查看更多>>摘要:Expansion of renewable energy could help realize the goals of peaking carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutralization.Some existing grid dispatching methods integrat-ing short-term renewable energy prediction and reinforcement learning(RL)have been proven to alleviate the adverse impact of energy fluctuations risk.However,these methods omit long-term output prediction,which leads to stability and security prob-lems on optimal power flow.This paper proposes a confidence estimation Transformer for long-term renewable energy fore-casting in reinforcement learning-based power grid dispatching(Conformer-RLpatching).Conformer-RLpatching predicts long-term active output of each renewable energy generator with an enhanced Transformer to ensure stable operation of the hybrid energy grid and improve the utilization rate of renewable energy,thus boosting dispatching performance.Furthermore,a confi-dence estimation method is proposed to reduce the prediction error of renewable energy.Meanwhile,a dispatching necessity evaluation mechanism is put forward to decide whether the active output of a generator needs to be adjusted.Experiments carried out on the SG-126 power grid simulator show that Conformer-RLpatching achieves great improvement over the second best algorithm DDPG in security score by 25.8%and achieves a better total reward compared with the golden medal team in the power grid dispatching competition sponsored by State Grid Corporation of China under the same simulation environment.Codes are outsourced in https://github.com/BUPT-ANTlab/Conformer-RLpatching.
查看更多>>摘要:With the participation of large quantities of re-newable energy in power system operations,their volatility and intermittence increases the difficulties and challenges of power system economic scheduling.Considering the uncertainty of renewable energy generation,based on the distributionally robust optimization method,a two-stage economic dispatch model is proposed to minimize the total operation costs.In this paper,it is assumed that the fluctuating of renewable power generation follows the unknown probability distribution that is restricted in an ambiguity set,which is established by utilizing the first-order moment information of available historical data.Furthermore,the theory of conditional value-at-risk is introduced to transform the model into a tractable model,which we call robust counterpart formulation.Based on the stochastic dual dynamic programming method,an improved iterative algorithm is proposed to solve the robust counterpart problem.Specifically,the convergence optimum can be obtained by the improved iter-ative algorithm,which performs a forward pass and backward pass repeatedly in each iterative process.Finally,by comparing with other methods,the results on the modified IEEE 6-bus,118-bus,and 300-bus system show the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed model and method.
查看更多>>摘要:High penetration level of renewable energy has brought great challenges to operation of power systems,and use of flexible resources(FRs)is becoming increasingly important.Flexibility of power systems can be improved by changing generation arrangements,but the interests of some market participants may be harmed in the process.This study proposes a stochastic economic dispatch model with trading of flexible ramping products(FRPs).To calculate changes in revenue and reasonably compensate units that provide FRs,multisegmented marginal bidding for energy is simulated by linearizing genera-tion cost,and an optimal market clearing strategy for FRPs is developed according to changes in clearing energy and marginal clearing price.Then,the correlation between prediction errors of wind speeds among different wind farms is determined based on a joint distribution function modeled by the copula function,and quasi-Monte Carlo simulation(QMC)is used to generate wind power scenarios.Finally,numerical simulations of modified IEEE-30 and IEEE-118 bus systems is performed with minimum comprehensive cost as the objective function.This verifies the proposed model could effectively deal with wind variability and uncertainty,stabilize the marginal clearing price of the electricity market,and ensure fairness in the market.
查看更多>>摘要:With the wide application of power electronized re-sources(PERs),the amplitude and frequency of voltages show sig-nificant time-varying characteristics under asymmetrical faults.As a result,the traditional phasor model,impedance model,and symmetrical components method based on the constant amplitude and frequency of voltages are facing great challenges.Hence,a novel asymmetrical fault analysis method based on conjugate vectors is proposed in this paper which can meet the modeling and analysis requirements of the network excited by voltages with time-varying amplitude/frequency.Furthermore,asymmetrical fault characteristics are extracted.As an application,a faulted phase identification(FPI)strategy is proposed based on the fault characteristics.The correctness and superiority of the asymmetrical fault analysis method and FPI strategy are verified in time-domain simulations and a real-time digital simulator.
查看更多>>摘要:For dynamic stability analysis and instability mech-anism understanding of multi-converter medium voltage DC power systems with droop-based double-loop control,an ad-vanced system-level model reduction method is proposed.With this method,mathematical relationships of control parameters(e.g.,current and voltage control parameters)between the system and its equivalent reduced-order model are established.First,open-loop and closed-loop equivalent reduced-order models of current control loop considering dynamic interaction among converters are established.An instability mechanism(e.g.,unrea-sonable current control parameters)of the system can be revealed intuitively.Theoretical guidance for adjustment of current control parameters can also be given.Then,considering dynamic interac-tion of current control among converters,open-loop and closed-loop equivalent reduced-order models of voltage control loop are established.Oscillation frequency and damping factor of DC bus voltage in a wide oscillation frequency range(e.g.,10-50 Hz)can be evaluated accurately.More importantly,accuracy of advanced system-level model reduction method is not compromised,even for MVDC power systems with inconsistent control parameters and different number of converters.Finally,experiments in RT-BOX hardware-in-the-loop experimental platform are conducted to validate the advanced system-level model reduction method.
查看更多>>摘要:This paper presents a long short-term memory(LSTM)-based fault detection method to detect the multiple open-circuit switch faults of modular multilevel converter(MMC)systems with full-bridge sub-modules(FB-SMs).Eighteen sensor signals of grid voltages,grid currents and capacitance voltages of MMC for single and multi-switch faults are collected as sampling data.The output signal characteristics of four types of single switch faults of FB-SM,as well as double switch faults in the same and different phases of MMC,are analyzed under the conditions of load variations and control command changes.A multi-layer LSTM network is devised to deeply extract the fault characteristics of MMC under different faults and operation conditions,and a Softmax layer detects the fault types.Simulation results have confirmed that the proposed LSTM-based method has better detection performance compared with three other methods:K-nearest neighbor(KNN),naive bayes(NB)and recurrent neural network(RNN).In addition,it is highly robust to model uncertainties and Gaussian noise.The validity of the proposed method is further demonstrated by experiment studies conducted on a hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)testing platform.
查看更多>>摘要:Bidirectional interlinking converter(BIC)is the core equipment in a hybrid AC/DC microgrid connected between AC and DC sub-grids.However,the variety of control modes and flexible bidirectional power flow complicate the influence of AC faults on BIC itself and on DC sub-grid,which potentially threaten both converter safety and system reliability.This study first investigates AC fault influence on the BIC and DC bus voltage under different BIC control modes and different pre-fault operation states,by developing a mathematical model and equiv-alent sequence network.Second,based on the analysis results,a general accommodative current limiting strategy is proposed for BIC without limitations to specific mode or operation condition.Current amplitude is predicted and constrained according to the critical requirements to protect the BIC and relieving the AC fault influence on the DC bus voltage.Compared with conventional methods,potential current limit failure and distortions under asymmetric faults can also be avoided.Finally,experiments verify feasibility of the proposed method.
Ali A.Abdel-AzizMohamed A.ElgenedyBarry W.Williams
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查看更多>>摘要:Performance of a three-phase shunt active power filter(SAPF)relies on the capability of the controller to track the reference current.Therefore,designing an accurate current con-troller is crucial to guarantee satisfactory SAPF operation.This paper presents a model predictive current controller(MPCC)for a low-cost,four-switch,shunt active power filter for power quality improvement.A four-switch,B4,converter topology is adopted as an SAPF,hence offering a simple,robust,and low-cost solution.In addition,to further reduce overall cost,only two interfacing filter inductors,instead of three,are used to eliminate switching current ripple.The proposed SAPF model MPCC is detailed for implementation,where simulation and experimental results validate effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm showing a 20%improvement in total harmonic distortion compared with a conventional hysteresis band current controller.
查看更多>>摘要:In the composite load model(CLM),which is com-monly used in China,an equivalent motor and equivalent static load are used to represent all electrical equipment and networks connected to a load bus.Existing research has determined typical values of electrical and mechanical parameters for load models of different load types,which improves the basis for load modeling.However,the motor proportion parameter is not the same for different load buses or at different times;therefore,obtaining the actual motor proportion is key to establishing an accurate load model.In the existing load modeling method,motor proportion is commonly identified along with other parameters under rare large disturbances;therefore,the value of the motor proportion is fixed by the time when a large disturbance occurs.In this paper,formulae are derived to estimate motor proportion under small disturbances,and these formulae allow direct calculation of motor proportion without using any optimization algorithm.The proposed estimation formulae do not rely on any parameters of load model or power system but instead rely only on mea-surement of the voltage and active power at steady-state points before and after a small disturbance.Because of universality of small disturbances in power systems,estimating time-varying motor proportion under small disturbances will be helpful for solving the time-varying problem of load models.Finally,the proposed motor proportion estimation formulae are validated by simulations,physical experiments,and field experiments.
查看更多>>摘要:Power electronic traction transformers(PETTs)will be increasingly applied to locomotives in the future for their small volume and light weight.However,similar to conventional trains,PETTs behave as constant power loads and may cause low-frequency oscillation(LFO)to the train-network system.To solve this issue,a mathematical model of the PETT is firstly proposed and verified based on the extended describing function(EDF)method in this paper.In the proposed model,the LLC converter is simplified to an equivalent circuit consisting of a capacitor and a resistor in parallel.It is further demonstrated that the model can apply to various LLC converters with different topologies and controls.Particularly,when the parameter differ-ences between cells are not obvious,the PETT can be simplified to a single-phase rectifier(i.e.,conventional train)by equivalent transformation.Based on the model of PETT,the system low-frequency stability and influential factors are analyzed by using the generalized Nyquist criterion.Lastly,the correctness and accuracy of theoretical analyses are validated by off-line and hardware-in-the-loop simulation results.