Title
A novel methodology to determine the reactive power range requirements for wind generators considering the correlation of electricity demand and wind generation
Date Issued
01 August 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Santos L.L.S.
Amaris H.
Alonso M.
Belati E.A.
Ângelos E.W.S.
Federal University of ABC
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Wind farms are an option to provide reactive power while contributing to the control of voltage levels. However, the energy supplied to the power system by wind farms varies according to wind speed. In addition, the electrical system needs more reactive energy support at certain times of the day due to the different electricity consumption patterns of the population. In recent years, several studies have found a correlation between wind generation and electricity demand due to climatic factors. This work presents a new methodology to establish the required values of reactive power from wind turbines to maintain voltage levels within operating standards, considering the correlation between wind generation and electricity demand. The methodology uses the T-Copula transform to correlate the probability distribution curves for the expected values of wind generation and load. The result is a random sample to be inserted into an optimal power flow to determine the transmission systems operating points. From the results of the optimal power flow, a confidence interval is calculated for the injected reactive power values. Such an interval can assist operators in reactive power management one day ahead of operations. The proposed methodology was tested using a 140-bus Spanish existing power network to analyze the values of reactive power injected by wind generators when considering the correlation between generation and demand. The results demonstrate that, when this correlation is considered, the reactive power injection intervals increment more than 0.05 per-unit for some periods and one more system bus. This information can direct operators’ attention to properly define the controllers’ reactive power range at wind turbines’ connection points.
Volume
209
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica Robótica, Control automático
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85129271706
Source
Electric Power Systems Research
ISSN of the container
03787796
DOI of the container
10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108023
Sponsor(s)
This study has been funded by Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - Brazil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001; by S?o Paulo Research Foundation - Brazil (FAPESP) under grants: 2021/08832-1; by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico - Brazil (CNPq) under grant: 422044/2018-0 and 408898/2021-6; by Instituto Nacional de Ci?ncia e Tecnologia de Energia El?trica - Brazil (INCT-INERGE); and by Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness through the project ENE2013-48690-C2-1-R. This study has been funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brazil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001; by São Paulo Research Foundation - Brazil (FAPESP) under grants: 2021/08832-1; by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - Brazil (CNPq) under grant: 422044/2018-0 and 408898/2021-6; by Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Energia Elétrica - Brazil (INCT-INERGE); and by Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness through the project ENE2013-48690-C2-1-R.
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