Control and Stability of Large-scale Power System with Highly Distributed Renewable Energy Generation:Viewpoints from Six Aspects

Power systems are moving toward a low-carbon or carbon-neutral future where high penetration of renewables is expected.With conventional fossil-fueled synchronous generators in the transmission network being replaced by renewable energy generation which is highly distributed across the entire grid,new challenges are emerging to the control and stability of large-scale power systems.New analysis and control methods are needed for power systems to cope with the ongoing transformation.In the CSEE JPES forum,six leading experts were invited to deliver keynote speeches,and the participating researchers and professionals had extensive exchanges and discussions on the control and stability of power systems.Specifically,potential changes and challenges of power systems with high penetration of renewable energy generation were introduced and explained,and advanced control methods were proposed and analyzed for the transient stability enhancement of power grids.

Impact of the penetration of distributed generation on optimal reactive power dispatch

Optimal reactive power dispatch(ORPD)is a complex and non-linear problem,and is one of the sub-problems of optimal power flow(OPF)in a power system.ORPD is formulated as a single-objective problem to minimize the active power loss in a transmission system.In this work,power from distributed generation(DG)is integrated into a conventional power system and the ORPD problem is solved to minimize transmission line power loss.It proves that the application of DG not only contributes to power loss minimization and improvement of system stability but also reduces energy consumption from the conventional sources.A recently proposed meta-heuristic algorithm known as the JAYA algorithm is applied to the standard IEEE 14,30,57 and 118 bus systems to solve the newly developed ORPD problem with the incorporation of DG.The simulation results prove the superiority of the JAYA algorithm over others.The respective optimal values of DG power that should be injected into the four IEEE test systems to obtain the minimum transmission line power losses are also provided.

The Initial Guess Estimation Newton Method for Power Flow in Distribution Systems

With the increasing integration of distributed generations U+0028 DGs U+0029, there is a demand for DGs to play a more important role on the voltage regulation. Meanwhile, the high penetration of DGs could raise a technical problem that the distribution system may operate with bi-directional power flow, leading to the inadequacy of the traditional power flow. Considering this new scenario in distribution system power flow, the convergence theorem is proposed, which contributes to develop a novel selection method of the initial guess closed to the convergent solution. Moreover, to ensure the fast rate of power flow convergence, the theorem of the maximum iterations estimation is also proposed. Based on the two proposed theorems, an Initial Guess Estimation Newton method is proposed, considering different operational status of DGs and initial guess sensitivity simultaneously. Based on the standard node systems, Tongliao grid, and 69 system of USA, three simulation examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. © 2017 Chinese Association of Automation.