Demand response has been recognized as a valuable functionality of power systems for mitigating power imbalances.This paper proposes a hierarchical control strategy among the distribution system operator(DSO),load agg...Demand response has been recognized as a valuable functionality of power systems for mitigating power imbalances.This paper proposes a hierarchical control strategy among the distribution system operator(DSO),load aggregators(LAs),and thermostatically controlled loads(TCLs);the strategy includes a scheduling layer and an executive layer to provide load regulation.In the scheduling layer,the DSO(leader)offers compensation price(CP)strategies,and the LAs(followers)respond to CP strategies with available regulation power(ARP)strategies.Profits of the DSO and LAs are modeled according to their behaviors during the load regulation process.Stackelberg game is adopted to capture interactions among the players and leader and to obtain the optimal strategy for each participant to achieve utility.Moreover,considering inevitable random factors in practice,e.g.,renewable generation and behavior of users,two different stochastic models based on sample average approximation(SAA)and parameter modification are formulated with improved scheduling accuracy.In the executive layer,distributed TCLs are triggered based on strategies determined in the scheduling layer.A self-triggering method that does not violate user privacy is presented,where TCLs receive external signals from the LA and independently determine whether to alter their operation statuses.Numerical simulations are performed on the modified IEEE-24 bus system to verify effectiveness of the proposed strategy.展开更多
The rapid increase in renewable energy integration brings with it a series of uncertainty to the transmission and distribution systems.In general,large-scale wind and solar power integration always cause short-term mi...The rapid increase in renewable energy integration brings with it a series of uncertainty to the transmission and distribution systems.In general,large-scale wind and solar power integration always cause short-term mismatch between generation and load demand because of their intermittent nature.The traditional way of dealing with this problem is to increase the spinning reserve,which is quite costly.In recent years,it has been proposed that part of the load can be controlled dynamically for frequency regulation with little impact on customers’living comfort.This paper proposes a hybrid dynamic demand control(DDC)strategy for the primary and secondary frequency regulation.In particular,the loads can not only arrest the sudden frequency drop,but also bring the frequency closer to the nominal value.With the proposed control strategy,the demand side can provide a fast and smooth frequency regulation service,thereby replacing some generation reserve to achieve a lower expense.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(SBK2023043599)Introduction of teacher research start-up fees(423167)National Natural Science Foundation of China(51837004,U2066601)。
文摘Demand response has been recognized as a valuable functionality of power systems for mitigating power imbalances.This paper proposes a hierarchical control strategy among the distribution system operator(DSO),load aggregators(LAs),and thermostatically controlled loads(TCLs);the strategy includes a scheduling layer and an executive layer to provide load regulation.In the scheduling layer,the DSO(leader)offers compensation price(CP)strategies,and the LAs(followers)respond to CP strategies with available regulation power(ARP)strategies.Profits of the DSO and LAs are modeled according to their behaviors during the load regulation process.Stackelberg game is adopted to capture interactions among the players and leader and to obtain the optimal strategy for each participant to achieve utility.Moreover,considering inevitable random factors in practice,e.g.,renewable generation and behavior of users,two different stochastic models based on sample average approximation(SAA)and parameter modification are formulated with improved scheduling accuracy.In the executive layer,distributed TCLs are triggered based on strategies determined in the scheduling layer.A self-triggering method that does not violate user privacy is presented,where TCLs receive external signals from the LA and independently determine whether to alter their operation statuses.Numerical simulations are performed on the modified IEEE-24 bus system to verify effectiveness of the proposed strategy.
基金supported by the Engineering Research Center Program of the National Science Foundationthe Department of Energy of USA under NSF Award Number EEC-1041877the CURENT Industry Partnership Program.
文摘The rapid increase in renewable energy integration brings with it a series of uncertainty to the transmission and distribution systems.In general,large-scale wind and solar power integration always cause short-term mismatch between generation and load demand because of their intermittent nature.The traditional way of dealing with this problem is to increase the spinning reserve,which is quite costly.In recent years,it has been proposed that part of the load can be controlled dynamically for frequency regulation with little impact on customers’living comfort.This paper proposes a hybrid dynamic demand control(DDC)strategy for the primary and secondary frequency regulation.In particular,the loads can not only arrest the sudden frequency drop,but also bring the frequency closer to the nominal value.With the proposed control strategy,the demand side can provide a fast and smooth frequency regulation service,thereby replacing some generation reserve to achieve a lower expense.
