{"title":"Electrical energy network efficiencies evaluation as milestones for smart grids development: Italy's case study","authors":"C. Camacho, Giancarmine Muto, B. Ruggeri","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260166","url":null,"abstract":"The migration through smart grids (SGs) has generated a growing interest in power generation systems around the world. However, the generation of electric power from different energy sources is a process whose efficiency is not always fully considered. The gross electricity production in Italy by 2015 depended 67% (192 TWh) on thermoelectric plants (non-renewable resources), while alternative energy sources such as wind power, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass and photovoltaic added a gross production of almost 91 TWh, with a domestic production able to cover almost 86% of gross consumption. Beyond profitability, the energy analysis of the electrical Italian system allows us to evaluate the rational use of non-renewable resources and to calculate the overall efficiency of the system simplifying the model to three key factors: efficiency of generation, of production (utilities) and of grid (transmission and distribution). The product of these three factors represents the overall efficiency of the system, which results in values of 0.563, 0.189 and 0.312 for gas, solid fuels and oil, respectively, which are the three non-renewable resources most used in Italy to produce electricity.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130149371","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}
{"title":"Marketing potential of EV's charging flexibility using a distribution grid automation system","authors":"R. Uhlig, S. Harnisch, M. Stötzel, M. Zdrallek","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260105","url":null,"abstract":"The electrification of the mobility sector is a key issue for achieving the European climate goals. However, a massive increase of electric vehicles (EVs) leads to a significantly higher utilization of the power grid which may results in overloads or deviations from the allowed voltage range. In order to avoid those inadmissible grid conditions, the charging process of EVs is a useful flexibility option and therefore predestined to be controlled by a charging management system. Since the use of such a system is not limited to grid supporting applications which are usually only required for a few hours a year, it enables the use of the EV's charging flexibility for additional market applications most of the time. In this paper these different market applications are compared economically. To this end, the applicable charging flexibility of EVs and its optimal use at the different markets is outlined.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130981043","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}
Jose L. Morillo, Juan F. Pérez, Luckny Zéphyr, C. Anderson, A. Cadena
{"title":"Assessing the impact of wind variability on the long-term operation of a hydro-dominated system","authors":"Jose L. Morillo, Juan F. Pérez, Luckny Zéphyr, C. Anderson, A. Cadena","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260317","url":null,"abstract":"Hydro-dominated systems are characterized by uncertainty on the inflows to the reservoirs. Driven by both technological advances and environmental awareness, the share of renewables in the energy production mix has been increasing over the past decades. However, due to their intermittent nature, the integration of renewables entails additional uncertainty, which may negatively impact the operation of the system if the overall risk is not properly appraised. This work analyzes the impact of short-term wind variability on the long-term operation of a hydro-dominated power system based upon two risk measure approaches, namely (i) chance constrained programming, and (ii) conditional value-at-risk. Both approaches are formulated under the framework of stochastic dual dynamic programming. The proposals are tested on a portion of the Colombian power system, in the presence of wind energy and storage units.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133674506","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}
Z. A. Obaid, L. Cipcigan, Mazin T. Muhssin, S. Sami
{"title":"Development of a water heater population control for the demand-side frequency control","authors":"Z. A. Obaid, L. Cipcigan, Mazin T. Muhssin, S. Sami","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260113","url":null,"abstract":"A developed control is proposed for the population of Water Heater Devices to provide different dynamic Frequency Services. The hierarchal control is based on two decision Layers, the aggregator Layer and the device control Layer. The aggregator Layer receives States of devices and enables/disables the device control Layer. It enables the population to respond from devices with higher to lower Water Temperature when a frequency drop. It enables devices to work independently, consequently eliminate any uncertainty associated with the response of the devices. The dynamic representation of the Electric Resistance Water Heater (ERWH) and Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) were achieved using Markov chain. It was demonstrated using the single machine Great Britain (GB) and the 14-machines South-East Australian power systems with real disturbances. It demonstrates the potential for an aggregator to provide different dynamic frequency reserve services at the same time and evaluates the effective population's capacity.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132442554","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}
I. M. Sanz, P. Judge, Claudia E. Spallarossa, B. Chaudhuri, T. Green, G. Strbac
{"title":"Effective damping support through VSC-HVDC links with short-term overload capability","authors":"I. M. Sanz, P. Judge, Claudia E. Spallarossa, B. Chaudhuri, T. Green, G. Strbac","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260280","url":null,"abstract":"Damping service provision through VSC-based HVDC links has been extensively covered in the literature. However, little or no attention has been paid to the available range of active and reactive power modulation when the HVDC link is already operating at rated capacity. In these conditions some overload capability is usually assumed, ignoring the physical constraints imposed by the safe operating area of the IGBT modules in the converter. This paper presents, in a unified framework, the provision of damping support from VSC-HVDC links equipped with additional control for short-term overload capability. The performance of a Model Predictive Control (MPC) damping controller that accounts for the extended P/Q operating area of the converter is analysed. Case studies are presented to show that the extracted short-term overload capability can significantly improve the damping support from VSC-HVDC links. Simulation results also include the impact of damping control action on the junction temperatures of the IGBT modules of the converters, quantifying the effect of this service on the semiconductor temperature dynamics.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114697998","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}
Nico Meyer-Hübner, M. Haas, M. Uhrig, M. Suriyah, T. Leibfried
{"title":"Dynamic optimal power flow for dimensioning and operating quarter based storage in low voltage grids","authors":"Nico Meyer-Hübner, M. Haas, M. Uhrig, M. Suriyah, T. Leibfried","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260121","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the application of Dynamic Optimal Power Flow (DOPF) in low voltage grids. First, a dimensioning tool for quarter based storage in low voltage distribution grids is presented for the use case of self-consumption while supporting the network. In a DOPF simulation with an optimization horizon of an entire year, storage capacity and converter power have certain costs and are treated as variables. The result is therefore the optimal storage and converter size with a maximized social benefit and minimized electrical losses. The large-scale optimization problem is only tractable due to a novel modelling approach. The dimensioning methodology is tested on 26 realistic low voltage distribution networks from southern Germany. The second part of this work deals with the optimal operation of the storage, where a receding horizon method is adopted. The impact on system costs are investigated when applying solutions of storage operation to a system where load and RES differ from the forecast which was used in the optimization. It shows that storage investments can pay off for networks with a yearly energy production close to the yearly energy demand.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117069260","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}
Konstantinos Katsavounis, P. Hou, Weihao Hu, Zhe Chen
{"title":"Optimized control of a residential heat pump","authors":"Konstantinos Katsavounis, P. Hou, Weihao Hu, Zhe Chen","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260141","url":null,"abstract":"Recent developments in both heating and power sectors contribute to the creation of an integrated power system. Taking also into account the increased amount of distributed generation, current trends in power generation, transportation and consumption will be significantly affected. Linking components of this integrated system, such as heat pumps, can be controlled in different ways, to provide certain benefits to different parties. The scope of this paper is to provide a control algorithm for a residential heat pump, in order to minimize its cost, paid by the customer/owner, while maintaining a certain temperature and comfort level. A commercially available heat pump installed in a typical house with standard thermal insulation is considered. Simulation results conclude that the proposed controlling method succeeds in reducing the amount of money spent by the customer for residential heating purposes.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128525385","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}
{"title":"The role of power-to-transport via hydrogen and natural gas vehicles in decarbonising the power and transportation sector","authors":"S. Clegg, Lingxi Zhang, P. Mancarella","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260305","url":null,"abstract":"With a number of pathways presented for the decarbonization of the transportation sector, alternative types of technologies such as hydrogen and natural gas vehicles may be beneficial to different categories of vehicle for reducing transportation's carbon impact. In particular, through integration with the power system using electrolyzers and methanators at refueling stations, clean energy produced by renewable generation can be converted into a transportation fuel. Additionally, these technologies have flexible characteristics, meaning they can contribute to the power system's reserve requirements. This paper presents an integrated transportation and unit commitment model to assess how the power system can help to decarbonize the transportation sector and the refueling stations can contribute to power system reserves. Results show how the carbon intensity of the power and transport sectors can reduce by allowing refueling stations to contribute to power system reserves as well as the benefits of increasing the rating of the refueling station's electrolyzer and methanator.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129540114","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}
{"title":"Algorithms for renumbering nodes in distribution systems for fast computation of power flow","authors":"R. Akiyoshi, N. Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260314","url":null,"abstract":"In general distribution systems, it is necessary to order the nodes sequentially for faster computation of power flow. Therefore, this paper presents two renumbering algorithms: the Longest Lateral (LL) method and the Lower Node (LN) method. These renumbering algorithms can determine the order of nodes uniquely for a Forward Sweep power flow method based on quadratic equations (FSQE). Results of tests show that the proposed methods reduce computation time compared to the Backward Forward Sweep (BFS) method based on Kirchhoffs law in large distribution systems. A comparison of renumbering methods is important because, once a renumbering scheme is completed, FSQE does not require it again. The execution times of the LL and LN methods are also evaluated and the possibility that the number of end nodes influences the renumbering time is denoted.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121616482","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}
{"title":"An autonomous voltage control for distribution power system using pole-transformer","authors":"T. Nagata, Shinya Kuris, Hikaru Kamigaichi","doi":"10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2017.8260300","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a new voltage control method that focuses on a pole transformer in the distribution line feeder. In this study, it is assumed that the pole-transformer has been implemented the sensing function of the primary and secondary voltages, and the controlling function of the transformer's tap. A tap control algorithm is implemented in the pole-transformer. In order to prevent the hunting phenomenon of the tap control, the tap value is determined by carrying out the estimated calculation of the secondary voltage after the control. In order to verify the performance of the proposed method, it has been applied to a typical distribution line feeder model system. The simulation results show that the proposed system is able to control very fluctuation of the demand and the photovoltaic generators.","PeriodicalId":345050,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114079104","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}