Reliability Analysis Methods For Power Systems With Substantial Penetration Of Renewable Generating Resources

Committee:

Dr. Sakis Meliopoulos, ECE, Chair , Advisor

Dr. Maryam Saeedifard, ECE

Dr. Nagi Gebraeel, ISyE

Dr. Santiago Grijalva, ECE

Dr. Daniel Molzahn, ECE

Abstract:

The objective of this thesis is to develop reliability assessment models of power systems with wind farms (WF) and/or solar farms (SF); each WF may have a number of wind turbine systems (WTSs) and each SF may have a number of solar cell generators (SCGs). These models involve finding WF/SF power output probability. Three different methods for computing the generated power probability distribution function (PDF) of a WF or a SF are proposed: (1) analytical method, (2) non-sequential Monte Carlo simulation, and (3) sequential Monte Carlo simulation. Historical wind speed/solar radiation data are utilized to perform the study. Further, force outage rates (FORs) of components are incorporated in the process of computing the WF/SF generated power PDF. All methods yield comparable results. The usefulness of the computed PDF is demonstrated by integrating them into a probabilistic production costing (PPC) model for assessing the reliability of a system comprising one or more WFs/SFs. A further development of these models includes a unit commitment economic dispatch model (UCED) to simulate real operation of power systems, specifically CG constraints in presence of VG at different penetration levels. Also, the UCED will be used to solve for optimal energy storage system (ESS) sizing and its expected charging and discharging power profile. This profile determines the expected ESS effect on reliability. The optimal ESS sizing problem is modeled as a mixed integer linear program (MILP) that takes into account: (a) VG units FORs, (b) reserve and demand requirements, and (c) CG operational constraints. (d) seasonal wind speed, solar radiation, and demand correlation.