Title :
SmartPark Shock Absorbers for Wind Farms
Author :
Venayagamoorthy, G.K. ; Mitra, P.
Author_Institution :
Real-Time Power & Intell. Syst. Lab., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA
Abstract :
Vehicle-to-grid power transactions will be integrated in future smart grids. This letter presents the novel idea of utilizing plug-in vehicle parking lots (SmartParks) to reduce the shock on the transmission lines connected to a wind farm caused by drastic variations in wind-power generation and to prevent the neighboring lines from overloading. The idea is demonstrated on a power system consisting of a large wind farm and six SmartParks modeled on a real-time simulator.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; load (electric); power system protection; power system simulation; smart power grids; wind power plants; SmartPark shock absorber; overload prevention; plug-in vehicle parking lots; real-time simulator; smart grids; transmission lines; vehicle-to-grid power transaction; wind farm; wind power generation; Batteries; Electric shock; Oscillators; Shock absorbers; Vehicles; Wind farms; Wind speed; Plug-in vehicles; RTDS; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); wind farm;
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.2011.2159549
