U.S.-U.K. Cooperative Research: Application of Direct Methods for Power System Operational Planning

该奖项将支持加州大学伯克利分校电子研究实验室的Felix F.Wu博士和伦敦帝国理工学院电机系的Brian J.Cory教授之间的合作研究。研究目的是建立一套适用于电力系统运行规划的动态安全评估指标。在动态安全评估中，主要关注的是系统在发生重大扰动后保持稳定的能力，例如输电线路因雷击或发电机停运而停运。这项研究将基于加州大学伯克利分校开发的关于稳定区域准确表征的理论工作，以及帝国理工学院在业务规划方面的专业知识。帝国理工学院开发的电力系统仿真交互图形工具将作为开发动态安全指标的重要工具。研究成果可用于在输电网络中设定更符合实际的输电能力，从而允许更多的电力在地区之间转移，并降低系统的整体生产成本。帝国理工学院能源和电力系统小组是英国电力系统领域最大的研究小组之一。该小组拥有相当多的专业知识，特别是在电力系统运营规划方面。美国研究人员吴博士和他的英国合作者布莱恩·科尼博士都是这项拟议研究主题的国际公认的专家。

This award will support collabortive research between Dr. Felix F. Wu, Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and Professor Brian J. Cory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. The objective of the research is to develop a set of indices for dynamic security assessment in power system operational planning. The main concern in dynamic security assessment is the ability of the system to remain stable after a major disturbance, such as transmission line outage due to lightning or generator outage. The research will be based on the theoretical work on exact characterization of stability regions developed at the University of California, Berkeley and the expertise in operational planning at the Imperial College. The interactive graphics facility for power system simulation developed by Imperial College will be used as an essential tool in the development of dynamic security indices. The research results can be utilized to set more realistic power transfer capabilities in a transmission network, thus allowing more power to be transferred between regions and reducing the overall production costs of the system. The Energy and Power Systems Group at Imperial College is one of the largest research groups in the power systems field in the U.K. The group has considerable expertise, especially in power system operational planning. Both the U.S. investigator Dr. Wu and his British collaborator Dr. Brian Cony are internationally recognized experts on the topic of the proposed research.