Power system control in the next century

Author

Lachs, W.R. ; Sutanto, D. ; Logothetis, D.N.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

18

Abstract

The present evolution of power systems is making operational control increasingly difficult and this paper identifies reactive power and voltage control as one of the prime culprits. Energy storage devices incorporating microprocessors and power electronics, coupled through a communications network provide an opportunity to enhance existing control measures. The continuing fast access to the energy storage will permit direct control measures for reducing the variations of consumer demand throughout the total grid. This approach has the potential of overcoming the growing technical and financial difficulties now facing large interconnected power systems. The projected introduction of electric vehicles in cities will be able to provide the battery energy storage capacity for overcoming the difficulties of power system control

Keywords

battery storage plants; energy storage; microcomputer applications; power system control; power system interconnection; power system reliability; power system security; reactive power control; voltage control; communications network provide; consumer demand; direct control measures; electric vehicles; energy storage devices; large interconnected power systems; microprocessors; operational control; power electronics; power grids; power systems; reactive power control; storage capacity; voltage control; Communication system control; Control systems; Energy measurement; Energy storage; Power system control; Power system interconnection; Power system measurements; Power systems; Reactive power control; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.485976

Filename

485976