Topology-Cognizant Optimal Power Flow in Multi-Terminal DC Grids


Altun T., Madani R., Davoudi A.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, cilt.36, sa.5, ss.4588-4598, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/tpwrs.2021.3067025
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4588-4598
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Power transmission lines, Voltage control, Transmission line matrix methods, Switches, Optimization, Programming, Topology, HVDC transmission, multi-terminal dc grids, optimal power flow, optimal transmission switching, VSC-HVDC, CONVEX RELAXATION, AC/DC GRIDS, DROOP, APPROXIMATION, FORMULATION, SECURITY, STRATEGY, SYSTEMS, MTDC
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, we propose a topology-cognizant optimal power flow (OPF) paradigm with additional safety constraints for multi-terminal direct current (MTDC) grids. The resulting formulation is concerned with the optimization of controller set-points, i.e., voltage and power levels at each bus, and the switching status of transmission lines that collectively referred to as grid topology. A pair of additional safety constraints are integrated into the problem formulation to prevent voltage violations caused by power fluctuations in between two controller set-point updates. Searching for a grid topology that offers more efficient operation leads to a mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP) which is computationally challenging due to: i) Non-convex power flow equations, (ii) Non-convex converter loss equations, and iii) Binary variables accounting for the operational status of transmission lines. Non-convexities of power flows and converter loss equations are tackled by means of a mixed-integer second-order cone programming (MISOCP) relaxation, while the optimal switching status of transmission lines are determined via a branch-and-bound search. Numerical results for the modified IEEE 14, 30, and 57-bus systems are used to verify the merits of the proposed method. Furthermore, this method is experimentally validated using the CIGRE B4 DC grid benchmark in a real-time hardware-in-the-loop platform.