Enhancing microgrid performance: Optimal proactive reactive power dispatch using photovoltaic active power forecasts

IF 2.4 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
IET Smart Grid Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI:10.1049/stg2.12186
Alexander Casilimas-Peña, Karol Rosen, César Angeles-Camacho
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Microgrids with substantial incorporation of distributed renewable energy sources face challenges such as magnitude voltage rise, frequency variations, and power quality issues. A novel method is proposed to managing and controlling reactive power within microgrids with high integration of photovoltaic panels. The proactive dispatch is carried out for a few minutes in advance, using power forecast and the inverters of the photovoltaic installations as reactive energy providers. The goal is to stabilise voltage levels and reduce overall energy losses. Optimising reactive power poses a non-convex problem. The presented method tackles this challenge by employing Conic approximations and Wirtinger calculus techniques to convert and frame the issue within a convex framework, simplifying its resolution. It primarily concentrates on fine-tuning reactive power output from photovoltaic inverters to minimise overall losses and maintain stable magnitude voltage levels. To enable the reactive power dispatch, a Markov switching forecasting model that uses on-site data, including sky imagery and other external variables, predicting active power generation every 6 minutes. The proposed technique is evaluated in a CIGRE test network, showing an average loss reduction between 14% and 66% for sunny and cloudy conditions with different levels of PV penetration, this while maintaining the steady state voltages in range.

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增强微电网性能:利用光伏有功功率预测优化主动无功功率调度
大量集成分布式可再生能源的微电网面临着诸如幅度电压上升、频率变化和电能质量问题等挑战。提出了一种高集成度光伏板微电网无功功率管理与控制的新方法。利用功率预测和光伏装置逆变器作为无功电源,提前几分钟进行主动调度。目标是稳定电压水平,减少整体能量损失。优化无功功率是一个非凸问题。提出的方法解决了这一挑战,采用二次逼近和Wirtinger微积分技术转换和框架内的凸框架问题,简化其解决方案。它主要专注于微调光伏逆变器的无功输出,以最大限度地减少总体损失并保持稳定的电压水平。为了实现无功调度,利用现场数据(包括天空图像和其他外部变量)建立马尔可夫切换预测模型,每6分钟预测一次有功发电量。在CIGRE测试网络中对所提出的技术进行了评估,结果显示,在不同光伏渗透率水平的晴天和多云条件下,平均损耗降低了14%至66%,同时保持了范围内的稳态电压。
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IET Smart Grid
IET Smart Grid Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications
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审稿时长
29 weeks
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