Operation and Control of Smart Distribution Systems

可靠、高效、低成本和高质量的电力供应是改善和保持加拿大高生活水平的主要因素。目前，电力供应面临着来自不同方面的许多挑战，如环境污染、本土能源供应的下降和能源基础设施的老化。尽管人们普遍认为，集中式发电厂仍将是未来电力供应的主要来源，但很明显，简单地将更多的中央发电厂和电线连接在一起，可能会导致电力系统更加脆弱。最近能源系统的重组为发电创造了一种竞争格局，并为分散能源的利用开辟了一个新时代，即所谓的分布式发电(DG)。DG潜在的低成本、更高的服务可靠性、高电能质量、更高的能源效率以及能源独立性和安全性都是人们对DG感兴趣的原因。此外，由于大多数DG技术是可持续的，如风能、光伏、地热或水力发电，或清洁能源，如燃料电池，可以实现显著的环境效益。增加DG技术的部署可以对加拿大政府的能源政策目标产生有利影响，这些目标是减少排放、确保可靠的能源供应和促进市场竞争。此外，能源行业正在朝着实施智能电网的方向发展。这一愿景的自然演变是将传统配电系统转变为智能配电系统(SDSS)，智能配电系统托管分布式和可再生发电机组、储能设备、负载管理控制器、电网自动化设备和具有无缝集成特征的算法。拟议的研究工作旨在开发先进的模型、操作和控制算法，以促进SDSS设备及时和安全地集成到现有网络中。这项研究将帮助公用事业部门消除目前阻碍在公用事业电网中部署可持续和其他清洁能源、智能自动化设备和控制算法的障碍。

Reliable, efficient, low-cost, and high-quality electricity supply is a major factor in improving and maintaining a high standard of living in Canada. Currently, electricity supplies face numerous challenges from different avenues such as environmental pollution, decline of indigenous energy supplies, and aged energy infrastructure. Although it is generally accepted that centralized electric power plants will remain the major source of electric power supply for the future, it is evident that simply stringing together additional central plants and wires can lead to a more vulnerable power system. Recent restructuring of the energy system has created a competitive landscape for power generation and opened a new era for the utilization of decentralized energy sources or what is known as Distributed Generation (DG). The potential lower cost, higher service reliability, high power quality, increased energy efficiency, and energy independence and security are all reasons for interest in DG. Moreover, since most of the DG technologies are sustainable such as wind, photovoltaic, geothermal or hydroelectric, or clean energy sources such as fuel cells, significant environmental benefits can be achieved. Increased deployment of DG technologies can have a beneficial impact on Canadian Government energy policy goals which are reducing emissions, ensuring reliable energy supply, and promoting competitive markets. Further, the energy sector is moving toward implimenting the smart grid. The natural evolution of this vision is the transformation of conventional distribution systems into Smart Distribution Systems (SDSs), which host distributed and renewable generation units, energy storage devices, load management controllers, grid-automation devices and algorithms with seamless integration characteristics. The proposed research work aims to develop of advanced models, operation and control algorithms that will facilitate timely and safe integration of SDSs devices into existing networks. This research will help the utilities sector eliminate the current barriers impeding deployment of sustainable and other clean sources, intelligent automation devices and control algorithms into the utility grid.