Open AccessFrequency stability improvement in wind‐thermal dominated power grids
Author(s) -
AshouriZadeh Alireza,
Toulabi Mohammadreza,
Dobakhshari Ahmad Salehi,
Ranjbar Ali Mohammad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet generation, transmission and distribution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.92
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1751-8695
pISSN - 1751-8687
DOI - 10.1049/iet-gtd.2019.0875
Subject(s) - electric power system , wind power , frequency response , frequency deviation , control theory (sociology) , turbine , power system simulation , renewable energy , automatic frequency control , computer science , engineering , power (physics) , electrical engineering , telecommunications , mechanical engineering , control (management) , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics
With the proliferation of intermittent renewable energy sources, power systems need to withstand an increasing number of disturbances that may affect system frequency. In this paper, we focus on the effects of high penetration level of wind turbine‐generators (WTG) on the power system operational planning from the frequency point of view. Specifically, an exact formulation for the minimum frequency calculation is presented to increase accuracy and speed of analyses. Then, the effect of WTG's frequency response on the power system frequency stability is investigated to compute the maximum acceptable generation outage as a function of penetration level. Finally, as an application to power system operational planning, the obtained frequency dynamics of the power system and the wind turbine frequency response are integrated into the unit commitment problem. Simulations are performed on the IEEE 39‐bus test system to study the effects of the WTGs on the frequency stability of the system. Results illustrate a more secure and reliable operation of the power system when the wind turbines participate in the frequency regulation task. Moreover, including the frequency response of the wind turbines in the unit commitment problem can reduce the ancillary cost, meanwhile increase the frequency stability of the system.