access icon free Alleviation of post-contingency overloads by SOCP based corrective control considering TCSC and MTDC

With the increasing installation of the high-voltage direct current device and flexible AC transmission system, the power transfer capability increases significantly. However, the risk of line overloads or even cascading failures caused by DC blocking or line outage also augments, which requires accurate and effective post-contingency corrective control (CC) actions. Traditional sensitivity-based methods are fast, but are less accurate and may suffer from the seesaw problem. Artificial intelligence optimisation-based methods usually exhibit better CC performance but are time-consuming. For fastly performing accurate CC actions, a second-order cone programming (SOCP)-based CC optimisation model for line overloads alleviation in meshed AC/DC power systems is proposed. Initially, to reduce the number of CC actions and optimisation variables (OVs), a heuristic search method is proposed to automatically select the most effective generators/loads for the overloaded lines. Subsequently, thyristor controlled series capacitor (TCSC) compensation levels and multi-terminal direct current (MTDC) power are treated as additional OVs to minimise load shedding/generation rescheduling. Additionally, to boost computational efficiency, SOCP format power flow equations for systems with MTDCs and TCSCs are proposed. Eventually, the effectiveness, accuracy, and superiority in computational efficiency of the proposed method are verified based on the modified IEEE 30-bus test system.

Inspec keywords: pattern clustering; power generation control; power generation reliability; failure analysis; mathematical programming; flexible AC transmission systems; thyristor applications; renewable energy sources; load flow; power generation scheduling; load shedding; power transmission control; search problems; DC power transmission; minimisation; power transmission reliability

Other keywords: load shedding minimisation; thyristor controlled series capacitor compensation levels; optimisation variables; flexible AC transmission system; line outage; power flow equations; large-scale renewable energy generation integration; meshed AC-DC power systems; second-order cone programming CC optimisation model; post-contingency corrective control; artificial intelligence optimisation-based method; SOCP-based CC optimisation model; sensitivity index; overloaded lines; high-voltage direct current device; multiterminal direct current power; MTDC; cascading failures; computational efficiency; post-contingency overload alleviation; smart grid; heuristic search method; SOCP based corrective control; DC blocking; clustering algorithm; TCSC; IEEE 30-bus test system; generation rescheduling minimisation; OV

Subjects: Combinatorial mathematics; Combinatorial mathematics; d.c. transmission; Power system management, operation and economics; a.c. transmission; Control of electric power systems; Optimisation techniques; Power convertors and power supplies to apparatus; Reliability; Optimisation techniques

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