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The implementation of emission certificates in Europe in 2005 has lead to new uncertainties especially for power companies resulting in additional costs for the power generation. The introduction of certificates goes along with political conditions and objectives particularly in the European Union until 2020. In consequence, these regulations take influence on the power plant scheduling as well as...
The Danish EDISON project has been launched to investigate how a large fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) can be integrated in a way that supports the electric grid while benefitting both the individual car owners and society as a whole through reductions in CO2 emissions. The consortium partners include energy companies, technology suppliers and research laboratories and institutes. The aim is to perform...
Summary form only given: After a power system blackout, system restoration is a critical task for the dispatchers. With the stringent requirements for faster and more efficient system restoration, an objective transmission restoration path selection procedure, including the option to check constraints, may be more responsive in handling unexpected system changes and in providing directed guidance...
Because it is almost impossible to train the dispatchers with real power system, the dispatcher training simulator (DTS) is used for the training. Among various components of the DTS, the power system model (PSM) emulates the dynamic behavior of the power system to calculate the frequency and voltage. In the PSM, the power plants are modeled as differential equations, so the mechanical power of the...
Nuclear power constitutes one of the main electricity production sources in several countries, e.g. in Sweden, with about half of today's electricity production. Driving forces for cost-efficiency have pushed the development of new methods for maintenance planning and optimization forward. Reliability Centered Asset Management (RCAM) is one of these new approaches, and maintenance optimization is...
This paper presented a new approach to address the frequently encountered Standing Phase Angle (SPA) reduction problem during a power system restoration process. The proposed method was based on a modified Genetic Algorithm (GA). The problem of the SPA reduction was modeled as a mixed discrete-continuous optimization problem with various constraints. The objective function that needed to be minimized...
The interest in the integration of distributed generation into distribution systems has been increased in different countries all over the world as economic and environmental factors drive new technologies to be more efficient and less polluting than their earlier counterparts. As the penetration level of DG increases, the distribution system performance has to be analyzed in details. This work investigates...
This paper describes a method for testing of frequency control capability in island operation. The method and equipment associated with performing the tests are called SolvSim Power Station or SSPS and allows the generating unit to be tested for island operation capability without being disconnected from the grid. It has been used in Sweden for the last decade at over 50 generating units and many...
Functioning, control and safety requirements of nuclear reactors must be well understood and implemented to ensure safety amongst employees and prevent accidents in nuclear power plants. This paper deals with one aspect of pressurised water reactor core control, viz., determination of Boron concentration in the reactor in response to variations in power generation in order to prevent poisoning of...
A method to determine the coordinated operation of power electronics equipment in extra-high voltage networks is described. The method can be used for evaluating network expansion scenarios that use power electronics equipment. At first, the load flow is simplified by using node-branch and branch-branch sensitivities. With these sensitivities a linear problem is defined and used to determine solutions...
This paper assesses the effects of the future European power generation system with strict CO2 emission reduction targets on the planning of cross-border interconnection lines. Results from a techno-economic energy systems model have been used as input to this work, regarding the development of the European power generation system until the year 2050, meeting the EU 2020 CO2 target and a 85% emissions...
In this paper, a short-term generation scheduling approach for cascaded hydrothermal systems using self-organizing hierarchical particle swarm optimization with time varying acceleration coefficients (SPSO-TVAC) is proposed. The thermal operating cost minimization with satisfying the hydraulic and thermal generation constraints is achieved. Multi-period scheduling and non-convex operating cost function...
A comprehensive voltage imbalance sensitivity analysis and stochastic evaluation based on the rating and location of single-phase grid-connected rooftop photovoltaic cells (PVs) in a residential low voltage distribution network are presented. The voltage imbalance at different locations along a feeder is investigated. In addition, the sensitivity analysis is performed for voltage imbalance in one...
This paper shows an operation area consideration of a torque and speed region of a 50kW Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) applications. Increasing a number of turns in stator windings is effective to reduce phase current of SRM at low rotational speed, however, motor output power falls significantly at high speed because of an increased back emf. A continuous current...
Ocean wave power is a promising renewable energy source that offers several attractive qualities, including high power density, low variability, and excellent forecastability. Within the next few years, several utility-scale wave energy converters are planned for grid connection (e.g., Pelamis Power in Portugal and Ocean Power Technologies in Oregon, USA), with plans for more utility-scale development...
As wind power achieves higher penetration levels and becomes a more and more substantial portion of our electric energy supply, more stringent requirements are being placed on wind plants. As wind plants displace traditional synchronous generators in terms of percentages, the wind plants must also do their part to maintain stability and reliability of the power system. Modern power electronics are...
Flywheel energy storage can provide ancillary services including regulation and frequency response to power grids. This study presents the technical characteristics, modeling approach, methodologies, and results for providing regulation services in the California Independent System Operator market. Breakeven cost analyses were developed for two cases: (1) the flywheel provides the regulation service...
An analysis identifying future impacts on the electric power system due to additional load from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is presented. The operation of the electric power system in the western United States was simulated under a baseline scenario (i.e., without PHEVs) and three scenarios with PHEVs. The latter scenarios assumed different time periods throughout the day when PHEVs would...
A new method developed and applied to tune Secondary Control Loop (SCL) for grid frequency control is presented. The presented method is based on an equivalent representation of all active distributed Primary Control Loop (PCL) in the grid for frequency control. The characteristic of each PCL is associated to prime mover and its governors: Hydraulic, gas or steam. The equivalent model of distributed...
This paper presents a discussion of the various approaches to model validation of power system models used in planning studies. It focuses on present approaches and emerging methodologies, particularly for validation of power system components/equipment. Results are presented for the current practice of component model validation (i.e. validation of single power plant models, or FACTS devices, etc...
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