An Advanced Control System for Wind/Diesel Power Systems

Eric Nogaret (1) , Georges Stavrakakis (2) , Georges Kariniotakis (1) , Michael Papadopoulos (3) , Nikos Hatziargyriou (3) , Aris Androutsos (3) , Stavros Papathanassiou (3) , Joao Abel Peças Lopes (4) , Jim Halliday (5) , Geoff Dutton (5) , John Gatopoulos (6) , Vaggelis Karagounis (6)

1 CEP/Sophia
2 E.C.E - Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering [Crete]
3 NTUA - National Technical University of Athens [Athens]
4 INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science [Porto]
5 RAL - CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
6 AMBER S.A

In this paper an advanced control system for the optimal operation and management of medium-sized autonomous wind-diesel power systems is presented. This control system minimises the production costs through an on-line optimal scheduling of the power units, which takes into account the technical constraints of the diesel-units, as well as short-term forecasts of the load and the renewable resources. The power system security is maximised through on-line security assessment modules, which enable the power system to withstand sudden changes in the production of the renewable sources. The control system was evaluated using data from the island of Lemnos, where it has been installed and operates since January 1995.

Mots clés: Wind power; Diesel power; Island systems; Geographical islands; Energy Management Systems; Wind Power Forecasting; Dynamic Security Assessment; Power System Scheduling; Economic dispatch; Load forecasting

Domaines: Energétique

Eric Nogaret, Georges Stavrakakis, Georges Kariniotakis, Michael Papadopoulos, Nikos Hatziargyriou, et al.. An Advanced Control System for Wind/Diesel Power Systems. European Union Wind Energy Conference EUWEC'96, May 1996, Göteborg, Sweden. ⟨hal-01568348⟩