A multi‐area design of under frequency load shedding schemes considering energy storage system

Abstract

AbstractThis paper presents a comprehensive under frequency load shedding (UFLS) model that can be implemented in a multi‐area power system with real network characteristics. Conventional single‐area UFLS models operate on the basis of an equivalent center‐of‐inertia (COI) model, which ignores the local dynamics of system frequency response (SFR) and the impacts of load shedding location. Unlike the single‐SFR model, that is commonly utilized in previous works, the suggested multi‐area or multi‐SFR UFLS plan of this research has the distinct benefit of taking into account the dynamics of power transfer across different electric areas. The proposed multi‐area UFLS design incorporates a flywheel energy storage system (FESS) to support the inertial system frequency response and alleviate more than 30% load shedding while improving the frequency nadir by 25%. In order to investigate the performance of the proposed method under high penetrations of inertia‐free renewables, the inertia of the power network is reduced by around 30%; therefore the proposed UFLS scheme is assessed under a low inertia scenario. The proposed multi‐stage UFLS scheme is formulated as a mixed‐integer linear programming problem, and the optimal settings, including frequency set‐points and load shedding, are then optimized. The efficiency of the proposed model is verified using the IEEE‐118 Bus dynamic test system.