TY - GEN
T1 - Automatic generation control and its implementation in real time
AU - Apostolopoulou, Dimitra
AU - Sauer, Peter W.
AU - Domínguez-García, Alejandro D.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In power systems, the control mechanism responsible for maintaining the system frequency to the nominal value and the real power interchange between balancing authority areas to the scheduled values is referred to as automatic generation control (AGC). The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic way to determine, in real time, the power allocated to each generator participating in AGC by taking into account the cost and quality of the AGC service provided. To this end, we formulate the economic dispatch process and gain insights into the economic characteristics of the generating units. We value the quality of AGC service by taking into consideration the ramping constraints of the generating units. The proposed methodology is illustrated in the WECC system and is compared with other allocation methods.
AB - In power systems, the control mechanism responsible for maintaining the system frequency to the nominal value and the real power interchange between balancing authority areas to the scheduled values is referred to as automatic generation control (AGC). The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic way to determine, in real time, the power allocated to each generator participating in AGC by taking into account the cost and quality of the AGC service provided. To this end, we formulate the economic dispatch process and gain insights into the economic characteristics of the generating units. We value the quality of AGC service by taking into consideration the ramping constraints of the generating units. The proposed methodology is illustrated in the WECC system and is compared with other allocation methods.
KW - Area Control Error
KW - Automatic Generation Control
KW - Automatic Generation Control Allocation
KW - Optimal Power Flow
KW - System Dynamics
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2014.307
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2014.307
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902259421
SN - 9781479925049
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 2444
EP - 2452
BT - Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2014
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2014
Y2 - 6 January 2014 through 9 January 2014
ER -