Critical spots for Microgrids in the city of Al-Ain power networ

Author

Younis, Rawan I. ; Nikkhajoei, Hassan

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of United Arab Emirates, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

473

Lastpage

476

Abstract

Microgrids are an important asset to power systems since they address the technical issues of long-distance power transmission and the environmental and economical concerns related to the traditional power generation. In the research study, first the collected information from the AADC and TRANSCO was used to develop a model for Al-Ain power network. Based on these information, the network loads are separated in two groups of VIP and non-VIP loads. The VIP loads are the most critical (sensitive) loads for which no power interruption should happen. The frequency and duration of interruptions and the amount of power shortage for each interruption for all VIP and non-VIP loads were obtained. The results were used to specify critical spots of Al-Ain power network. The critical spots are places where Microgrids should be created to enhance the security of network, the reliability and power quality at local critical loads.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power generation reliability; power supply quality; AADC; Al-Ain power network; TRANSCO; local critical loads; long-distance power transmission; microgrids; network security; nonVIP loads; power generation; power quality; power shortage; power systems; reliability; Cities and towns; Power system reliability; Reliability; Schedules; Security; Substations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-118-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752557

Filename

5752557