Added Value of Power Control in Improving the Integration of Wind Turbines in Weak Grid Conditions

For economical reasons, wind turbine systems must be located in favourable sites generating a higher pro- ductivity. These are often located in areas with weak electric grid infrastructures. The constraints related to this type of grids limit the penetration levels of wind energy. These constraints are mainly related to power quality in the grid as well as the economical aspects of the project. In this study, we take into account the slow voltage variations and the flicker phenomenon. The models used are based on the development of a set of relations derived from engineering knowledge related to both technical and economical points of view. The maximal penetration level of a fixed speed wind turbine system is determined for a given grid. The power control has been investigated to improve wind turbine system integration. Obtained results show the necessity to adapt technological choices to the requirements of weaker grids. Penetration levels and wind turbine cost may be greatly improved using variable speed systems.

Influence of Control Modes of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Generation on Grid Power Flow

Integration of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) generation into an existing distribution system has many impacts on the system, with the power flow being one of the major issues. This impact is not generic for any network, but it may manifest itself either positively or negatively, depending on the grid configuration, interface control modes, operation mode, and load profile. Grid-connected PV systems have three control options of the local voltage controller of the interface DC-AC converter. These control modes are Power Factor control, voltage control, and Droop Voltage control. This paper aims at evaluating and comparing the impacts of those control modes on the grid power flow. A set of evaluation criteria and indices is defined and mathematically formulated. Based on the requirements of the used program (Power Factory Dig Silent V14.1.3), a computation plan (algorithm) has been proposed. The algorithm has been applied to a typical weak network and a wide range of simulations has been carried out. Simulation results have been thoroughly discussed and important findings have been concluded.

Framework and Key Technologies of Human-machine Hybrid-augmented Intelligence System for Large-scale Power Grid Dispatching and Control

With integration of large-scale renewable energy,new controllable devices,and required reinforcement of power grids,modern power systems have typical characteristics such as uncertainty,vulnerability and openness,which makes operation and control of power grids face severe security challenges.Application of artificial intelligence(AI)technologies represented by machine learning in power grid regulation is limited by reliability,interpretability and generalization ability of complex modeling.Mode of hybrid-augmented intelligence(HAI)based on human-machine collaboration(HMC)is a pivotal direction for future development of AI technology in this field.Based on characteristics of applications in power grid regulation,this paper discusses system architecture and key technologies of human-machine hybrid-augmented intelligence(HHI)system for large-scale power grid dispatching and control(PGDC).First,theory and application scenarios of HHI are introduced and analyzed;then physical and functional architectures of HHI system and human-machine collaborative regulation process are proposed.Key technologies are discussed to achieve a thorough integration of human/machine intelligence.Finally,state-of-theart and future development of HHI in power grid regulation are summarized,aiming to efficiently improve the intelligent level of power grid regulation in a human-machine interactive and collaborative way.

Research and application of a power-flow-calculation method in multiterminal VSC-HVDC power grid

For demonstrating a multiterminal voltage-source converter(VSC)-based high-voltage DC(HVDC)(VSCHVDC) project, this study puts forward a technical route for calculating the power flow in a 500-kV VSC-HVDC power grid in comparison with that of an AC power grid. The Jacobian matrix used in the power-flow calculation was deduced through methods such as Newton–Laphson iteration and Taylor series expansion. Further, the operation effect of powerflow calculation on a true bipolar VSC-HVDC power grid was analyzed briefly. The elements of the Jacobian matrix corresponding to VSC were studied under the mode of droop control and the control strategy of VSC-HVDC power grid was analyzed in detail. The power-flow calculation model for VSC-HVDC power grid of the master–slave control mode was simplified using the PQ decomposition method of the power-flow calculation of an AC power grid. Moreover, a four-terminal model of the Zhangbei VSC-HVDC demonstration project was established and tested on MATLAB. The simulation results under two kinds of operating conditions were analyzed and compared to the results of BPA; the deviation between the power-flow results was studied. The results show that the proposed calculation method can provide a feasible support for calculating the power flow in VSC-HVDC grids.

Practice and Prospect of AC/DC Hybrid Power Grid in Southern China

China Southern Power Grid is a unique EHV AC/DC hybrid transmission network that operates in China. In its service area, the distribution of energy resources and the development of economy are extremely unbalanced, so long-distance and bulk power transmission are needed; besides, the geography and climate conditions are serious, rains, fogs, lightning and typhoon as well as high temperature are common all the year round. Facing these challenges, the power grid enhanced stability control, improved the equipment and strengthen the network structure. In the future, the power grid plans to optimize the disposition of power sources and build digitalized power system.

Control Strategy of DC Link Voltage Flywheel Energy Storage for Non Grid Connected Wind Turbines Based on Fuzzy Control

The large-scale development of wind power is an important means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, alleviate environmental pollution and improve the utilization rate of renewable energy. At the same time, large-scale non grid connected wind power generation theory avoids the technical difficulties of wind power integration [1]. However, due to the randomness and uncontrollability of wind energy, the output power of the wind power generation system will fluctuate accordingly [2]. Therefore, the corresponding energy storage devices are arranged in the non-grid-connected wind power generation system to ensure the power quality, and it has become the key to full utilization of renewable energy. In the case of wind speed fluctuation, the DC bus control strategy of the wind turbine is proposed in this paper. It can reduce the impact on the unit converter and the power load;this ensures safe and stable operation of non-grid connected wind turbines.

Multiple Dispatching Reactive Power and Voltage Coordinated Control Method

This paper studies the reactive power and voltage coordinated control scheme. According to the characteristics of Hunan power grid, the coordinated schemes about Hunan power grid with Central China Power Grid, as well as Changsha power grid are proposed. At the same time, this paper builds a two-way interactive and multiple dispatching reactive power and voltage coordinated control mode, and can be successfully applied in Hunan power grid. The operation results show that this control scheme fulfills the ability of large power grids in optimal allocating of resources, effectively integrates the reactive power resources of the entire grid, achieves the purpose of reducing power grid loss, improving voltage quality, reducing the operating numbers of the reactive power equipment.

Control System Development and Test for the Operation of a Micro-Grid System—PART I

This paper presents design, analysis and simulation performance of an active power controller for stable and reliable operation of a micro-grid system. Power balance between generation and consumer is a critical issue for stable and reliable operation of the micro-grid systems. This issue becomes more critical when a micro-grid system contains stochastic nature distributed generations such as wind and solar because their output power changes non-uniformly. In order to achieve accurate and fast power balance in such a micro-grid system, power in the system has to be regulated continuously. Such an objective can be achieved using droop based alternating current control technique. Because the droop characteristic employed into the developed controller initiates determining the power deviation in the system which is continuously regulated by controlling the current flow into dump power resistors. The designed controller is simulated for the operation of a micro-grid system in stand-alone mode under various operating conditions. The simulated results show the ability of the developed controller for stable and reliable operation of the micro-grid that contains renewable sources. The experimental development of the micro-grid system and the testing of the developed active power controller are presented in PART II of this paper.

Control System Development and Test for the Operation of a Micro-Grid System—PART II

This paper presents experimental development and performance testing of an active power controller for stable and reliable operation of a micro-grid system. In order to achieve accurate and fast power balance in a micro-grid system that contains renewable energy sources, power in the system has to be regulated continuously. Such an objective can be achieved using droop based alternating current control technique. Because the droop characteristic employed into the developed controller initiates to determine the power deviation in the system which is continuously regulated by controlling the current flow into dump power resistors. The designed controller is tested and validated using a micro-grid prototype in the laboratory environment for stand-alone mode of operation under various operating conditions. The key development in the micro-grid prototype is the development of a wind turbine simulator. A dSPACE ds1104 DSP board is used to implement and interface the designed controller with the micro-grid system. The experimental investigation of the developed controller presents the significant capability to achieve continuous power balance in the micro-grid system, while it maintains stable and reliable operation of the system. Finally, the power quality of the isolated micro-grid system is presented and discussed under the operation of the developed controller.

Economical Optimization of Grid Power Factor Using Predictive Data

We present an electrical grid optimization method for economical benefit. After simplifying an IEEE feeder diagram, we build a compact smart grid system including a photovoltaic-inverter system, a shunt capacitor, an on-load tapchanger(OLTC) and transmission lines. The system power factor(PF) regulation and reactive power dispatching are indispensable to improve power quality. Our control method uses predictive weather and load data to decide engaging or tripping the shunt capacitor, or reactive power injection by the photovoltaic-inverter system, ultimately to keep the system PF in a good range. From the perspective of economics, the economical model is considered as a decision maker in our predictive data control method.Capacitor-only control strategy is a common photovoltaic(PV)regulation method, which is treated as a baseline case. Simulations with GridLAB-D on profiled loads and residential loads have been carried out. The comparison results with baseline control strategy and our predictive data control method show the appreciable economical benefit of our method.

含电动汽车和光伏的配电网演化动态博弈调度策略

针对大规模电动汽车的无序充电行为可能导致电网出现的三相不平衡问题,基于演化动态博弈模型,提出一种考虑三相负荷平衡和光伏消纳的电动汽车充电调度策略。首先,基于电动汽车接入时段的主观性以及光伏出力和负荷的不确定性,引入游牧集群和定居集群之间的演化动态博弈方程;然后,考虑用户侧和电网侧双方利益关系,设计以最小化电动汽车充电费用、三相负荷不平衡度和无功需求为目标的调度优化模型;最后,通过对某商业区配电网算例进行仿真求解,对比分析三相有功曲线、三相无功曲线以及荷电状态曲线的变化趋势。算例结果表明,该调度策略可有效降低三相不平衡度,满足无功补偿的需求以及改善用户充电成本。

基于柔直控制的南方电网异步联网频率同步运行控制器设计与应用

电网分区异步运行将成为未来南方电网发展趋势,针对分区异步电网间频率失去了同步性和一致性问题,开展分区异步电网频率同步运行控制策略研究,提出了分区异步电网频率同步运行控制器结构,优化确定运行关键控制参数并通过仿真验证其有效性。鲁西柔直工程作为试点实施分区异步电网频率同步运行,现场实施效果表明该控制能够有效保证分区异步运行电网间实际运行中频率的一致性和同步性,且与电网AGC策略具有良好的适配性,实施中未出现两侧电网功率振荡和频率振荡发散情况,有效改善分区电网频率稳定性和提升分区电网间功率的灵活性支援性能,同时也实现全网调频资源的实时、自动共享,推动构建全网统一的调频辅助服务市场。

Wireless Sensor Networks Based Control Strategies for the Enhancement of Reliability in Smart Grids

The rapid increase in the demand for electricity necessitates the power quality improvement for achieving better reliability in smart grids. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is the proven technology for reliable monitoring. This paper proposes a system model for the development and implementation of WSN based communication system for the monitoring of distributed generation, loads and transmission lines in the electrical grid and a controller system for automated control on the electrical grid. This work also aims to reduce the carbon footprints by reducing the dependency of electrical grid through the enhancement of distributed generation and grid sharing for avoiding voltage rise problem. To achieve this, a smarter electrical grid has been developed for the validation of smart grid considering a generation substation, a transmission substation and a distributed generation with loads. The occurrence of power quality issue and voltage rise has been controlled by active power control strategy. The communication network and controller has been modeled and tested for the performance of monitoring system and data communication capability on smart grid.

Power Electronics for PV-Based Communal Grids

In this paper power electronics used in PV power generation systems have been reviewed and modelled. PV systems need converters for maximum power point tracking, power conditioning, voltage step-up/down as necessary, and for storage charge-controlling. Inverters are needed for AC loads and for utility grid interfacing. The four basic DC-DC converters commonly used with PV systems have been reviewed and modelled. Different DC-AC inverter types and operational architectures have also been reviewed with the two-stage DC-AC inverter, with the point of common coupling (PCC) at the inverter input, suggested as the most cost-effective and efficient architecture for PV-based communal grids. This is because only one inverter is used for the entire system as opposed to an inverter for every module string, resulting in higher efficiencies, low cost, and low harmonic distortions when compared to systems with PCC at AC terminal. The aim of power conversion/inversion is to extract maximum power possible from the PV system and where necessary, to invert it at close to 100% as possible. Highlight: 1) DC-DC converters are necessary for power conditioning in PV systems;2) DC-AC inverters are necessary for AC loads and for utility grid interfacing;3) DC-AC inverters are also used to control the PV systems when grid connected;4) Best inverter configuration cost-effectively and efficiently allows easy system modifications.

具备黑启动和构网能力的远海风电经DRU-MMC送出方案

由于具有成本低、体积重量小和可靠性高等特点,送端采用二极管整流器(DRU)、受端采用模块化多电平换流器(MMC)的送出方案在远海风电送出领域备受关注。鉴于DRU不能构建交流电网且无法倒送有功功率,文中提出一种具备黑启动和构网能力的远海风电经DRU-MMC送出方案。所提方案在DRU-MMC送出技术的基础上增加了常规小容量电压源型辅助换流器、耗能单元和必要的快速开关,通过直流海缆复用和快速开关倒闸重构拓扑,分别构建黑启动电源低压回路和风电传输高压回路,实现黑启动和功率传输2种工况在线切换;提出辅助换流器在不同运行阶段的构网控制策略,解决海上交流电网构建、DRU无功补偿和谐波抑制等问题,消除DRU-MMC送出方案对风电场类型的限制。最后,通过经济性分析和算例仿真,验证了所提方案的优越性和有效性。

电网电压不平衡下改进光储VSG控制策略

针对电网电压不平衡下电流平衡及功率恒定问题,提出改进型光储虚拟同步发电机(virtual synchronous generator,VSG)控制策略,该策略通过引入虚拟阻抗技术和双二阶广义积分器(double second order generalized integrator,DSOGI)实现正负序分量的有效分离,并基于瞬时功率理论优化电流和功率的协调控制,显著提高了系统在不平衡电网条件下的电流平衡性和功率稳定性。首先,构建基于电机瞬态模型的光伏储能VSG系统的数学模型,以深入理解和模拟VSG在实际电网中的动态行为。通过应用双二阶广义积分器技术,实现了正序与负序分量的有效分离,并基于瞬时功率理论和负序虚拟复阻抗技术,进一步实现电流和功率的协调控制,确保电流平衡及功率恒定。最后,利用MATLA/Simulink软件构建仿真模型,模拟光伏储能系统在不平衡电网状态下的运行情况,仿真结果表明所提控制策略显著提高了控制策略的精度和响应速度,可确保动态电网环境中的操作效率和可靠性。

基于CNN和LSTM混合网络的直流充电桩功率模块优化

直流充电桩内部功率变化动态性过强,不易捕捉及计算误差过大,提出基于CNN和LSTM混合网络的功率模块优化方法。根据充电桩电路工作原理,得到电路内部各项参数间存在的直接关联,根据该点采用三相电网平衡原理设计电力稳定控制函数,计算满足电压、电流以及功率最稳的调节比例系数,并作为调节点,建立CNN和LSTM混合网络多层次模型,计算有序、无序充放电过程的电力负荷变化,利用调节比例系数按照充电、放电所需功率需求完成优化。实验结果表明,所提方法的充电桩功率稳定,对充电桩的电压偏移量实现有效改善。

电网故障下含直驱风电机组的电力系统频率动态响应分析

电网受扰后基于模型解析的频率响应分析对电力系统安全评估与紧急控制具有重要意义。电网发生故障时,直驱风电机组(DDWT)并网点电压幅值跌落引发控制器暂态响应,同时电压相位突变引发锁相暂态响应,锁相暂态响应又通过变流器控制传导产生功率控制误差,可能导致现有以负荷突变场景为对象的频率特性分析产生较大偏差。为此,提出了电网故障下DDWT锁相偏差的量化方法;解析了锁相偏差经DDWT变流器控制的传导路径,提出了锁相暂态响应导致DDWT功率控制误差的机理及其计算方法;建立了电网故障下含DDWT的电力系统频率响应模型,提出了锁相暂态响应影响下系统频率变化率和最大频率偏差的计算方法,解析了电网故障下考虑DDWT功率控制误差的电力系统频率动态响应特性,并通过算例分析验证了所提方法的有效性。

智慧城市电网电子化移交自动管控系统

当前对不同类型电力数据无同步处理,电力数据移交任务中成功转换的次数减少,移交时间长,为此设计智慧城市电网电子化移交的自动管控系统。以服务形式向多个业务中心转移数据,控制电网电子驱动电流和电压,完成恒定功率下的快速响应,通过应答通讯电网数据移交模块回应不同电量下电网数据指令,平衡处理智慧电网电子化移交数据,构建电网神经网络信息移交模型。测试结果表明,当电力数据移交执行次数设定为500次时,所设计系统能够一次性执行成功,任务移交时间为5.2 s,而对比系统需要进行五次任务转换,所需时间分别为16.4 s和21.2 s,该系统的优势比较明显。

基于机网变流器协同的波浪发电系统控制策略

为实现波浪发电系统的高效平稳入网,以直驱式波浪发电装置为例,建立其数学模型和并网结构。将装置输出功率分解为平均分量和波动分量,从发电系统主动式控制的角度,进一步提出了阻尼控制和阻尼弹力控制下的最优策略,以使其高效运行。通过直流侧储能配置及机侧和网侧变流器的协同控制,实现电能的平稳入网。仿真结果表明,阻尼弹力控制较于阻尼控制,发电效率更高同时波动更大,直流侧储能及机网侧协同控制可有效平抑功率波动,为波浪发电系统的入网控制设计提供参考。