The need for a distributed algorithm for control of the electrical power infrastructure

Author

De Vyver, Jan Van ; Deconinck, Geert ; Belmans, Ronnie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., K.U. Leuven Univ., Belgium

fYear

2003

fDate

29-31 July 2003

Firstpage

211

Lastpage

215

Abstract

The move towards renewable energy and the deregulation of the market changes the infrastructure for power transport and distribution from centralised to distributed. This requires a new algorithm for control of the electrical power infrastructure. This paper describes a possible new algorithm: a distributed, emergent algorithm that provides additional dependability and resilience to failures. The trade-offs of this algorithm, faults that can be tolerated and the possibility for priorities are also discussed.

Keywords

distributed algorithms; distributed control; electric current control; electrical faults; fault tolerant computing; power distribution control; power system faults; renewable energy sources; algorithm trade-offs; distributed algorithm; electrical faults; electrical power infrastructure; emergent algorithm; failures resilience; fault tolerance; market changes; power distribution; power transport; renewable energy; Communication channels; Communication system control; Distributed algorithms; Distributed control; Drives; Electricity supply industry deregulation; Power distribution; Production; Renewable energy resources; Resilience;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications, 2003. CIMSA '03. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7783-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIMSA.2003.1227229

Filename

1227229