PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281602
X. Liu, R. Gutman, C. Casablanca, P. Spurlock, J. Fleeman, A. del Rosso, N. Bhatt
{"title":"Transmission Efficiency Initiative: Four options studied by AEP and EPRI","authors":"X. Liu, R. Gutman, C. Casablanca, P. Spurlock, J. Fleeman, A. del Rosso, N. Bhatt","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281602","url":null,"abstract":"During 2008-2010, EPRI, in collaboration with the electric utility industry, identified various technologies to enhance the efficiency and utilization of the electric transmission system, and developed a framework, including approaches and tools, for assessing a broad array of benefits that can be derived from implementing these technologies. Since 2010, EPRI has worked with a number of utilities to develop and execute demonstration projects on these technologies. American Electric Power (AEP) actively participates in the Transmission Efficiency Initiative. AEP, along with EPRI has carried out four projects to assess energy savings, CO2 emission reductions and cost effectiveness of different technology options to reduce transmission system losses. For each of these projects, the benefit assessment approach and tools were selected based on the project scope, objective, and the available data and resources. This paper summarizes these four demonstration projects, primarily to document the methods used, the results obtained, and the lessons learned. These projects provide relevant information and learning on the economic and environmental benefits of implementing measures to improve transmission efficiency.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"23 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89026875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281637
Junseok Song, M. C. Bozchalui, A. Kwasinski, R. Sharma
{"title":"Microgrids availability evaluation using a Markov chain energy storage model: a comparison study in system architectures","authors":"Junseok Song, M. C. Bozchalui, A. Kwasinski, R. Sharma","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281637","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the effect of energy storage systems on the availability of microgrids with different architectures in the presence of renewable energy sources (RESs). When RESs are used for power generation within a microgrid, its availability may be reduced due to the intermittent nature of RESs. Thus, energy storage systems may be used as a solution to improve microgrids availability. Therefore, it is important to have a realistic evaluation of microgrids availability and to determine how added energy storage affects microgrids. Since energy storage system is not just a one-time-use reserve, charging and discharging processes in energy storage need to be considered when their availability is evaluated. Thus, a Markov chain model is used in this paper to properly represent the charging and discharging processes of energy storage systems, and minimal cut sets method is used in order to evaluate the availability of different microgrid architectures. Using the proposed method, availabilities of radial, ring, and ladder type microgrid architectures are evaluated in the presence of RESs and energy storage systems, and results are discussed.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83058205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281439
Y. Goda, Maeng Hyun Kim, An Wang, G. Sengupta
{"title":"Comparison tests of high current shunts in high power laboratories in Asia with an STL reference shunt","authors":"Y. Goda, Maeng Hyun Kim, An Wang, G. Sengupta","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281439","url":null,"abstract":"To establish traceability for high current measurements, comparison tests of high current shunts in high power laboratories have been carried out with STL reference shunts since 2005. In this paper, we describe the comparison test results of shunts in high power laboratories in Asia. Test results showed the shunts tested for the comparison tests performed well and most of the differences of the scale factor with the power frequency current between the reference shunt and those tested in participating laboratories were less than 0.5%.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"46 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83680448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281519
M. Tamaki, S. Uehara, K. Takagi, T. Ichikawa
{"title":"Demonstration results using Miyako Island Mega-Solar Demonstration Research Facility","authors":"M. Tamaki, S. Uehara, K. Takagi, T. Ichikawa","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281519","url":null,"abstract":"The Miyako lsland Mega Solar Demonstration Research Facility has two objectives. The first objective is to examine the impact on the power system from installing large scale renewable energy such as photovoltaic power. The second objective is to study measures for power system stabilization by analyze data from PV and rechargeable battery. This pilot project will be conducted for three years (until March 2013) by the Okinawa Electric Power Company, Inc. This paper will explain the overview of the Miyako Island Mega Solar Demonstration Research Facility, then explain in detail about each device such as photovoltaic system and storage battery and end with the report of favorable demonstration results recorded from the execution of the research.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"30 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86679131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281530
James D. Bouford
{"title":"Heuristics: An attempt to identify catastrophic days","authors":"James D. Bouford","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281530","url":null,"abstract":"The Major Event Day identification process used in distribution reliability calculation described in IEEE Standard 1366-2003 is based on computing a threshold from the prior five years of daily SAIDI data. Infrequent events, such as a hurricane, severe ice storm, or earthquake can appreciably increase the Major Event Day threshold value. This will usually reduce the number of Major Event Days over the next five years and increase the value of annual SAIDI by a small, but not insignificant amount. The Catastrophic Event Task Force of the Distribution Reliability Working Group has explored methods to identify Catastrophic Events to exclude them from the calculation of the Major Event Day thresholds. The Heuristic Method, based on the original work that developed the 2.5 Beta Method for calculating the Major Event day thresholds, is presented.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91245230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281457
P. Panyakaew, P. Damrongkulkamjorn
{"title":"Optimal generation dispatch considering transmission congestion in electricity market with step-bidding prices","authors":"P. Panyakaew, P. Damrongkulkamjorn","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281457","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a computational method for optimal power dispatch considering transmission congestion where the objective is to minimize the summation of step bidding prices from participated generators in electricity markets. The constraints are power balanced equations and system operating limits. The proposed method decomposes the problem formulation into two parts: the market dispatch part; and the power flow constraints part. The market dispatch part allocates the real power generations at each bus based on bidding prices with the considerations of generator capacity limits. If the dispatched real power generation of any generator were less than its minimum capacity limit, the market dispatch part would use the mixed integer programming technique to decide if that generator should be off or dispatched at minimum limit. The real power generations resulting from the market dispatch part are then passed to the power flow constraints part to check if they cause any system congestion. The market dispatch would be recomputed if any congestion occurred. The whole algorithm finds the optimal solution when the results from the market dispatch part no longer cause any transmission or operational congestion. The proposed algorithm is tested on a modified IEEE 14 bus system in which it is able to optimally redispatch the participated generators to release the transmission congestion. The proposed algorithm can be considered a practical and non-approximated approach that successfully reaches the optimal solutions of market-related optimal power flow.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"13 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90436404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281489
Y. Kontani, T. Kobayashi, Y. Tamura, T. Buhr, P. M. Thompson
{"title":"Gas insulated transformer application for an environmentally-friendly power station upgrade","authors":"Y. Kontani, T. Kobayashi, Y. Tamura, T. Buhr, P. M. Thompson","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281489","url":null,"abstract":"An oil-immersed power transformer in a hydro power station has the potential for fire, explosion and oil leakage that can cause serious damage to equipment and the environment, because they are generally located in underground vaults or adjacent to watersheds. Many power stations have aged oil-immersed power transformers which have higher potential risks of failure and transformer owners must pay careful attention to the aged transformer. A SF6 gas insulated and cooled transformer (GIT) is non-explosive, non-flammable and oil-free. This technology can provide an effective solution to eliminate the risks of fire, explosions, water pollution due to oil leakage.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"148 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77922366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281595
R. Girgis, K. Vedante
{"title":"Effects of GIC on power transformers and power systems","authors":"R. Girgis, K. Vedante","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281595","url":null,"abstract":"There is some misconception in the electric power industry today that geo - magnetically induced currents (GIC) have caused, and would cause, significant damage to the majority of large and medium power transformers installed on power grids in North America and around the world. The purpose of this paper is to present, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the true effect of GIC on power transformers, based on thorough knowledge of power transformer design and performance. The paper also provides concise explanation of the cases of transformer failure/overheating reported in the published literature to have been caused by GIC currents. The paper demonstrates that, because of the nature of the GIC currents, the great majority of power transformers would not experience much overheating or damage due to even high levels of GIC. Only some specific transformers could suffer some winding damage due to high winding circulating currents if exposed to high levels of GIC. The paper also presents the real issue with GIC; namely, the narrow pulse of the magnetizing current which results from part - cycle, semi - saturation of transformer cores when subjected to high levels of GIC currents. This one current pulse/cycle could cause relays and capacitive components in power systems, such as SVC (s), to trip, which may contribute to grid instability. Also, the current pulse is associated with 2nd and higher order harmonics. As a result, resonance may occur, differential relays may operate, and stability of the grid may be compromised.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"129 4 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74947708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281426
Y. Mitsukuri, R. Hara, H. Kita, E. Kamiya, N. Hiraiwa, E. Kogure
{"title":"Voltage regulation in distribution system utilizing electric vehicles and communication","authors":"Y. Mitsukuri, R. Hara, H. Kita, E. Kamiya, N. Hiraiwa, E. Kogure","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281426","url":null,"abstract":"Challenges for the low carbon society has brought a spread of electric vehicles (EVs). Most of EVs could be charged at night simultaneously. That could cause severe voltage drop along the feeder. On the other hand, EVs are able to inject/absorb reactive power by using interfacing inverter in principle. This paper proposes active and reactive power management which can regulate feeder voltages in the distribution system avoiding short in charged energy. This paper also proposes a communication scheme among EVs and distribution system operators to realize more effective voltage regulation in the distribution system.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"13 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73047676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PES T&D 2012Pub Date : 2012-05-07DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2012.6281606
Jian Ma, Shuai Lu, R. Hafen, P. Etingov, Y. Makarov, V. Chadliev
{"title":"The impact of solar photovoltaic generation on balancing requirements in the southern Nevada system","authors":"Jian Ma, Shuai Lu, R. Hafen, P. Etingov, Y. Makarov, V. Chadliev","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2012.6281606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281606","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of integrating large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on the balancing requirements in terms of regulation and load-following requirements in the southern Nevada balancing area is evaluated. The “swinging door” algorithm and the “probability box” method developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) were used to quantify the impact of large PV generation on the balancing requirements of the system operations. The system's actual scheduling, real-time dispatch and regulation processes were simulated. Different levels of distributed generation were also considered in the study. The impact of hourly solar PV generation forecast errors on regulation and load-following requirements was assessed. The sensitivity of balancing requirements with respect to real-time forecast errors of large PV generation was analyzed.","PeriodicalId":19873,"journal":{"name":"PES T&D 2012","volume":"54 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73175185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}