Application of PMUs to coordinate hydroelectric and wind power plant operation

Author

Qiyu Chen ; Littler, Tim ; Haifeng Wang

Author_Institution

EPIC, Queen´s Univ., Belfast, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

8-9 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

It is acknowledged that wind power is a stochastic energy source compared to hydroelectric generation which is easily scheduled. In this paper a scheme for coordinating wind power plant and hydroelectric power plant is presented by using PMUs to measure and control the state of wind and hydro power plants. Hydroelectric generation is proposed as a method of energy reserve and compensation in the context of wind power fluctuation in order to avoid full or partial curtailment of wind generation to benefit wind providers. The feasibility of this proposed scheme is investigated by power flow calculation and stability analysis using the IEEE 30-bus power system model.

Keywords

IEEE standards; hydroelectric power stations; power system control; power system measurement; power system simulation; power system stability; wind power; wind power plants; IEEE 30-bus power system model; PMU; energy compensation; energy reserve; hydroelectric generation; hydroelectric power plant; power flow calculation; stability analysis; stochastic energy source; wind generation; wind power fluctuation; wind power plant; Coordinated Operation; Hydro Power; Operation Schedule; PMU; Wind power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Power Generation and Supply (SUPERGEN 2012), International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-84919-673-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2012.1814

Filename

6493133