Optimal scheduling of self-healing distribution systems considering distributed energy resource capacity withholding strategies

Author(s):  
Meysam Aboutalebi ◽  
Mehrdad Setayesh Nazar ◽  
Miadreza Shafie-khah ◽  
João P.S. Catalão
Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. 2027
Author(s):  
Luka Strezoski ◽  
Izabela Stefani

Operational and planning challenges caused by ever-increasing integration of electronically coupled renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a reality all over the globe. These challenges range from technical constraint violations to malfunctional setting and coordination of the protective equipment and inaccurate operational planning. Moreover, to enable the preconditions for the integration of high penetration of renewable DERs, utilities are faced with potentially huge investment requirements in strengthening the grid assets. However, recent advances in specialized software solutions for integration and active management of high penetration of DERs could turn these challenges into operational and monetary benefits. Hence, if planned, managed, and operated in an optimal way, the high penetration of DERs could be a valuable resource for increasing the efficiency of the overall management of distribution grids. Utility distributed energy resource management systems (utility DERMSs) aim to provide all of these capabilities integrated into a single software solution. In this paper, a utility DERMS concept is introduced, and the capabilities of state-of-the-art utility DERMS solutions for helping the key stakeholders to pave the way towards stable, optimal, and secure emerging distribution systems with high penetration of electronically coupled renewable DERs are explored.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4367
Author(s):  
Hyun-Tae Kim ◽  
Jungju Lee ◽  
Myungseok Yoon ◽  
Moon-Jeong Lee ◽  
Namhun Cho ◽  
...  

Recently, the demand for electricity has been increasing worldwide. Thus, more attention has been paid to renewable energy. There are acceptable limits during the integration of renewable energy into distribution systems because there are many effects of integrating renewable energy. Unlike previous studies that have estimated the distributed energy resource (DER) hosting capacity using the standard high voltage and probability approach, in this study, we propose an algorithm to estimate the DER hosting capacity by considering DER outages due to abrupt disturbances or uncertainties based on the generator ramp rate and voltage stability, which involves analysis of the low-voltage aspects. Furthermore, this method does not involve a complicated process or need large amounts of data to estimate the DER hosting capacity because it requires only minimum data for power flow. The proposed algorithm was applied to the IEEE-33 radial distribution system. According to the DER capacity, a voltage stability analysis based on continuation power flow (CPF) was conducted in a case of DER outage to estimate the DER hosting capacity in this case study. Thus, the DER hosting capacity was estimated for the IEEE-33 radial distribution system.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey A Horowitz ◽  
Zachary Peterson ◽  
Michael H Coddington ◽  
Fei Ding ◽  
Benjamin O Sigrin ◽  
...  

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2773
Author(s):  
Petros Siritoglou ◽  
Giovanna Oriti ◽  
Douglas L. Van Bossuyt

This paper presents a user-friendly design method for accurately sizing the distributed energy resources of a stand-alone microgrid to meet the critical load demands of a military, commercial, industrial, or residential facility when utility power is not available. The microgrid combines renewable resources such as photovoltaics (PV) with an energy-storage system to increase energy security for facilities with critical loads. The design method’s novelty complies with IEEE Standards 1562 and 1013, and addresses resilience, which is not taken into account in existing design methods. Several case studies simulated with a physics-based model validate the proposed design method and demonstrate how resilience can be included in the design process. Additionally, the design and the simulations were validated by 24 h laboratory experiments conducted on a microgrid assembled using commercial off-the-shelf components.


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