EPNES: Collaborative Research: Power System Security Enhancement via Equilibrium Modeling and Environmental Assessment

这项研究项目的主要目标是在市场背景下为提高现代电力系统的安全性和效率制定一个全面的框架。我们关注独立系统运营者(ISO)的水平，作为控制和安全评估的自然水平，因为它是在能源系统放松管制后出现的。我们的计划由三个部分组成：1)以东北大学为中心的电力系统部分，2)以锡拉丘兹大学为中心的环境部分，以及3)以坦普尔大学为中心的市场部分。具体地说，我们计划探索使用现代凸优化和均衡方法来改进ISO级别的发电机调度的安全性方面，并执行详细的(每小时)发电机工厂模拟。这些模拟的结果将被用于环境模型，以评估植物负荷变化对东北地区环境的影响。环境研究的结果将反馈给电力系统模型，用于评估ISO运行对可能的法规和政策变化的敏感性。该计划包括一个完整的教育部分，围绕着我们工业合作伙伴的本科生和研究生实习、课程开发和拓展。项目团队包括工业合作伙伴(ISO新英格兰)，他们将担任我们的学生的技术顾问和东道主，并为所有涉及的模型提供现实的测试案例。就智力价值而言，该项目具有几个区别于现有活动的特点，因为它：1)提供电力系统、电力市场和环境建模工具之间的系统联系；2)提供关于不可避免的模型不确定性、经济和紧急响应政策变化的急需的敏感性研究；以及3)在同一主办组织的同一项目中包括本科生和研究生。该项目将与描述鲁棒控制理论中不确定性的方法建立新的联系，并开发程序以确保在不同领域(电力系统、经济、环境工程)使用的模型之间的兼容性。项目组织包括所有三个地点的院长参与，同时保持灵活性和对项目不断变化的需求的响应。就更广泛的影响而言，该项目将在三个不同的研究领域(电力工程、监管经济学和环境工程)之间开发一个研究协调模型，这些领域在ISO体系效率和安全性等问题上密切相关。它将允许重新检查每个领域的建模假设和实践，考虑到来自其他两个领域的见解，从而使思想和人员能够更好地流动。我们还计划在所有三所院校的过往记录的基础上，吸引和留住来自代表性不足群体的学生，东北大学多元文化工程项目主任将协调这一努力。该计划的教育效益包括开发课程和教材、面向本科生的外展活动，以及对博士生的培训，这些博士生将在能源处理系统、环境工程和监管经济学领域的生产性工作中处于独特的地位。

The main goal of this research project is to develop a comprehensive framework for improvement of security and efficiency of modern power systems in a market context. We focus on the level of an Independent System Operator (ISO) as a natural level for control and security assessment, as it has emerged after energy system deregulation.Our program consists of three components: 1) power system component, centered at Northeastern University, 2) environmental component, centered at Syracuse University, and 3) market component, centered at Temple University. Specifically, we plan to explore use of modern convex optimization and equilibrium methods in improving security aspects of generator scheduling on the ISO level and to perform detailed (hourly) generator plant simulations. Results of these simulations will be used in environmental models to assess effects of variations in plant loadings on the environment in the Northeast. The results of environmental studies will be fed back to power system models used to assess the sensitivities of the ISO operation to possible regulatory and policy changes. The program includes an integral educational component, built around undergraduate and graduate student internships at our industrial partners, course development and outreach. The project team includes industrial partners (ISO New England) who will serve as technical advisors and as a host to our students, and provide realistic test cases for all models involved.In terms of intellectual merit, this program has several features distinguishing it from existing activities, as it: 1) provides for systematic links among power system, electricity market, and environmental modeling tools; 2) provides for much needed sensitivity studies with respect to inevitable model uncertainties, changes in economic and emergency response policies; and 3) includes undergraduate and graduate students in the same project at the same host organization. The project will establish new links with methods for describing uncertainty in robust control theory, and develop procedures for guaranteeing compatibility among models used in various domains (power systems, economics, environmental engineering). The project organization includes participation of Deans at all three sites, while remaining flexible and responsive to the evolving needs of the project.In terms of broader impact, this project will develop a model of research coordination among three distinct research areas (power engineering, regulatory economics, and environmental engineering) that are closely coupled in issues like ISO system efficiency and security. It will allow for reexamination of modeling assumptions and practices in each area given the insight from the other two, thus enabling a better flow of ideas and people. We also plan to build on the track record of all three institutions in attracting and retaining students coming from under-represented groups, and the Director of multicultural engineering programs at Northeastern will coordinate this effort. Educational benefits of the program include development of courses and teaching material, outreach activities involving undergraduate students, and training of PhD students who will be uniquely positioned for productive work in the areas of energy processing systems, environmental engineering and regulatory economics.