scholarly journals Bi-Level Dispatch and Control Architecture for Power System in China Based on Grid-Friendly Virtual Power Plant

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1282
Author(s):  
Qingwen Xu ◽  
Yongji Cao ◽  
Hengxu Zhang ◽  
Wen Zhang ◽  
Vladimir Terzija
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Control Architecture ◽  
Virtual Power ◽  
Virtual Power Plant ◽  
Virtual Power Plants ◽  
And Control

Non-synchronous renewable energy sources (RESs) have strong volatility and low inertia, which brings about great challenges on the accommodation of RESs and the security and stability of power systems. This paper proposes a bi-level power system dispatch and control architecture based on the grid-friendly virtual power plant (GVPP), so as to accommodate RESs flexibly and securely. The typical dispatch and control system of the power system in China is presented, and the particular challenges stemming from non-synchronous RESs are analyzed. The functional requirements, concept, and fundamental design of the GVPP are provided, which is distinguished from traditional virtual power plants (VPPs) for its active participation in power system stability control. Based on the cloud platform, a bi-level dispatch and control architecture considering two objectives is established. First, in the inner level, the GVPP operates to promote the accommodation of RESs under normal condition. Then, from the perspective of out-level power systems, GVPPs serve as spinning reserves for power support under contingencies. Besides, the key problems to be solved in the development of the GVPP-based architecture are summarized. Although the architecture is proposed for the power system in China, it can be applied to any power systems with similar challenges.

scholarly journals A Case Study of a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) as a Data Acquisition Tool for PV Energy Forecasting

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 6200
Author(s):  
Tomasz Popławski ◽  
Sebastian Dudzik ◽  
Piotr Szeląg ◽  
Janusz Baran
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Missing Values ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Virtual Power ◽  
Virtual Power Plants

This article describes problems related to the operation of a virtual micro power plant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE), Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT). In the era of dynamic development of renewable energy sources, it is necessary to create alternative electricity management systems for existing power systems, including power transmission and distribution systems. Virtual power plants (VPPs) are such an alternative. So far, there has been no unified standard for a VPP operation. The article presents components that make up the VPP at the FEE and describes their physical and logical structure. The presented solution is a combination of several units operating in the internal power grid of the FEE, i.e., wind turbines, energy storage (ES), photovoltaic panels (PV) and car charging stations. Their operation is coordinated by a common control system. One of the research goals described in the article is to optimize the operation of these components to minimize consumption of the electric energy from the external supply network. An analysis of data from the VPP management system was carried out to create mathematical models for prediction of the consumed power and the power produced by the PVs. These models allowed us to achieve the assumed objective. The article also presents the VPP data processing results in terms of detecting outliers and missing values. In addition to the issues discussed above, the authors also proposed to apply the Prophet model for short-term forecasting of the PV farm electricity production. It is a statistical model that has so far been used for social and business research. The authors implemented it effectively for technical analysis purposes. It was shown that the results of the PV energy production forecasting using the Prophet model are acceptable despite occurrences of missing data in the investigated time series.

scholarly journals The Virtual Power Plant for the Management and Control of Distributed Generation - Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 458-465
Author(s):  
Diego Laurindo de Souza ◽  
Mario Orlando Oliveira ◽  
Jorge Javier Gimenez Ledesma ◽  
Oswaldo Hideo Ando Junior
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Distributed Generation ◽  
Virtual Power ◽  
Virtual Power Plant ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Conformance Testing and Analysis of Synchrophasor Communication Message Structures and Formats for Wide Area Measurement Systems in Smart Grids

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Adeyemi Charles Adewole ◽  
Raynitchka Tzoneva
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Area Measurement ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Protection And Control ◽  
And Control

The renewed quest for situational awareness in power systems has brought about the use of digital signal processing of power system measurements, and the transmission of such data to control centres via communication networks. At the control centres, power system stability algorithms are executed to provide monitoring, protection, and control in order to prevent blackouts. This can be achieved by upgrading the existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems through the deployment of newly proposed power system synchrophasor-based applications for Wide Area Monitoring, Protection, and Control (WAMPAC). However, this can only be done when there is a complete understanding of the methods and technologies associated with the communication network, message structure, and formats required. This paper presents an analysis of the IEEE C37.118 synchrophasor message framework, message formats, and data communication of synchrophasor measurements from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) for WAMPAC schemes in smart grids. A newly designed lab-scale testbed is implemented and used in the practical experimentation relating to this paper. Synchrophasor measurements from the PMUs are captured using a network protocol analyzer software-Wireshark, and the compliance of the synchrophasor message structures and formats captured was compared to the specifications defined in the IEEE C37.118 synchrophasor standard.

scholarly journals A stabilising control strategy for Cyber-Physical Power Systems

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etinosa Ekomwenrenren ◽  
Hatem Alharbi ◽  
Taisir Elgorashi ◽  
Jaafar Elmirghani ◽  
Petros Aristidou
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Physical Nature ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Equivalent Model ◽  
Communication Infrastructure ◽  
Damping Controllers ◽  
And Control

The cyber-physical nature of electric power systems has increased immensely over the last decades, with advanced communication infrastructure paving the way. It is now possible to design wide-area controllers, relying on remote monitor and control of devices, that can tackle power system stability problems more effectively than local controllers. However, their performance and security relies extensively on the communication infrastructure and can make power systems vulnerable to disturbances emerging on the cyber side of the system. In this paper, we investigate the effect of communication delays on the performance and security of wide-area damping controllers (WADC) designed to stabilise oscillatory modes in a Cyber-Physical Power System (CPPS). We propose a rule-based control strategy that combines wide-area and traditional local stabilising controllers to increase the performance and maintain the security of CPPS. The proposed strategy is validated on a reduced CPPS equivalent model of Great-Britain (GB).

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