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Brief Overview of CURENT Control Architecture for the Future Power Grid Kevin Tomsovic University of Tennessee CURENT Center Director [email protected]
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Brief Overview of CURENT

Control Architecture for the Future Power Grid

Kevin Tomsovic

University of Tennessee

CURENT Center Director

[email protected]

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NSF Engineering Research Centers

• NSF program of focused research on an engineering problem. Among the most

significant investments NSF will make in an area with support for up to 10 years.

• Program elements include:

• Outreach (K-12 education)

• Research experience for undergraduates

• Entrepreneurship training

• Industry program

• Systems engineering approach

• International collaboration

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CURENT – NSF/DOE ERC

• One of only two ERCs funded jointly by NSF and DOE. Core budget: ~$4M/year

for 5-10 years but highly leveraged to be able to fully support programs.

• CURENT only ERC devoted to wide area controls and one of only two in power

systems.

• Partnership across four universities in the US and three international partner

schools. Many opportunities for collaboration.

• Expect 50+ industry members to eventually join. Presently have 27 members.

• Center began Aug. 15th 2011

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US Wind and Solar Resources

Best wind and solar sources are

far from load centers.

Transmission networks

must play a central role in

integration.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/ilands/fig12.html

Wind

Solar

Population

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Rapid Retirement of Coal Plants in North America

Change in generation mix challenge

long term planning

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=7290

Brattle Group http://grist.org/article/2010-12-13-new-reports-show-huge-wave-of-coal-plant-closures-coming/

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/natural-gas-gamble-risky-

bet-on-clean-energy-future#.VmOc48pgvAo5

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Growth in electricity consumption

• Transmission investment has lagged generation investment and led to

several bottlenecks in the Eastern interconnect and Western interconnect.

• Limited transmission impacting reliability and cost, preventing full use of

renewables

• Inflexible capabilities leads to inefficient investment in grid infrastructure

Transmission constraint events

US Grid Infrastructure – Aging and Inflexible

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CURENT Vision

• A nation-wide transmission grid that is fully monitored and dynamically controlled for high efficiency, high

reliability, low cost, better accommodation of renewable sources, full utilization of storage, and

responsive load.

• A new generation of electric power and energy systems engineering leaders with a global perspective

coming from diverse backgrounds.

Multi-terminal HVDC

Monitoring and sensing Communication

Control and Actuation

Computation

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Electromechanical Wave Phenomena

Wide Area Measurement

FNET Monitors

in the Field

FDR Sensor

Unique Capabilities: UWA real-time grid monitoring system at UTK – Yilu Liu

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Power Grid

Measurement

&Monitoring

Communication

Actuation

PMU0PMU

PMUPMU0

PMUFDR

WAMS

Communication

PSS

Generator

Storage

HVDC

Wind Farm

FACTS

Solar Farm

Responsive Load

Wide Area Control of

Power Grid

What is CURENT?

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Three-plane DiagramEn

ablin

g T

echn

olog

ies

Engi

neer

ed S

yste

ms

Fund

amen

tal

Know

ledg

e

ControlControl Actuation Actuation

Control Architecture

Actuator & Transmission Architecture

System-level Actuation FunctionsCommunication

& Cyber-security

Estimation

Economics & Social Impact

Barriers· System complexity· Model validity· Multi-scale· Inter-operability

Barriers· Poor measurement design· Cyber security· Actuation & control

limitation

· Barriers· Lack of wide-area control

schemes· Measurement latency· Inflexible transmission

systems

MonitoringMonitoring ModelingModeling

Situational Awareness & Visualization

Wide-area Measurements

Modeling Methodology

Hardware Testbed

Large Scale Testbed

Testbeds

Control Design &

Implementation

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Day Hour Minute Second Cycle

Device

Substation

Region

Balancing

Authority

Wide Area

Ultra-wide Area

AGC

LTC

AVR

UFLS

SVC

Fixed Comp.

RAS

Schemes

Unit

CommitmentEconomic

Dispatch

PSS

HVDC

Device

Protection

Today’s Operations

Some Wide Area and Some Fast but not Both

Limited communication

Minimal sensing

Traditional uncoordinated controlsDistributed coordinated actuation with

extensive measurements

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Economic

Dispatch

Day Hour Minute Second Cycle

Device

Substation

Region

Balancing

Authority

Wide Area

Ultra-wide

AreaIntegrated Secure

Dispatch and

Frequency Control

Demand

Response

Distributed

Frequency Control

Frequency Control Wide area with distributed actuation

Wide area communication Distributed coordinated actuation

Renewables

Support

UFLS

AGC

Extensive Sensing

HVDC

FACTS

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CURENT Control and Coordination Architecture

Resilience and scalability by

o Distributed – renewables,

grid, storage, and demand

as active control participants

o Measurements (learning

and adaptive, data-driven)

o Modularized, hierarchical,

global signals so distributed

with context

o Sharing resources (reduced

impact of uncertainty)Contextual

Level k-1

Contextual

Level k

Global /Local

Control

Global signals

Frequency and time

Wide area measurements

C1 tier

C2-C3 layers

Local measurements

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Large Scale Testbed

Objectives

• Develop a large scale simulation platform

to demonstrate CURENT technology

• Establish regional system models for wide area

system studies

• Demonstrate how CURENT technology can

improve the existing systems

NPCC system with PMU placement for observability

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• Regional – NPCC and WECC: Maintain unique

characteristics with manageable data issues

• Show how wide-area monitoring and control can

improve voltage security and oscillations in NPCC

• Dynamic modeling for 179+ bus system in WECC

System Models

• Highly aggregated systems. Integration with

Hardware testbed and RTDS

• Large system: EI 70,000 bus & WECC 15,000 bus

• Detailed positive sequence models

• Future scenario studies

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Hardware System Testbed

Objectives

• Emulate grid with interconnected clusters of

scaled-down generators and loads.

• Use modular, reconfigurable converters for

generators, loads, flexible network, and scenario

emulation.System Models

• Developed several emulators: synchronous generator,

wind generator (2 types), solar, flywheel, transmission

line, ZIP load, and induction motor.

• Four clusters constructed. Use of real measurement

(PMU and FNET) data as well as communication.

• Two area system demonstrated with voltage collapse

scenario. PMU based.

• Remote control-room type environment using large

display wall and Labview environment has been setup to

allow a more coordinated operation.

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Research Roadmap

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Example Wide Area Controls

• Sharing resources among different devices• Flat systems - distributed frequency control

• Communications• Distributed damping control

• Robustness• Sensor/communication failures

• Actuator availability

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Distributed Contextual Control: Frequency

Regulation for High Penetration of Wind

Generation

Maryam H. Variani, Kevin Tomsovic

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Motivation

• Decline of the Eastern Interconnection frequency response of about 60-70 MW/0.1HZ/year.

• NERC new reliability standard: BAL003- balancing area frequency response obligation.

Today:

Each BA must balance loads and

resources within its borders

Source : Briefing on Energy Imbalance Market, Mark Rothleder, Califorinia ISO

In an EIM:

The market dispatches resources

across BAs to balance energy

More

Primary Frequency Response

• Energy Imbalance Market (EIM):

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Introduction

• Frequency regulation at conventional units needs to be modified to cope with high penetration of wind and PV.

• Studies show that it may be both technically and economicallyfeasible for wind plants to supply regulation under somecircumstances.

• Two-Level Control Structure

o To allow high penetration (e.g., 50%) of renewable resources,conventional controls need to be replaced by a simpler structure.

o The proposed structure consists of local control operating within aglobal context of situational awareness at different levels.

Contextual Control

Selects one of a finite number of system-level

control goals that best reflect needs based on

overall system status at a given moment.

Local Control

Individual components andloads operate in a manner to follow somedesired trajectory based on local observationsto manage deviations.

Flatness-based approach is well adopted to control systems

in two levels of planning, trajectory generation, and

tracking the desired trajectories.

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Definition

o 𝒚 = 𝒉(𝒙, 𝒖, 𝒖ሶ , … , 𝒖(𝜸))o 𝒙 and 𝒖 are computable without integration:

𝒙 = 𝝋 𝒚, 𝒚ሶ , … , 𝒚 𝜶−𝟏

𝒖 = 𝝍(𝒚, 𝒚ሶ , … , 𝒚(𝜶))

F l a t S y s t e m s

The nonlinear system

𝒙ሶ = 𝒇 𝒙, 𝒖 𝒙 ∈ 𝑹𝒎, 𝒖 ∈ 𝑹𝒏

is said (differentially) flat if and only if there exists n independent scalarfunctions 𝒉 = (𝒉𝟏, … , 𝒉𝒏) such that:

The vector 𝐲 is called the flat output.

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𝒚(𝜶)

= 𝒗

𝒙 𝒕 , 𝒖(𝒕)

𝒙ሶ = 𝒇 𝒙, 𝒖

(𝒚 𝒕 , 𝒚ሶ𝒕 , … , 𝒚(𝜶)

(𝒕))

Trajectory Generation

To every curve 𝒕 ↦ 𝒚(𝒕) enough differentiable,

there corresponds a trajectory

𝒕 ↦𝒙 𝒕𝒖 𝒕

that identically satisfies the system

equations.

F l a t S y s t e m s

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Trajectory Tracking

Stabilization of the tracking error:

Given the reference with ,

assuming that 𝑦, … , 𝑦(𝛼−1) are measured or are suitably estimated.

By setting:

The gains 𝒌𝒊, 𝒊 = 𝟎, … , 𝜶 − 𝟏, being chosen such that all the roots of thepolynomial 𝒑𝜶 + 𝒌𝜶−𝟏𝒑𝜶−𝟏 + ⋯ + 𝒌𝟏𝒑 + 𝒌𝟎 have negative real part.

𝒆 = 𝒚 − 𝒚𝒓𝒆𝒇

F l a t S y s t e m s

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Control Structure

• Flatness-based control diagram

Trajectory

Generation𝒗 = −𝑲𝒆 𝒚(𝜶)

u

x

u x

z x

+-

𝑢 = 𝑎(𝑦, 𝑦ሶ , … , 𝑦(𝛼))𝑥ሶ = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑢)

F l a t S y s t e m s

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Background: ACE-Based AGC

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89

4

1

6

7

5

32Area 2

Area 1

Area 3

C o m p r e h e n s i v e F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C

Economic

Dispatch

Every 5

minutes

• Conventional AGC is performed based on integration of AreaControl Error(ACE) for each BA.

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• Conventional AGC is performed based on integration of AreaControl Error(ACE) for each BA.

Background: ACE-Based AGC

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89

4

1

6

7

5

32Area 2

Area 1

Area 3

න 𝐴𝐶𝐸

Tie line

Frequency

Every 2-4

seconds

𝐴𝐶𝐸 = Δ𝑃𝑡𝑖𝑒 + 𝛽Δ𝑓

C o m p r e h e n s i v e F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C

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Flatness Based AGC

• Flatness-based approach is applied to automatic generation

control(AGC) of multi-area systems with wind generation units.

• In two level control structure, secondary control action represents

local control and the reference trajectory , to be tracked by the local

control, are determined in the contextual control.

C o m p r e h e n s i v e F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C

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Two Level Flatness-based AGC Structure

10

89

4

1

6

7

5

32Area 2

Area 1

Area 3

Economic

Dispatch

Phase

Frequency

Every 5

minutes

As fast as practical

constrains allow

C o m p r e h e n s i v e F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C

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Multi-Machine Model

Synchronous machine classical model including network, prime mover

and governor for generator 𝑖:

𝜹ሶ𝒊 = 𝝎𝒊 − 𝝎𝒔

F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C w i t h S y n c h r o n o u s M a c h i n e s

Network

Governor

Prime Mover 29

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Flat System Model

Flatness-based formulation with 𝜹𝒊 as flat output for each generator:

𝜹ሶ𝒊 = 𝝎𝒊 − 𝝎𝒔

𝜹𝒊ሸ =

𝟏

𝟐𝑯

𝟏

𝝉𝑻𝑷𝒈𝒗𝒊 −

𝟏

𝝉𝑻𝑷𝒎𝒊 − 𝐃𝜹ሷ

𝒊 −𝑬𝒊𝑽𝒊

𝐱′𝒅𝒊𝜹ሶ

𝒊𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝜹𝒊 − 𝜽𝒊)

F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C w i t h S y n c h r o n o u s M a c h i n e s

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Trajectory Tracking

• Finding appropriate speed changer position, through a feedback law,

to maintain system stability, restore the frequency nominal value and

track the scheduled net interchange.

• System perturbations: load changes, generation loss, wind

generation variations.

• The feedback law:

F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C w i t h S y n c h r o n o u s M a c h i n e s

𝒆𝒊 = 𝜹𝒊 − 𝜹𝒊∗

𝒗𝒊=𝒗𝒊∗ − σ 𝒌𝒊𝒋

𝟑𝒋=𝟎 𝒆𝒊

(𝒋)

• The input is updated

every 2 sec as it is

performed in

conventional AGC.

• Generator ramping

rate constraint is

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Simulation: NPCC System

NPCC 140 Bus, 48 Generators System

Total Capacity ≈ 28 GW

F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C w i t h S y n c h r o n o u s M a c h i n e s

User Defined Model

(UDM) in TSAT:

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Simulation: NPCC System

Scenario 1: Load Shedding 450 MW at t=100 sec in PJM

F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C w i t h S y n c h r o n o u s M a c h i n e s

ISO-NE_Flatness-basedIESO_Flatness-based

MISO_Flatness-based

ISO-NE_ACE-basedIESO_ACE-based

MISO_ACE-based

ISO-NE_Flatness-basedIESO_Flatness-based

MISO_Flatness-based

ISO-NE_ACE-basedIESO_ACE-based

MISO_ACE-based

PJM_Flatness-basedNYISO_Flatness-based

PJM_ACE-basedNYISO_ACE-based

PJM_ACE-basedNYISO_ACE-based

PJM_Flatness-basedNYISO_Flatness-based

Active Power Tie Line Flow

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Simulation: NPCC System

Scenario 2: Wind Variation , total capacity

F l a t n e s s - B a s e d A G C w i t h S y n c h r o n o u s M a c h i n e s

ISO-NE_Flatness-basedIESO_Flatness-based

MISO_Flatness-based

ISO-NE_ACE-basedIESO_ACE-based

MISO_ACE-based

PJM_Flatness-basedNYISO_Flatness-based

PJM_ACE-basedNYISO_ACE-based

Tie Line Flow

ACE-basedFlatness-based

Frequency

Wind Power

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Comments

• Two level control structure based on flat systems properties is studied for synchronous and

DFIG machines for frequency regulation.o Flatness-based AGC for synchronous machines Two level control consisting of local and contextual controllers substitutes the ACE-based AGC.

Decoupling into n linear controllable sub-systems in canonical form results in decentralized control.

o Flatness-based DFIG

Two level control consisting of trajectory generation and trajectory tracking replaces the field oriented

based method to control active and reactive power.

Trajectories are generated through algebraic equations rather than PI controllers.

Linear control methods such as pole placement and LQR replace the PI controller to track the desired

states.

• The two developed models build a generic AGC with two level controls at each machine

working in coordination with higher level controls for planning.

• The model can easily be adopted to new market structures.

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Distributed Damping Control:Communication Considerations

May Mahmoudi Kevin Tomsovic

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Wide Area Control of Power Grid

• The addition of wide-area feedback control to frequently usedcontrols is an effective additional layer of defense against blackouts.

• Centralized Control : a single controller is able to measure all thesystem outputs, compute the optimal control solution, and applythat action to all actuators in the network, within one samplingperiod.

As power networks are large-scale systems, both computationally and geographically, a Centralized Wide

Area Controller is practically difficult to implement.

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Non-Centralized Controllers

Non-Centralized Controllers

Decentralized Controllers

Do not allow for communication between

local controllers

Distributed Controllers

Communication between different controllers is

exploited to improve the performance

The Proposed Controller in our research is under

this category

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Proposed Distributed LQR Controller

G G G⋯ ⋯

Distributed LQR Controller for kth Generator

𝑥𝑘−1 𝑥𝑘 𝑥𝑘+1

𝑢 = 𝐾 𝑥

• Objective: Stabilize the system through supplementary excitation control• Graph of physical layer and communication layer coincide.• Full state information exchange is assumed for neighboring generators

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Distributed LQR Controller

• Consider a set of identical, decoupled linear time invariant dynamical systems:

• LQR Problem Cost Function:

• The LQR problem is in the form of :

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Power System Model

Distributed LQR Control

Mechanical Power Control Excitation Control Second-Order Model

( ) ( )sm e D DLQR

fdt P P P P

dt H

( ) ( ) ( )s

dt t t

dt

Fourth-Order Model

( ) ( )sm e D

fdt P P P

dt H

( ) ( ) ( )s

dt t t

dt

0

1( ) [ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )]q fd q d d d

d

dE t E t E t X X I t

dt T

1( ) [ ( ( ))]fd fd A ref t DLQR

A

dE t E K V E V t

dt T

Designed by Proposed Distributed LQR Controller

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Angle Response for Uniform Test System

• System : 30x30 Mesh structure(Total of 900 generators)

• Disturbance : 0.5 pu power pulse for 0.5 sec on the generator in the center of the mesh

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Remarks

• From control point of view distributed LQR control problem forPDEs achieves optimal solution, while for discrete models the solutions are sub-optimal and still is an open problem.

• For the given test system we can do the discretization in a way that matches the generators location which makes the controller application to the discrete system feasible. Application of this controller to an arbitrary system is a challenging problem that will

be part of our future work.

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Distributed Controls – Scalable

• Objectives

o Scalable controls through distributed actuation, on-line measurements, modeling approximations and adapting to

conditions.

• Innovations

o Jointly design controller, communications and sensor needs by enforcing some regularity on connections.

• Example

Two-area system communication structures and

“sparsified” dynamics matrices

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Two Area System with Communication Links

• Communication link in examples here assumes full state information but more structure can be imposed.

• Control design uses LQR but other methods possible

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Centralized vs. Distributed vs. Decentralized

No Control

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5-0.02

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d D

ev

iati

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G2

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Distributed Control

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Centralized Control

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5-0.01

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Comments

• Much of the value of wide area information can be

gleaned from a few measurements.

• Best approach is to co-design communication and control

system.

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Wide-area Damping Controllers:

Failures in Sensors and Actuators

M. Ehsan Raoufat

Kevin Tomsovic

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Robust Controls – Fault Resilience

• Objectiveso Reliable controls considering

communication failures, sensor

limits, and unavailability of actuator,

(e.g., renewable resource

variability).

• Innovationso Reconfiguration without need for

redesign, i.e., fault hiding.

Virtual sensor

Virtual actuator

• Example – Virtual Actuator

Reconfiguration

Controller redesign

Fault hiding

WADC

Virtual Actuator

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Comments

o With our approach damping of WADC system recovered

without the need to redesign the nominal WADC in case of

faults in actuators.

o We consider the sensor faults as communication failures,

cyber-attacks, significant delay in communication links or

failures in the measurement devises.

o Design of the reconfiguration block is independent of the

nominal controller and there is no need to redesign the

nominal controller.

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Final Summary Comments

o Wide area control is needed to provide flexibility and integrate

renewables

o Wide area controls should be:

Distributed and modular but operating within a context (e.g., flat controls)

Robust to sensor, communication and actuator loss (e.g., virtual

sensors and actuators).

Make efficient use of communications (e.g., distributed controllers)

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported primarily by the ERC Program of the National Science Foundation

and DOE under NSF Award Number EEC-1041877 and the CURENT Industry Partnership

Program.

Other US government and industrial sponsors of CURENT research are also gratefully

acknowledged.

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Discussion

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Example Value of Improved Controls

• Two 500kV AC lines and +/- 400kV DC line

Designed for transfer of 2000 MW AC and 1440 MW DC

Actual capacity was 1300 MW AC due to instability caused by AVRs

Power system stabilizers allowed increase to 1800 MW AC

Dynamic brake added at Chief Joe allowed up to 2500 MW AC

• Transmission upgrade – third AC line and DC upgrades

AC capacity today about 4800 MW (primarily voltage)

DC capacity today about 3000 MW

1990s work by DOE and BPA on WAMS and WACS a direct result of

this type of need for improved controls.

Northwest Pacific Intertie

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Major Research Questions

• Information flow• What information is needed where?

• How much latency can be tolerated?

• Trade-off – more information leads to better decisions but slower response

• Control architecture Do all devices contribute to control?

For which phenomena do devices contribute (some fast and some slow)?

How much contribution is needed to ensure performance?

Trade-off – more devices contributing properly expands viable operating region but requires greater sophistication and cost

• Economics and optimization What functionality should come from markets and what by regulation?

Contributions from certain devices are more cost effective

Trade-off – greater optimization leads to lower cost but requires more voluntary sharing of information and but some services may not lend themselves to an efficient market structure

Design needs to be a series of trade-offs between communication needs, device sophistication, resiliency, speed of response, economic performance and device reliability vs. system reliability.

Future Control Architecture

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Strategic Planning

NREL spring retreat

• Brainstorm research directions based on SVT report, IAB, and self-review

• Continue system level projects

• Clarify control architecture and paradigms

• Continue to emphasize demonstration projectso Wide area oscillation damping control

o Wide area voltage control

o >50% renewable penetration

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Project Planning Process

Schedule

March

May

July

August

June

April

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Monitoring Modeling Control Actuation

Year 4 System Level Projects by Primary Thrust

Advanced HVDC

and Actuator

Technologies

Dynamic State

Estimator and

Parameter

Estimation

Control Paradigms for

Oscillations and

Prevention of

Cascading Outages

Grid Control

Architectures

Measurement:

Universal Grid

Analyzer

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MISO

PJM

ERCOT

• Hardware Testbed: Grid Emulator Development and

Real-time Scenario

Demonstration

• Large Scale Testbed 1: Virtual Grid Simulator with an Energy

Management and Control

System

• Large Scale Testbed 2: A National Power Grid Model

Year 4 Testbed Projects

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Associated and Sponsored Projects

• Monitoringo Data Architecture and Analytics

o Achieving High-Resolution Situational Awareness in Ultra-Wide-Area Cyber-Physical Systems

o Oscillation Damping Control Design Using Measurement-Based Transfer Function Model

• Modelingo Design of Boundary Measurements to Isolate Zonal Solutions for Large

Interconnected Systems

o Entergy's Response to Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) Program

o SECO/Phasor Based State Estimation

• Controlo A Cyber Physical Framework for Remedial Action Schemes in Large Power

Networks

o Scalable and Flat Controls for Reliable Power Grid Operation with High Renewable Penetration

• Actuationo Power Flow Control using CVSR

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Year 5 Research Plans

• Increased system size – complete interconnected

North American system

• Increased percentage of renewables to > 50% with

higher levels of solar, storage and demand response

• Continue moving to faster system events, including

cascading outages

• Improving resilience of monitoring and estimation

• Further development of LTB simulation environment

• Evaluation approach for HTB and LTB with complex

scenarios 0 1 2 3 4

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Industry Program

Generation Transmission Distribution End-Use

Utilities

RTOs/ISOs

Vendors

Consultants, Research,

Consortia


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