An effective capacity for generation reliability evaluation of renewable power plant

Author

Chaiamarit, Kunjana ; Nuchprayoon, Somboon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Mai, Thailand

fYear

2014

fDate

24-25 March 2014

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

422

Abstract

The equivalency between renewable and conventional capacities and their contribution on generation reliability are investigated by using the concept of effective capacity, which has two definitions. The effective capacity can be computed from generation capacities of renewable and conventional power plants as well as effective load carrying capability. Forced outage rate, generation capacity, and number of renewable units are varied to reflect operation behavior of renewable power plant. Loss of load probability is considered as generation reliability index. A small test model consists of three conventional units with an addition of a unit of interest.

Keywords

load management; power generation reliability; probability; renewable energy sources; conventional power plants; effective capacity concept; effective load carrying capability; forced outage rate; generation capacity; generation reliability evaluation; generation reliability index; load probability loss; number-of-renewable units; renewable power plant; Benchmark testing; Capacity planning; Load modeling; Power generation; Power system reliability; Reliability; Renewable energy sources; capacity credit; forced outage rate; generation reliability; loss of load probability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO), 2014 IEEE 8th International

Conference_Location

Langkawi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2421-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEOCO.2014.6814465

Filename

6814465