Optimisation of dynamic reactive power sources using mesh adaptive direct search

Autor: Jiaxin Ning, Junjian Qi, Kai Sun, Weihong Huang
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution. 11:3675-3682
ISSN: 1751-8695
1751-8687
DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2016.1912
Popis: Dynamic reactive power sources can be used to effectively mitigate the fault-induced delayed voltage recovery and transient voltage instability issues. When many var sources need to be installed at planned locations, optimisation of their sizes is a complicated non-linear optimisation problem due to its non-convexity and the dependence of the constraint on time-series trajectories of post-fault voltages. Solving this optimal sizing problem needs to utilise both a non-linear optimisation solver and a power system differential-algebraic equation solver. This study proposes a new approach for solving this problem under both a single contingency and multiple contingencies by using the mesh adaptive direct search algorithm interfaced with a power system simulator. The proposed approach is validated by case studies on a North American Eastern Interconnection model to optimise the sizes of planned STATCOMs against critical contingencies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE