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Situational Awareness and Protection Technologies for Low-Carbon Economic Operation of New Power Systems

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A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Power Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 October 2024 | Viewed by 4088

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Dr. Yi Wang

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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: power system estimation; parameters identification; power system dynamics; signal processing; cyber security

Prof. Dr. Yonghui Sun

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College of Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Interests: power systems; optimal planning and operation of integrated energy system; optimization algorithms; data analysis

Dr. Yaoqiang Wang

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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: power electronics and electrical drives; renewable power generation; new energy power system; power system operation and control

Dr. Yanxun Guo

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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: fault analysis and protection of power system; DC circuit breaker

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Dear Colleagues,

With the challenges associated with global climate change, the "low-carbon economy" based on low energy consumption, low pollution and low emissions has become a frequently debated topic at a global scale, which places a further emphasis on the need to develop higher requirements for the safe operation of power system.

State estimation, or situational awareness, and protection technologies are the key technology that can acquire, understand, display and predict the future development trend of factors that can cause changes in the system’s situation in a large-scale system environment. It has been applied in many aspects such as power energy, aerospace, etc. The new power system has diverse application scenarios, complex operating conditions and strong safety constraints. Therefore, how to apply situational awareness and protection technologies to adapt to different scenarios and ensure the reliable, safe, high-quality, low-carbon and economic operation of the new power system has become an important topic of research within the field. Especially considering the continuous improvement in real-time scheduling, reliability and economic requirements, the new power system situational awareness technology for low-carbon economic operation of electric power energy has become a major demand.

This Special Issue focuses on the development of state estimation, situational awareness and protection technologies of power systems. It aims to lay a foundation for the low-carbon economic and safe operation of new power systems. The topics of the presentations and research papers include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Modeling of new power system for static or dynamic state estimation.

(2) Implementation effect evaluation of new power system situational awareness technology.

(3) Prediction of future development trend of new power system situational awareness technology.

(4) Standardization of new power system situational awareness technology.

(5) Practical application scenarios of the new power system situational awareness technology.

(6) Optimization method of new power system situational awareness technology.

(7) Fault analysis and fault characteristic extraction methods of new power system.

(8) New protection schemes suitable for various fault conditions of new power system.

(9) Coordination of protection and converter control for improving security and resilience of new power system.

Dr. Yi Wang
Prof. Dr. Yonghui Sun
Dr. Yaoqiang Wang
Dr. Yanxun Guo
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Keywords

ower systems
state estimation
modeling and control
situational awareness technology
fault analysis
relay protection
low-carbon economic operation

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A Fusion Adaptive Cubature Kalman Filter Approach for False Data Injection Attack Detection of DC Microgrids

by Po Wu, Jiangnan Zhang, Shengyao Luo, Yanlou Song, Jiawei Zhang and Yi Wang

Electronics 2024, 13(9), 1612; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13091612 - 23 Apr 2024

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With the widespread application of information technology in microgrids, microgrids are evolving into a class of power cyber–physical systems (CPSs) that are deeply integrated with physical and information systems. Due to the high dependence of microgrids’ distributed cooperative control on real-time communication and system state information, they are increasingly susceptible to false data injection attacks (FDIAs). To deal with this issue, in this paper, a novel false data injection attack detection method for direct-current microgrids (DC MGs) was proposed, based on fusion adaptive cubature Kalman filter (FACKF) approach. Firstly, a DC MG model with false data injection attack is established, and the system under attack is analyzed. Subsequently, an FACKF approach is proposed to detect attacks, capable of accurately identifying the attacks on the DC MG and determining the measurement units injected with false data. Finally, simulation validations were conducted under various DC MG model conditions. The extensive simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method surpasses traditional CKF detection methods in accuracy and effectiveness across different conditions. Full article

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Bad Data Repair for New Energy Stations in Power System Based on Multi-Model Parallel Integration Approach

by Chenghao Li, Mingyang Liu, Ze Gao, Yi Wang and Chunsun Tian

Electronics 2024, 13(5), 870; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13050870 - 23 Feb 2024

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The accurate and reliable acquisition of measurement information is very important for the stable operation of power systems, especially the operation status information of new energy stations. With the increasing proportion of new energy stations in power systems, the quality issues of data from these stations, caused by communication congestion, interference, and network attacks, become more pronounced. In this paper, to deal with the issue of low accuracy and poor performance of bad data restoration in new energy stations, a novel deep learning approach by combining the modified long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network and Wasserstein generative adversarial network with gradient penalty (WGAN-GP) is proposed. The proposed method can be implemented in a parallel ensemble way. First, the normal data set acquired from multiple sections of new energy stations is utilized to train the modified LSTM and WGAN-GP model. Secondly, according to the data characteristics and rules captured by each model, the two models are systematically integrated and the bad data repair model pool is constructed. Subsequently, the results of model repair are screened and merged twice by the parallel integration framework to obtain the final repair result. Finally, the extensive experiments are carried out to verify the proposed method. The simulative results of energy stations in a real provincial power grid demonstrate that the proposed method can effectively repair bad data, thereby enhancing the data quality of new energy stations. Full article

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Optimal Capacity Configuration of Energy Storage in PV Plants Considering Multi-Stakeholders

by Fan Sun, Weiqing Wang and Dongliang Nan

Electronics 2024, 13(4), 760; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13040760 - 14 Feb 2024

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With the integration of large-scale renewable energy generation, some new problems and challenges are brought for the operation and planning of power systems with the aim of mitigating the adverse effects of integrating photovoltaic plants into the grid and safeguarding the interests of diverse stakeholders. In this paper, a methodology for allotting capacity is introduced, which takes into account the active involvement of multiple stakeholders in the energy storage system. The objective model for maximizing the financial proceeds of the PV plant, the system for the storage of energy, and a power grid company is studied. Then, in order to maximize the benefit of three stakeholders, a modified particle swarm optimization algorithm is devised, employing the prevailing typical allocation strategy. Finally, a case study is provided based on the modified IEEE 14-bus and the actual power grid from South Xinjiang, China. The simulation results and findings of the case study conclusively illustrate that the proposed methodology adeptly ensures the maximization of interests for the triad of stakeholders. Full article

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Dynamic Aggregation Method for Load Aggregators Considering Users’ Deviation Electricity

by Linxi Li, Xun Dou, Hanyu Yang, Yadie Fu, Jiancheng Yu, Xianxu Huo and Chao Pang

Electronics 2024, 13(2), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020278 - 08 Jan 2024

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Constructing a new energy-based power system is not only an important direction for the transformation and upgrade of China’s power system, but also a key to achieving peak carbon and carbon neutrality. How to fully utilize situation awareness technology to adapt to diverse and differentiated scenarios has become a crucial breakthrough point for ensuring the reliable, safe, high-quality, low-carbon, and economical operation of the new power system. Starting from the distribution network demand resources, this paper proposes a dynamic aggregation method for load aggregators considering the user deviation quantity, to deal with the current situation that the adjustable load-side resource points are multi-faceted and wide, and the operating subjects are complex and difficult to participate directly in the grid dispatch. First, considering there is subjectivity in the electricity behavior of users under the jurisdiction of the load aggregator, a deviation amount may be generated during the actual aggregation process, which reduces the profit of the load aggregator. Therefore, a load aggregator-level user deviation dynamic volume forecasting method based on the Markov chain is proposed, which is used to predict the deviation quantity of users during the dispatch cycle and achieve a dynamic status estimate on the load side of the new power system. On this basis, a dynamic aggregation model for load aggregators based on the deviation volume was constructed with the objective of maximizing the revenue of load aggregators. The examples, by comparing the aggregation results of users under three scenarios, show the proposed method can effectively guarantee the income of load aggregators, verify the effectiveness of the proposed dynamic aggregation strategy, and provide technical support for the operation situation awareness of the load side of the new power system. Full article

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A Current Differential Protection Scheme for Distribution Networks with Inverter-Interfaced Distributed Generators Considering Delay Behaviors of Sequence Component Extractors

by Gang Wang, Min Huang, Hao Bai, Jie Li, Ruotian Yao, Haoming Wang and Chengxin Li

Electronics 2023, 12(23), 4727; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12234727 - 21 Nov 2023

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The high-level proliferation of inverter-interfaced distributed generators (IIDGs) in modern distribution networks (DNs) has changed system topologies and fault current signatures, which compromises the protective relays in DNs. Investigating IIDG fault behaviors-based protection scheme will benefit the grid’s safety and stability. This paper proposes a novel current differential protection (CDP) scheme that considers the delay behaviors of positive- and negative-sequence component extractors for IIDGs in DNs. A frequency-domain analytical model of the fault current for a grid-connected IIDG with the PQ control strategy and a low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability is investigated. The dynamic behavior of the IIDGs considering the sequence-component extractor based on the Pade approximation is presented, where the T/4 delay extractor of the IIDGs causes a two-stage behavior in the fault transient process. It is found that a 5 ms error between the measured and actual values after the fault will affect the transient characteristics of the IIDGs. The transient current generated by the IIDGs during grid faults contains a large number of low-order harmonic components within the range of 0–200 Hz, which is significantly different to the current provided by the power grid. Therefore, the proposed CDP scheme uses protective relays at both terminals to obtain the required transient electric quantity using the Prony method. By constructing the frequency-characteristics ratio (FCR) and the exchanging FCR between two terminal relays, the developed protection criteria are implemented. The accuracy of the fault analysis method, whose maximum computational error is below 0.1%, and the feasibility of the proposed protection scheme are demonstrated by using a 10 kV DN in a PSCAD/EMTDC simulation, which can be applied to various fault conditions and traditional DNs without IIDGs. Full article

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Convolution Power Ratio Based on Single-Ended Protection Scheme for HVDC Transmission Lines

by Guangqiang Peng, Lixin Chen, Jiyang Wu, Huimin Jiang, Zhijie Wang and Haifeng Li

Electronics 2023, 12(23), 4883; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12234883 - 04 Dec 2023

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In order to solve the problems of insufficient abilities to withstand transition resistance under remote faults and difficulties in identifying internal and external faults for HVDC transmission line protection, a new single-ended protection scheme based on time-domain convolutional power was proposed. In this scheme, the ratio of time-domain convolution power at different frequencies is used to detect internal and external faults, and the long window convolution power is used to form the pole selection criteria. Due to the integration of transient power fault characteristics at high and low frequencies, this scheme amplifies the characteristic differences between internal and external faults caused by DC line boundaries and has a strong ability to withstand transition resistance. Based on PSCAD/EMTDC, simulation verification was conducted on the Yunnan–Guangzhou ±800 kV HVDC project. The results show that the proposed single-ended protection scheme can effectively identify fault poles, as well as internal and external faults. It has strong resistance to transition resistance and certain anti-interference ability and has strong adaptability to DC line boundaries, which meets the protection requirements of HVDC transmission systems for high speed, selectivity and reliability. Full article

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