This study explores the smoothing effect on the uncertainty of the wind power fluctuations that affect a power system at points of common coupling. Set pair analysis is applied to evaluate the ...similarity between the power fluctuations of a single wind turbine and those of all aggregated wind turbines, based on which a quantitative index describing the wind power smoothing effect is proposed. The smoothing effect characteristics of a wind farm cluster are investigated for different numbers of wind turbines, different wind speeds, different seasons, and multiple sampling intervals. A significant smoothing effect is usually observed at a shorter sampling interval and a higher wind speed, and the smoothing effect index increases with an increase in the numbers of wind turbines and farms. Additionally, the correlation between the smoothing effect of aggregated wind farms and the forecast accuracy for the corresponding aggregated power output is examined. The experimental results indicate that the wind power forecast accuracy varies with the smoothing effect index, which is influenced by the number of wind farms. Furthermore, the aggregated output from a wind farm cluster with a higher smoothing effect index exhibits better forecasting performance than that from a single wind farm, showing that the trend of the wind power series becomes smoother due to the smoothing effect, thus enabling one-step-ahead wind power forecasting with higher accuracy.
This letter provides the design rule of the droop coefficient for the power synchronization loop (PSL) based grid-forming wind turbine (WT) considering the transient rotor speed constraints. The ...dynamic model for PSL-based WT is established first, and it is shown that the larger the droop coefficient, the larger the steady-state rotor speed deviation is. Accordingly, the maximum droop coefficient for ensuring the existence of equilibrium is derived. Finally, with the proper scaling of the transient rotor dynamic equation, the conservative evaluation of the maximum droop coefficient is obtained to make sure the WT does not touch the lower limit of the rotor speed during disturbance.
The penetration rates of both electric vehicles (EVs) and distributed energy resources (DERs) have been increasing rapidly as appealing options to address the global problems of carbon emissions and ...fuel supply issues. However, uncoordinated EV charging activities and DER generation result in operational challenges for power distribution systems. Therefore, this article has developed a hierarchical transactive energy (TE) framework to locally induce and coordinate EV charging demand and DER generation in electric distribution networks. Based on a modified version of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMMs), two fully decentralized (DEC) peer-to-peer (P2P) trading models are presented, that is, an hour-ahead market and a 5-min-ahead real-time market. Compared to existing P2P electricity markets, this research represents the first attempt to comprehensively incorporate alternating current (ac) power network constraints into P2P electricity trading. The proposed TE framework not only contributes to mitigating operational challenges of distribution systems, but also benefits both EV owners and DER investors through secured local energy transactions. The privacy of market participants is well preserved since the bid data of each participant are not exposed to others. Comprehensive simulations based on the IEEE 33-node distribution system are conducted to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
The cost of
Energy Storage System
(ESS) for frequency regulation is difficult to calculate due to battery’s degradation when an ESS is in grid-connected operation. To solve this problem, the ...influence mechanism of actual operating conditions on the life degradation of Li-ion battery energy storage is analyzed. A control strategy of Li-ion ESS participating in grid frequency regulation is constructed and a cost accounting model for frequency regulation considering the effect of battery life degradation is established. The estimated operating life and annual average cost of the Li-ion ESS under different dead bands and SOC set-points are calculated. The case studies show that the estimated operating life of the Li-ion ESS under the actual operating condition differs significantly from the nominal life provided by the manufacturer under the standard condition and the full discharge mode. This paper provides an accurate costing method for the ESS participating in grid frequency regulation to help the promotion of the ESS to participate in the ancillary service market.
The challenges of modern power systems with a high level of renewable generation penetration will impose increased ancillary service on Photovoltaic (PV) systems, including frequency regulation. In ...this paper, a frequency regulation strategy for PV systems without energy storage is proposed. The proposed strategy is divided into two layers: the frequency regulation layer and the power reserve control layer. In the power reserve control layer, a novel power reserve control is proposed as the core element and novel feature. The existing power reserve control for PV systems must estimate the maximum available power, which is difficult because of the variation in environmental conditions and complex modeling of PV systems. Instead, a power tracking control method based on a curtailment power-current curve is proposed. It can automatically track a given reserve ratio under any environmental condition without an irradiance sensor. In the frequency regulation layer, the combination of droop control and virtual inertia control is used to adjust the given power reserve ratio. Simulation results show that the proposed strategy offers good accuracy and tracking speed and can significantly improve the frequency response of the power system.
A stabiliser is designed based on the phase compensation method to suppress the instability of wind‐turbine type‐4 in the low frequency mode direct current voltage loop mode and phase‐locked loop ...mode. Referring to the second‐order equation of synchronous generator rotor motion, the authors simplify and reconstruct the full‐order linearised model of wind‐turbine type‐4 and establish a current source damping torque model suitable for analysing the stability of the direct current voltage loop and phase‐locked loop. By analysing the damping phase of the direct current voltage loop and phase‐locked loop, introducing a phase compensation loop, and adjusting the phase and amplitude of the damping transfer loop, the authors could effectively enhance the damping of the direct current voltage loop and the phase‐locked loop and suppress the low frequency oscillation of wind‐turbine type‐4. The stabiliser is introduced into the linear model and the time domain simulation model. The effectiveness of the stabilisers is verified by the eigenvalue analysis and time domain simulation results.
The grid interconnections for direct-drive wind farms have triggered multiple new sub-synchronous oscillation events, which can prevent the power system from operating safely and stably. However, the ...excessively high order of the detailed model for large-scale wind farms with multiple direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) connected to power systems poses a challenge when investigating small disturbance stability and instability mechanisms. This study establishes a model of the grid-connected PMSG system based on the voltage/power excitation–response relationship to describe the dynamic characteristics of the port of the PMSG, and the analysis of active and reactive response characteristics of PMSG lays the foundation for model simplification. Based on the unit model, a direct-drive wind farm aggregation equivalence method based on the excitation–response relationship is proposed. The equivalent model obtained by this method is suitable for the small disturbance stability analysis of direct-drive wind farms grid connected system, with good accuracy. The simulation verified the effectiveness of the aggregation model.
The order of the detailed model of doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) wind farms are too high and the simulation is difficult. Most of the existing research has used a single-machine equivalent ...model and clustering aggregation model for equivalence and few papers have explored the principles and equivalent conditions of the single-machine equivalent model under sub-synchronous resonance (SSR). Due to this reason, this paper equates DFIG wind farms connected with series compensated transmission network to two separate units based on the principle of matrix similarity transformation and the mathematical model and physical model of each unit has been studied. Then, the DFIG wind farm equivalent model’s validity is analyzed in number difference and collecting line difference based on linearization analysis. Finally, the system model is built in EMTDC/PSCAD, the damping analysis method is used to test the equivalent model’s validity and further reveal the mechanism of the system’s unstable operation. The results show that: the equivalent model can effectively reduce the system dimension and accurately reflect the dominant oscillation characteristics of DFIG wind farm under SSR; when SSR occurs, the damping coefficient of DFIG wind farm is negative under the oscillation frequency.
To solve the problem of wind power accommodation, this paper proposed a coordinated wind power accommodating dispatch model based on combined electricity and heat system with the perspective of ...decoupling thermoelectric coupling constraints and enhancing the adjustment capacity of the power system. Firstly, this paper introduced the working principles of wind power characteristics and combined heat and power (CHP), the basic operating principles of the consumption of wind power curtailment using thermal storage. Secondly, the coordinated wind power accommodation dispatching model was established due to the regulations mentioned above. Thirdly, the main problem was divided into two sub problems by Benders decomposition, which are power and thermal dispatching, and then the optimum solutions which meet the constraints of each sub problem was solved using Interior point. Finally, the whole dispatching planning of CHP was obtained. Case study verified that, the proposed model is effective.