Intelligent Unified Control of Unit Commitment and Generation Allocation

有效的电力系统运行需要在规划阶段对发电机组进行周密的计划承诺，并结合在操作控制阶段。通常，机组组合计划由考虑需求预测、固定安全约束和已知机组可用性的优化模型确定。操作控制器考虑实际随机需求、变化的安全储备和不可预见的单位损失。该项目将通过将规划和运行阶段整合到一个统一的控制框架中，将这些任务结合起来。规划阶段的重点将是考虑随机影响、意外情况和归因于潜在结束状态的价值。运营阶段的重点将是考虑较长期的影响，认识到需要采取纠正行动的情况，从实际经验和模拟事件中寻找相似的情况和潜在的行动进行学习。

Effective power system operation requires well-planned commitments of generating units in a planning phase combined with responsive real-time dispatching of power in an operational control phase. Typically, the unit commitment plan is determined by an optimization model that considers a forecast for demand, fixed security constraints, and known unit availabilities. The operational controller considers actual random demand, varying security reserves, and unforeseen unit losses. This project will combine these tasks by integrating the planning and operating phases in a unified control framework. The emphasis in the planning phase will be on considering random effects, contingencies and the values attributed to potential ending states. The emphasis on the operating phase will be on considering longer term effects, recognizing conditions requiring corrective actions, searching for similar situations and potential actions for learning from both practical experience and simulated events.