- 1College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- 2Industrial Training Centre, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, China
- 3China Power Shentou Power Generation Co., Ltd., Shuozhou, China
1 Introduction
Integrating large-scale distributed energy resources in the power grid has presented significant obstacles to the reliable and stable operation of active distribution networks (Murray et al., 2021). These challenges include voltage magnitude violation and frequency fluctuations. Large-scale grid integration of DERs replaces synchronous units with high resistance to interferences, which affects the voltage regulation capability (Hirase et al., 2022; Zhou et al., 2021). If the ADNs suffers severe failures, the operation of off-grid renewable energy stations may exacerbate voltage deterioration because the input power cannot support ADNs in maintaining normal voltage range (Huang et al., 2017; Ding and Baggu, 2018). Moreover, traditional voltage regulation equipment like transformer tapping terminal and capacitor banks may struggle to handle voltage magnitude violation under a high proportion of DERs due to their long control cycles (Islam et al., 2015; Srivastava et al., 2023). Recently, researchers have explored options for improving the voltage quality of ADNs, including configuring energy storage, reducing consumption of flexible loads and adjusting power factors of PV prosumers (Amroune et al., 2019; Chandak et al., 2019; Sun et al., 2022). However, the capacity of energy storage and PV prosumers to regulate voltage is limited. The voltage regulation characteristics of DERs vary widely. Distributed energy storage provides flexible operation across all four quadrants, with adjustable capabilities for active and reactive power. Distributed PV systems typically operate at their maximum power point to maximize the utilization of solar energy. Flexible loads are generally classified as interruptible or shiftable (Zhong et al., 2023). However, frequent changes in flexible load states should be minimized to ensure customer satisfaction. Considering the varying voltage regulation characteristics of DERs, coordinated voltage regulation can significantly improve the efficacy of voltage emergency management and expedite voltage recovery in the event of severe faults (Ye et al., 2018; Shahbazi and Karbalaei, 2020; Ma et al., 2021; Huang et al., 2022). Therefore, this study aims to offer valuable insights and discussions regarding emergency voltage control in ADNs with a significant proportion of DERs.
The main contributions of this work can be twofold as listed: (1) A composite sensitivity analysis for voltage prioritization control is proposed for determining the regulating capacity and range of each distributed resource to achieve effective voltage control in emergency situations; (2) a coordinated emergency voltage control strategy of ADNs has been formulated based on various voltage regulation characteristics to minimize voltage deviation and load shedding during emergencies, which enhances the operational reliability of ADNs and enables efficient accommodation of DERs.
2 Composite sensitivity analysis for voltage prioritization control with PV prosumers
To effectively address voltage magnitude violation caused by ADNs faults and alleviate pressure on traditional voltage regulators, adjusting power output of distributed energy storage and reactive power output of PV prosumers is necessary to consider (Islam et al., 2015; Panasetsky and Voropai, 2009). However, since each distributed energy storage and PV prosumer has varying abilities to regulate the voltage at each node of the distribution network, a composite sensitivity analysis is necessary to determine the ability of distributed resources to adjust voltage on each node (SeokJu et al., 2019). A voltage prioritization control strategy has been proposed to coordinate the voltage regulation by DERs and traditional regulation equipment, as shown in Figure 1.
State variables such as voltage magnitude and phase angle can be altered by injecting power into energy storage or PV cluster. When the power of the energy storage or PV clusters increases, the power transmitted from the upper grid decreases, which reduces the voltage drop due to line losses and regulates the voltage of ADNs. The sensitivity analysis method calculates the voltage composite sensitivity matrix at each distribution network node by deriving the Newton-Raphson power flow calculation equation in polar coordinate form. The power equations expressed in polar coordinate form are presented as Equation 1:
where
where
where
where
3 Coordinated emergency voltage control strategy of active distribution networks
In the event of voltage collapse caused by severe disturbance in ADNs, it is possible that scheduling distributed resources that heavily impact overrun node may not necessarily result in voltage recovery. In order to address this issue, a coordinated emergency voltage control model for ADNs has been proposed to minimize voltage deviation and load shedding under fault scenarios (Cao et al., 2024a), as illustrated in Figure 1. This paper’s approach reduces the need for dispatching voltage control equipment and eases centralized control communication instead of implementing coordinated emergency voltage control directly. The objective function of emergency voltage control is formulated as Equation 9:
where
When optimizing operations, it is essential to consider the power balance of ADNs and the capacity and statues of DERs. The voltage deviation in the distribution network is affected by the active and reactive power flow, which can be controlled through optimal power flow (Panasetsky and Voropai, 2009). The main factors that affect the system power flow are the composite conductance and injected power of ADNs. PV clusters can regulate their own power output by changing the power factor, but the output cannot exceed the inverter capacity limit (Islam et al., 2015). To ensure the consumption ability of renewable energy resources, PV units normally operate at the maximum power point, which means the active output of PV prosumers is typically not dispatchable (Larsson et al., 2002). Therefore, ADNs need to be equipped with distributed energy storage with flexible regulation capabilities to regulate the power flow timely for avoiding the adverse effects of power fluctuations. Distributed energy storage has a four-quadrant power regulation capability, allowing it to adjust its active and reactive power output through charging and discharging (Xiong et al., 2020). However, distributed energy storage output should not exceed its inverter capacity limit, and must maintain a certain energy storage capacity (Tang et al., 2022). Additionally, there is a limit to the charging and discharging power of distributed energy storage.
When a fault strike causes the voltage of an active distribution network node exceed its limit, the distribution network coordinates the distributed resources in the regulation domain to address the local voltage regulation. Suppose the local voltage regulation is unsuccessful in restoring the voltage to the normal range. In that case, the distribution network then assesses the scheduling strategy of each voltage regulation resource and manages the status of remote-controlled switches to reconstruct network topology (Shi et al., 2021; Cao et al., 2024b). This is based on the coordinated emergency voltage control model, aiming to minimize voltage deviation and load shedding under the fault scenario.
In order to optimize emergency dispatch strategy for ADNs, several factors must be considered. The optimization variables of coordinated emergency voltage control strategy include diversified flexible resource regulation power source such as PV cluster and energy storage, transformer tap position and number of capacitor banks put into operation. The transformer tap position and number of capacitor banks are essential variables. While the proposed emergency dispatch model can be solved using second-order cone programming, the proposed emergency voltage control model for ADNs requires convex relaxation due to non-convexity resulting from secondary current constraints, etc. Therefore the constraints must be convexly relaxed and transformed into second-order cone constraints and linear constraints using the second order cone relaxation technique. The converted constraints are as shown in Equations 10–14:
where
4 Case studies
Simulations are conducted on modified IEEE 33-bus system to test the proposed emergency voltage control strategy with high PV prosumers penetration. The system includes four PV clusters and energy storage plants connected to ADNs. It is assumed that the capacity of each PV cluster and energy storage plant is 1.5 MW and 0.4 MW, respectively. The allowable maximum voltage deviation is set as 7%, with upper and lower voltage bounds at 1.07p.u. and 0.93p.u. The total output of the PV plants by 30 percent compared to the previous forecast caused by climate change, which lasted for almost an hour from the second moment. The total period and interval are set to 1 h and 5 min in the emergency scheduling, respectively.
The preeminence of the proposed strategy for emergency voltage control is verified by the comparative analysis of three strategies.
(1) Strategy 1: Traditional voltage regulating equipment, such as transformer tapping terminal and capacitor banks, participates in emergency voltage control based on a centralized optimization strategy.
(2) Strategy 2: DERs and traditional voltage regulating equipment, such as transformer tapping terminal and capacitor banks, participates in emergency voltage control based on a centralized optimization strategy.
(3) Strategy 3: DERs and traditional voltage regulating equipment, such as transformer tapping terminal and capacitor banks, participates in emergency voltage control based on the proposed strategy in this paper.
The division results of voltage regulation domain and the comparison of the voltage assessment index and resilience assessment index are shown in Table 1.
It can be found that the coordinated emergency voltage control strategy proposed in this paper improves voltage eligibility rate by 19.61% and reduces the average voltage deviation by 5.68% compared to Strategy 1. Meanwhile, the proposed strategy can satisfy the load demand to a great extent and reduces the amount of load shedding as the scheduling priority of local control. Compared to Strategy 2, the scheduling counts of voltage regulation equipment are reduced by 47.66%. The proposed strategy pays more attention to the local control of DERs in the regulating domain belonging to the overrun node than the centralized control, which improves the response rate of ADNs to emergency situation and the consumption of renewable energy resources.
5 Discussion and conclusions
A survey on emergency voltage control of ADNs with PV prosumers is presented in this paper. The following are the key findings of this study: 1) the proposed voltage prioritization control strategy analyzes a composite sensitivity matrix for determining voltage prioritization to alleviate the influence caused by emergency events. 2) A coordinated emergency voltage control strategy is proposed to reduce load shedding and voltage deviation; the voltage deviation can be alleviated by 5.68% and the scheduling counts of voltage regulation equipment are reduced by 47.66%. 3) Further research will focus on the strategy of network reconfiguration and the coordination of multiple repair teams during extreme weather, which will facilitate the resilient operations of ADNs.
Author contributions
HR: Writing–original draft, Writing–review and editing. XG: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing–review and editing. YW: Visualization, Writing–review and editing. JZ: Formal Analysis, Writing–review and editing. HJ: Formal Analysis, Writing–review and editing.
Funding
The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2023A1515110105) and Scientific Research Startup Fund for Shenzhen High-Caliber Personnel of SZPT (6022310042k).
Conflict of interest
Authors JZ and HJ were employed by China Power Shentou Power Generation Co., Ltd.
The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Keywords: active distribution networks, composite sensitivity analysis, coordinated emergency voltage control, distributed energy storage, photovoltaic
Citation: Ran H, Gao X, Wu Y, Zhang J and Jiang H (2024) A survey on emergency voltage control of active distribution networks with PV prosumers. Front. Energy Res. 12:1448040. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1448040
Received: 12 June 2024; Accepted: 23 July 2024;
Published: 06 August 2024.
Edited by:
Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, ChinaReviewed by:
Yonghui Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaSi-Zhe Chen, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Junjun Xu, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
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*Correspondence: Xiang Gao, gaoxiang@szpu.edu.cn