Coordination of Renewable Hydro-Wind Units for Enhancing the Hydrothermal Power System Operation

协调可再生水力发电机组，加强水火发电系统运行电力行业的重组以及对能源安全和全球变暖的担忧，导致了风力发电机组等产生可再生和零排放能源的发电机组的迅速部署。然而，风能的间歇性和波动性问题给电力基础设施的安全管理带来了新的挑战。研究工作的目标是开发一个综合框架，通过在现有的水热发电系统中进行新颖的水-风协调来巩固电力系统中的风力发电。因此，臭名昭著的间歇性和波动性风力发电将成为一种可调度的发电资源，对旋转备用和额外传输能力的需求较小。该框架将作为下一代安全受限仿真软件工具的一部分进行实施和测试，该工具用于分析电力系统的经济、安全和环境问题，考虑到风电间歇性和波动性对电力系统运行的影响。智力优势：在研究中，将从最小化日常运行成本、满足小时运行约束和温室气体排放约束的角度对协调的水力风运行进行分析和量化。这项调查很重要，因为全世界都在考虑风力发电机组的高渗透率，以满足电力系统的经济目标以及运行和环境限制。项目团队有很高的资格进行这项研究，研究所的研究和教育设施也很充足。广泛的影响：这一努力也适用于其他具有类似间歇性和波动性的可再生能源形式，如太阳能。研究成果在实际电力系统中的实施有可能增强压力电力系统的运行，减少停电机会，减少温室气体排放，并提高国家的能源安全和可持续发展。教育活动与加强本科生和研究生水平的研究活动相结合，并让代表不足的学生群体广泛参与。少数族裔学生目前正在从事并将进一步参与风能研究。本科生将通过所在院校指定的跨专业项目课程参与研究活动。这项计划亦旨在提高市民的意识，以及促进差饷缴纳人、监管机构、政治人物、公用事业公司行政人员和市场参与者对电力系统运作的复杂性的了解。

Coordination of Renewable Hydro-Wind Units for Enhancing the Hydrothermal Power System OperationThe restructuring of electric power industry and concerns over energy security and global warming have resulted in a rapid deployment of generating units that produce renewable and emission-free energy such as wind power generating units. However, the intermittency and volatility issues of wind energy have introduced new challenges in managing the security of electricity infrastructure. It is the objective of the research effort to develop an integrated framework for firming of wind power generation in electric power systems through novel hydro-wind coordination in an existing hydrothermal power system. As a result, notoriously intermittent and volatile wind power generation will become a dispatchable generation resource with a smaller requirement for spinning reserves and additional transmission capacity. The framework will be implemented and tested as part of a next-generation security-constrained simulation software tool for analyzing the power system economics, security, and environmental issues considering the impacts of wind power intermittency and volatility on power system operations. Intellectual Merit: The coordinated hydro-wind operation will be analyzed and quantified in the study in terms of minimizing the daily operating cost, and satisfying hourly operating constraints, and greenhouse emission constraints. The investigation is important since a high penetration of wind power units is being considered worldwide for satisfying economic objectives as well as operating and environmental constraints in electric power systems. The project team is highly qualified to perform the study and the research and educational facilities at IIT are adequate.Broader Impacts: The effort also applies to other renewable energy forms with similar intermittency and volatility natures, such as solar energy. The implementation of the research results in practical power systems has the potential to enhance the operation of stressed power systems, to reduce the chance of blackouts, to lower the emission of greenhouse gases, and to improve the nation's energy security and sustainability.Educational activities are integrated with research activities enhanced at both undergraduate and graduate levels with broad participation of underrepresented student groups. Minority students are currently engaged and will be further involved in wind energy research. Undergraduate students will participate in the research activities through the designated inter-professional project courses at the home institution. It is also planed to increase public awareness and facilitate the understanding of the complexity of power systems operation among ratepayers, regulators, politicians, utility executives, and market participants.