An application of frequency and duration approach in generation planning

Author

Malik, Arif S. ; Cory, Brian J.

Author_Institution

Asian Inst. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1076

Lastpage

1084

Abstract

The available analytical tools for planning not only inadequately model pumped storage (PS) power plant units but also underestimate their load-levelling benefits. Therefore, if a PS power plant is among the candidate plants, its selection in the final “optimal plan” is highly unlikely. This research deals to assess the complete load-levelling benefits of PS units. The technique used is the frequency and duration approach coupled with the equivalent load duration curve (ELDC) method, used for generation planning. The proposed method is applied to IEEE RTS data and it is shown that almost 50% of PS benefits are not quantified in ELDC method

Keywords

economics; load regulation; optimisation; power system analysis computing; power system planning; pumped-storage power stations; computer simulation; equivalent load duration curve; frequency and duration approach; load-levelling; optimal generation plan selection; power generation planning; pumped storage power plants; Costing; Costs; Energy storage; Frequency; Load modeling; Power industry; Power system modeling; Production planning; Thermal loading; Thermal stresses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.630446

Filename

630446