Multi-Area Monitoring and Transfer Capability Calculations in Restructured Power Systems

本项目关注多区域大型电力系统的安全监控和ATC计算问题，其中独立电网运营商对单个区域的网络数据和测量数据的访问有限。目标是开发一种通用的计算框架，可用于任何多区域系统应用，而不考虑单个区域运营商和应用本身的数据库和软件要求。所提出的方法的分布式特性的优点是，对于更复杂的互连系统，随着系统规模和区域数量的增加，它将保持有效。此外，它允许每个领域以自己的速度改进其软件和监测能力，而不需要与系统中的其他领域协调这项活动。项目重点研究了状态估计和ATC计算两个方面的应用。这些应用程序是在提出的多区域两级计算框架内制定的。除了其技术影响外，预计该项目还将对教育、研究生培训和指导代表性不足群体的学生产生更广泛的影响。该项目将雇用两名研究生，他们将在项目期间攻读研究生学位。他们将接受技术和实验室教学任务的培训，成为他们专业领域的未来教师。他们还将参与教材的开发，这些教材将在本科教学实验室中使用。

This project is concerned about the issues of security monitoring and ATC calculations for a multi-area large power system where an independent grid operator has limited access to the network data and measurements of individual areas. The goal is to develop a general computational framework which can be used for any multi-area system application regardless of the data base and software requirements of individual area operators and the applications themselves. The distributed nature of the proposed approach has the advantage that it will remain valid as the system size and the number of areas increase for more complex interconnected systems. Furthermore, it allows each area to improve its software and monitoring capabilities at its own pace without the need to coordinate this activity with the other areas in the system. The project focuses on two applications, namely the state estimation and the ATC calculations. These applications are formulated within the proposed multi-area two level computational framework. In addition to its technical impacts, the project is expected to have broader impacts on education, training of graduate students and mentoring of students from under-represented groups. The project will employ two graduate students who will pursue their graduate degrees during the project. They will be trained both technically and also via laboratory teaching assignments to become future instructors in their specialties. They will also be involved in the development of teaching materials which will then be used in undergraduate teaching laboratory.