Скачать или смотреть Sadiq Ahmad: Beyond the Limit: Using Continuation Power Flow to Predict and Prevent Grid Collapse

Speaker: Sadiq Ahmad, Federal University of Technology, Minna Nigeria; MIT Center for International Studies

Abstract: To ensure sustainable power delivery amid rapid demand growth, modern power grids are characterised by advanced solutions, such as Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) and Distributed Generation (DG). For instance, FACTS deployment is required to manage congestion and meet technical and multilateral power supply transactions. Thermal, voltage, and stability limitations, however, constrain these power commitments. On the other hand, the drive to decarbonise the power supply framework is evident in the increased penetration of Distributed Generation (DG) within distribution networks. Coupled with increased load demand, the modern power grid becomes stressed and operated closer to its limits. Thus, the Continuation Power Flow (CPF) routine offers a promising tool for tracing the path of power flow solutions closer to their limits as a system parameter (e.g., load, generation) is consecutively increased. This presentation explores the capabilities of MATPOWER’s CPF in modern power grid scenarios, dominated by FACTS and DG planning. The CPF is primarily deployed to coordinate the optimal planning of FACTS and DG in an integrated Transmission and Distribution Network targeted at improving transfer capability, power losses and voltage profile.