A three-stage resilient dispatch of mobile emergency generators in a distribution system against hurricanes

Abstract

Mobile emergency generators (MEGs) have been widely used to enhance the resilience of distribution systems. However, the traditional two-stage MEG dispatch strategies focus on only the prepositioning and reallocation before and after hurricanes, neglecting the resilient operation during hurricanes. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel three-stage MEG dispatch model to enhance the resilience of distribution systems. To improve the survivability of distribution systems during hurricanes, the fault isolation operations by remote-controlled switches (RCSs) and forced cut-off of wind power are coordinated with MEG dispatch, which is prepositioned as a preparedness measure before hurricanes. Based on the realization of fault scenarios during hurricanes, MEG reallocation and fault isolation by manual switches (MSs) are conducted to boost the restoration of the distribution system after hurricanes. Considering the uncertainties of wind power cut-off and line faults, the proposed method is incorporated into a stochastic dispatch model, which takes the conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) as an objective function to improve robustness in extreme cases. In addition, the computational burden with multiple scenarios is reduced by the modified progressive hedging algorithm (PHA). Finally, the proposed method is validated on a modified IEEE 33-bus distribution system. Simulation results show that the survivability and restoration of the distribution system can be enhanced by the proposed approach.