deviation), unbalances of current and voltage, current and voltage harmonic 
      distortion, flicker and power factor. After combining all results into six 
      samples (alternatives), the criteria weights are determined based on an objective 
      method for weighting which is called CRITIC method. Then, the alternatives are 
      ranked using compromise MCDM method-VIKOR method. The obtained results are 
      analyzed and discussed to evaluate performance of NRR electrical system from the 
      PQ view. It showed that the compromise solution that obtained by CRITIC-VIKOR can 
      be a guide to facilitate the PQ evaluation of nuclear installation electrical 
      system. Also, it can empower the operators with the benefits of benchmarking and 
      monitoring a single index instead of several indices. Moreover, it is very useful 
      for helping stakeholders to understand how the PQ performance changes under a 
      certain operating condition of the facility. Finally, it is can be considered as 
      a good model to weight each PQ phenomena and identify the time intervals for best 
      and worst total PQ in NRR.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s).
FAU - Elsotohy, Asmaa M
AU  - Elsotohy AM
AD  - Nuclear Safety and Radiation Emergencies Research Department, NCRRT, Egyptian 
      Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt. Asmaa.sotohy@eaea.org.eg.
FAU - Soliman, Ahmed Mohammed Attiya
AU  - Soliman AMA
AD  - Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar 
      University, Nasr City, Cairo, 1427, Egypt.
FAU - Adail, Ahmed S
AU  - Adail AS
AD  - Department of Fuel Technology, Hot Laboratory Centre, Egyptian Atomic Energy 
      Authority, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Eisa, Ayman A
AU  - Eisa AA
AD  - Nuclear Safety and Radiation Emergencies Research Department, NCRRT, Egyptian 
      Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Othman, El-Said A
AU  - Othman EA
AD  - Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar 
      University, Nasr City, Cairo, 1427, Egypt.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230619
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC10279760
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2023/06/20 01:09
MHDA- 2023/06/20 01:10
PMCR- 2023/06/19
CRDT- 2023/06/19 23:24
PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/20 01:10 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/20 01:09 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/19 23:24 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/06/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-023-36692-2 [pii]
AID - 36692 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-023-36692-2 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 19;13(1):9915. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36692-2.