Model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids

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Title of host publicationIEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference
Pages419-423
Number of pages5
ISBN (electronic)9781509054183
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016

Abstract

In this work a multi-objective model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids with high share of wind power is presented. The proposed control utilizes reactive power capabilities of wind farms and tap-changer positions in order to improve distribution grid operation. Control signals namely tap-changer positions and reactive power set-points are smoothed over the forecast horizon. Further possible optimization objectives are power loss reduction, voltage profile smoothing and complying with reactive power exchange limits with the transmission grid. A mixed-integer non-linear optimal power flow problem (MINLP-OPF) is formulated incorporating grid operation limits. The performance is evaluated on a real German 110-kV distribution grid with 1.6 GW wind power for one year. With the proposed control, reactive power exchange within allowable limits is increased from 58.3% to 94.5%, compared to a reference operation where only tap-changer positions are utilized for loss reduction with a single time-step optimization.

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    distributed power generation, integer programming, load flow control, nonlinear programming, predictive control, reactive power control, wind power plants, multiobjective model predictive control, reactive power management, transmission connected distribution grids, wind power, wind farms, tap-changer positions, reactive power set-points, forecast horizon, power loss reduction, voltage profile smoothing, reactive power exchange limits, transmission grid, mixed-integer nonlinear optimal power flow problem, MINLP-OPF, grid operation limits, single time-step optimization, Analytical models, Reactive power, Load flow, Optimization, Impedance, Load modeling, Voltage control, distributed generation, model predictive control, optimal power flow, wind power grid integration

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Model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids. / Stock, D. S.; Venzke, A.; Hennig, Tobias et al.
IEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference. 2016. p. 419-423 7779538.

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Stock, DS, Venzke, A, Hennig, T & Hofmann, L 2016, Model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids. in IEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference., 7779538, pp. 419-423. https://doi.org/10.1109/appeec.2016.7779538
Stock, D. S., Venzke, A., Hennig, T., & Hofmann, L. (2016). Model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids. In IEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (pp. 419-423). Article 7779538 https://doi.org/10.1109/appeec.2016.7779538
Stock DS, Venzke A, Hennig T, Hofmann L. Model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids. In IEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference. 2016. p. 419-423. 7779538 doi: 10.1109/appeec.2016.7779538
Stock, D. S. ; Venzke, A. ; Hennig, Tobias et al. / Model predictive control for reactive power management in transmission connected distribution grids. IEEE PES APPEEC 2016 - 2016 IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference. 2016. pp. 419-423
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