Optimal load curtailment based transmission management with FACTS

Author

Kumar, M. Rajendra ; Kumar, Ajit ; Pal, Yogendra

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Inst. of Technol. Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, India

fYear

2012

fDate

19-22 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In the competitive electricity markets, the system operator is the key element to make the transmission system secure taking real time corrective actions for reliable operation. Under extreme emergency cases, the system operator may take option of load curtailment for transmission loading relief. This paper proposes a method to compute optimal load curtailment using optimal power flow (OPF) based approach. The load curtailment has been obtained with both DC as well as AC methods and the results have been compared. The impact of FACTS devices to alleviate overloads has also been determined. The results have been obtained for IEEE RTS-24 bus test system without and with FACTS devices. The proposed approach for optimal load curtailment may help the SO for secure operation of transmission system.

Keywords

IEEE standards; load flow; power markets; power system management; power transmission reliability; AC methods; DC methods; FACTS devices; IEEE RTS-24 bus test system; competitive electricity markets; optimal load curtailment; optimal power flow; reliable operation; transmission loading; transmission management; transmission system; Equations; Generators; Load flow; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; ACmethod; DC method; FACTS devivces; Load curtailment; Transmission overload relief;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power India Conference, 2012 IEEE Fifth

Conference_Location

Murthal

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0763-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PowerI.2012.6479462

Filename

6479462