Optimizing the net transfer capacity of a cross-border interconnector by Reactive Power Planning

In this paper, a method for Reactive Power Planning (RPP) is proposed which ensures voltage stability in a system with cross-border electricity flows. One or more cross-border tie-lines connect the Source-area, containing cheap generation, to the Sink-area which is willing to import this cheap power...

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Published in:IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors: Farrokhseresht, Mana, Farrokhseresht, Nakisa, Hesamzadeh, Mohammad Reza
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.07.2016
Subjects:
Closed-form solutions
Economics
Load flow
Net Transfer Capacity
Piecewise Linear Functions
Planning
Power system stability
Reactive power
Reactive Power Planning
Regression
Stability criteria
Voltage Stability
ISSN:1944-9933
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Summary:In this paper, a method for Reactive Power Planning (RPP) is proposed which ensures voltage stability in a system with cross-border electricity flows. One or more cross-border tie-lines connect the Source-area, containing cheap generation, to the Sink-area which is willing to import this cheap power. A mathematical method is used to maximize the economic benefit of the Sink-area with respect to the cost of the installed reactive compensators which maximize the Net Transfer Capacity (NTC) of the tie-lines. An analytic expression for the NTC does not exist and two methods are henceforth proposed to approximate the NTC: (1) approximation by a piecewise linear function and (2) by a polynomial obtained with statistical regression. The method is programmed in GAMS and formulated as a Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Programming problem (MINLP).
ISSN:1944-9933
DOI:10.1109/PESGM.2016.7742012