Taming instabilities in power grid networks by decentralized control

Renewables will soon dominate energy production in our electric power system. And yet, how to integrate renewable energy into the grid and the market is still a subject of major debate. Decentral Smart Grid Control (DSGC) was recently proposed as a robust and decentralized approach to balance supply and demand and to guarantee a grid operation that is both economically and dynamically feasible. Here, we analyze the impact of network topology by assessing the stability of essential network motifs using both linear stability analysis and basin volume for delay systems. Our results indicate that if frequency measurements are averaged over sufficiently large time intervals, DSGC enhances the stability of extended power grid systems. We further investigate whether DSGC supports centralized and/or decentralized power production and find it to be applicable to both. However, our results on cycle-like systems suggest that DSGC favors systems with decentralized production. Here, lower line capacities and lower averaging times are required compared to those with centralized production.     

The impact of turbulent renewable energy production on power grid stability and quality

Feed-in fluctuations induced by renewables are one of the key challenges to the stability and quality of electrical power grids. In particular short-term fluctuations disturb the system on a time scale, on which load balancing does not operate yet and the system is intrinsically governed by self-organized synchronization. Wind and solar power are known to be strongly non-Gaussian with intermittent increment statistics in these time scales. We investigate the impact of short-term wind fluctuations on the basis of a Kuramoto-like power grid model considering stability in terms of desynchronization and frequency and voltage quality aspects. We present a procedure to generate realistic feed-in fluctuations with temporal correlations, Kolmogorov power spectrum and intermittent increments. By comparison to correlated Gaussian noise of the same spectrum and Gaussian white noise, we found out that while the correlations are essential to capture the likelihood of severe outages, the intermittent nature of wind power has significant consequences on power quality: intermittency is directly transferred into frequency and voltage fluctuations yielding a novel type of fluctuations, which is beyond engineering status of knowledge.     

The impact of model detail on power grid resilience measures

Extreme events are a challenge to natural as well as man-made systems. For critical infrastructure like power grids, we need to understand their resilience against large disturbances. Recently, new measures of the resilience of dynamical systems have been developed in the complex system literature. Basin stability and survivability respectively assess the asymptotic and transient behavior of a system when subjected to arbitrary, localized but large perturbations in frequency and phase. To employ these methods that assess power grid resilience, we need to choose a certain model detail of the power grid. For the grid topology we considered the Scandinavian grid and an ensemble of power grids generated with a random growth model. So far the most popular model that has been studied is the classical swing equation model for the frequency response of generators and motors. In this paper we study a more sophisticated model of synchronous machines that also takes voltage dynamics into account, and compare it to the previously studied model. This model has been found to give an accurate picture of the long term evolution of synchronous machines in the engineering literature for post fault studies. We find evidence that some stable fix points of the swing equation become unstable when we add voltage dynamics. If this occurs the asymptotic behavior of the system can be dramatically altered, and basin stability estimates obtained with the swing equation can be dramatically wrong. We also find that the survivability does not change significantly when taking the voltage dynamics into account. Further, the limit cycle type asymptotic behaviour is strongly correlated with transient voltages that violate typical operational voltage bounds. Thus, transient voltage bounds are dominated by transient frequency bounds and play no large role for realistic parameters.     

基于潮流追踪的电网同步性能优化及鲁棒性分析

采用二阶类Kuramoto模型对电网进行合理建模,分别应用临界同步耦合强度和平均同步误差来描述电网的同步能力和鲁棒性.研究发现,发电机的功率分配对线路的传输功率影响较大,而电网中高负荷线路越多,网络越难同步.基于这一发现,首先在发电机功率均匀分配（EG）方式下,计算出每条线路的传输功率,然后基于潮流追踪算法提出一种发电机功率非均匀分配（TG）方式,即在发电总量不变的情况下,增大枢纽发电机节点的功率,减小边缘发电机节点的功率.该发电机功率分配策略可以在一定程度上降低网络的临界同步耦合强度,减小平均同步误差,改善电网的同步性能和鲁棒性.     

基于非对称模型的变电所数据融合误差优化研究

牵引变电所作为电力系统中实现变换电能的场所,给电力机车提供稳定可靠的电能。由于机车具有非线性运载特点,在吸收电网电流的同时也在输入谐波电流,引起电网干扰波动和噪声误差、电压畸变等现象,对供电系统安全构成威胁。本文通过建立变电所三相匹配与失配模型,利用自适应数据融合算法仿真检测控制误差的效果和优化误差的最佳方案,合理控制参数的状态和优化参数的规律。结果表明数据融合可以解决局部电网误差波动电流超标和电压畸变,在保障供电质量和电网安全方面效果显著。     

一种基于并行混沌和SFLA的风电电网无功优化模型设计

针对已有方法在解决电网无功优化时,由于系统的无功不足和电网电压的不稳定,容易过早收敛到局部最优解的缺点,设计了一种基于并行混沌和混合蛙跳算法 (Shuffle Frog Leaping Algorithm, SFLA)的电网无功优化模型。首先,建立了最小化有功网损、最大化静态电压稳定裕度和最大化无功补偿单位投资收益的多目标数学优化模型,然后,对经典的SFLA进行改进,通过引入精英协同进化机制和划分种群的方式实现并行寻优,从而增加个体的多样性和加快最优解的求取速度,在不同种群中设计不同的适应度函数和个体更新进化方法。为了使得算法的初始解分布更为均匀,引入用混沌机制来对种群进行初始化,最后,对基于并行混沌和SFLA的总体算法进行了设计和分析。在Matlab环境下进行实验,实验结果表明文中方法得到的优化结果具有电网有功损耗小、单位投资收益高和静态电压稳定裕度大的优点,具有较强的可行性和适应性。     

基于补偿网络的PSM高压电源模块仿真分析

利用MATLAB对中国聚变工程实验堆(CFETR)低混杂波高压电源系统的调节模块进行仿真,分析了静态电网波动、负载变化、滤波参数等对输出电压的影响。利用补偿网络可以大大减少纹波,增加输出电压的稳定性。该系统的稳定时间在几个毫秒之内,纹波系数<1%。通过仿真决定对该高压电源系统调节模块采用比例积分微分(PID)控制与超前-滞后补偿策略。     

基于滑模控制法实现规则网络的混沌同步

利用滑模控制法研究了规则网络的混沌同步问题. 将针对一个混沌系统进行控制或驱使一个混沌系统同步于另一个 混沌态的滑模控制法推广到由多个混沌系统构成的复杂网络的同步研究中. 设计了网络滑膜面以及控制输入, 并依据稳定性理论分析了它们的有效性. 选取Duffing系统和Coullet系统作为网络节点构成的规则网络为例进行了仿真模拟.     

云计算技术在未来智能电网信息处理平台中的应用

未来的电网将会是一个高度自动化、智能化的电网,如此一个庞大、复杂的系统从发电、输电一直到变、配、用电的过程时刻都会生成海量的电能信息及设备运行状态数据,这就需要一个强有力的信息处理平台作为支撑,且这个平台应具有对海量数据的可靠存储、准确分析、实时同步更新及共享的功能,尤其是音视频等异构数据的分析与处理.云计算技术在大数据处理中具有得天独厚的优势,本文将云计算技术引入到未来智能电网的信息处理平台的建设中,针对未来智能电网信息处理平台的各项功能需求,对比目前电网信息处理平台的诸多瓶颈进行深层次的探讨,证明了将云计算技术应用到未来智能电网信息处理平台中的可行性。     

Models for the modern power grid

This article reviews different kinds of models for the electric power grid that can be used to understand the modern power system, the smart grid. From the physical network to abstract energy markets, we identify in the literature different aspects that co-determine the spatio-temporal multilayer dynamics of power system. We start our review by showing how the generation, transmission and distribution characteristics of the traditional power grids are already subject to complex behaviour appearing as a result of the the interplay between dynamics of the nodes and topology, namely synchronisation and cascade effects. When dealing with smart grids, the system complexity increases even more: on top of the physical network of power lines and controllable sources of electricity, the modernisation brings information networks, renewable intermittent generation, market liberalisation, prosumers, among other aspects. In this case, we forecast a dynamical co-evolution of the smart grid and other kind of networked systems that cannot be understood isolated. This review compiles recent results that model electric power grids as complex systems, going beyond pure technological aspects. From this perspective, we then indicate possible ways to incorporate the diverse co-evolving systems into the smart grid model using, for example, network theory and multi-agent simulation.     

基于RTW的双向充放电机实时控制技术

随着智能电网和绿色能源技术的快速发展,双向充放电机也越来越受到关注;文章主要研究双向充放电机充电过程中电压的稳定性和放电过程中并网电流波形的畸变率;提出了一种基于RTW的matlab/simulink控制方法,在simulink环境下搭建仿真模型和控制模型,然后将达到预期效果的仿真模型所对应的控制模型编译为代码并烧写到DSP中;此种方法在能够保证在恒流源和恒压源两种充电模式中电流和电压的稳定性,在放电过程中并网谐波电流总畸变率小于5%,功率因数基本为1;仿真结果和基于DSP2812的硬件平台实验都证明了这种方法的有效性。     

电力安全与超导磁储能系统

随着我国大规模电力系统的逐步形成，电网的安全稳定问题日渐突出，保证电力系统的安全稳定运行已经成为电网发展和运行的重要任务．超导磁储能系统以其对系统功率需求的快速响应特性可以为提高电力系统的稳定性提供新的技术途径，同时对改善电能质量、提高可靠性也有很好的技术优势．本文在简要论证电力安全的重要性的基础上，对SMES提高系统的安全稳定性的优越性进行了分析，并介绍了国家863计划项目“高温超导磁储能系统”的工作进展．     

Local vs. global redundancy – trade-offs between resilience against cascading failures and frequency stability

When designing or extending electricity grids, both frequency stability and resilience against cascading failures have to be considered amongst other aspects of energy security and economics such as construction costs due to total line length. Here, we compare an improved simulation model for cascading failures with state-of-the-art simulation models for short-term grid dynamics. Random ensembles of realistic power grid topologies are generated using a recent model that allows for a tuning of global vs local redundancy. The former can be measured by the algebraic connectivity of the network, whereas the latter can be measured by the networks transitivity. We show that, while frequency stability of an electricity grid benefits from a global form of redundancy, resilience against cascading failures rather requires a more local form of redundancy and further analyse the corresponding trade-off.     

一种新型电力网络局域世界演化模型

现实世界中的许多系统都可以用复杂网络来描述,电力系统是人类创造的最为复杂的网络系统之一.当前经典的网络模型与实际电力网络存在较大差异.从电力网络本身的演化机理入手,提出并研究了一种可以模拟电力网络演化规律的新型局域世界网络演化模型.理论分析表明该模型的度分布具有幂尾特性,且幂律指数在3—∞之间可调.最后通过对中国北方电网和美国西部电网的仿真以及和无标度网络、随机网络的对比,验证了该模型可以很好地反映电力网络的演化规律,并且进一步证实了电力网络既不是无标度网络,也不是完全的随机网络. 关键词： 电力网络 演化模型 局域世界 幂律分布     

地磁暴对电力系统的影响及防治策略

地磁暴是全球范围内地球磁场的剧烈扰动现象, 在电网中产生地磁感应电流(GIC)。电力变压器在GIC的作用下进入半波饱和状态, 其产生的谐波和增加的无功损耗影响电网电压稳定, 造成系统中继电保护装置误动, 随着电网电压等级的提高和电网规模的扩大, 地磁暴可能严重威胁电网安全运行。分析了变压器对GIC入侵后的响应, 以及次生灾害在电力系统中的传播过程, 阐明了磁暴对电力系统的影响机理, 分析了GIC对变压器、无功补偿设备和继电保护装置等设备的影响, 建立了GIC对系统电压稳定性影响的分析框架及基本方法, 最后提出了一种GIC优化治理策略, 与传统治理方法相比具有明显的优越性。     

复杂网络时空混沌同步的Backstepping设计

利用Backstepping设计进行了复杂网络时空混沌的同步研究.首先将实现两个混沌系统同步的Backstepping设计推广到由m个时空混沌系统构成任意结构的复杂网络的同步研究中.进一步依据稳定性理论确定了网络同步时配置系数和控制增益满足的关系.整个网络实现同步仅需要在网络中的一个节点施加控制输入即可.进一步通过仿真实验验证了同步机理的有效性.     

一种具有正弦基函数权值的反馈型神经网络模型

提出了一种新的两层反馈型神经网络模型. 该网络采用正弦基函数作为权值, 神经元激活函数为线性函数, 连接形式为两层反馈型结构. 研究并定义了该反馈型神经网络的能量函数, 分析了网络运行的稳定性问题, 并证明了在Liapunov意义下网络运行的稳定性. 网络运行过程中, 其权值不做调整(但随时间按正弦规律变化), 网络状态不断地转换. 随着网络状态变化其能量不断减小, 最终在达到稳定时能量到达极小点. 由于该反馈型神经网络权值为正弦函数, 特别适合于周期信号的自适应逼近和检测, 为实际中周期性信号检测与处理提供了一种新的、有效的网络模型和方法. 作为应用实例把该网络应用于电力系统中电压凹陷特征量实时检测, 仿真结果表明, 网络用于信号检测不仅有很高的静态精度, 而且有非常好的动态响应特性.     

分布式发电系统感性负载的远程混沌同步

对含有大规模感性负载分布式发电系统（DG）的远程同步进行研究.以风力发电机作为DG发电节点,以永磁同步电机作为实际感性负载,建立一个具有网络耦合作用的DG数学模型,分析不同拓扑网络结构（包括星型、多层网络结构型、随机网络结构型、实际电网IEEE39系统）DG系统感性负载的远程同步特性,进行数值仿真.研究表明：感性负载通过发电机组的中继作用可实现远程混沌同步.研究结果对保证分布式发电系统的同步稳定运行具有意义.     

非线性函数耦合的Chen吸引子网络的混沌同步

利用非对称非线性函数耦合混沌同步方法,讨论了Chen吸引子的混沌同步问题,数值模拟分析初始值和耦合强度因子的选择对于实现混沌同步的影响. 将非对称非线性函数耦合同步方法进一步推广发展到完全连接网络和由星形子网络构成的复杂大网络混沌同步的研究中. 提供了确定网络中神经元之间混沌同步状态稳定性的误差发展方程,并讨论各个耦合强度因子对网络同步稳定性过程的影响,给出了相应的稳定性范围. 通过数值模拟证明利用非线性函数作为耦合函数,实现完全连接网络、星形子网络构成大网络的混沌同步是有效的. 可以预测在网络的混沌同步 关键词： 非线性耦合函数 Chen吸引子 混沌同步 网络     

Monitoring,management, and protection of the Russia’s energy system on the basis of integrated GPS/GLONASS control

The physicochemical processes in the Earth’s upper atmosphere occurring during periods of high solar activity and causing distortions in satellite signals recorded on the receiver are examined. A direct connection between these phenomena and the factors influencing the safety of power grid operation is established. The possibility of operation of a power system at the limit of its stability, a mode that requires a fine power balancing is analyzed. It should be fully manageable and strictly controllable throughout all constituent parts, which poses complex scientific and technical problems due to the time-dependent nature of the processes occurring within the power system. Methods for the most efficient use of power lines, up to the limit of their capacity, are proposed. New approaches to ensuring the stability of monitoring, coordinated control, and protection are considered, being based on measurements of phasors (rotating vectors in the complex plane) and the parameters of transition processes. Various options for upgrading the electrical grid, which fill the gap between the management functions of energy transmission and the construction of new power lines, are analyzed. They are classified according to their profitability for the electricity market. Measures to provide the synchronization of the measuring equipment with allowance for possible failures in the operation of the GPS/GLONASS systems are outlined.