Coordinated Voltage Control With Online Energy Margin Constraints

Abstract

Based on data available from phase measurement units (PMUs), this paper proposes an energy margin constrained online coordinated voltage control (CVC) algorithm. First, the energy function model is established, which is based on detailed device models that include the effects of shunt capacitor banks, reactive power output of generators and under-load-tap-changers (ULTCs). In order to improve the computational efficiency, a Lie derivative-based method is used to map the energy change into the system trajectory along the energy manifold. Then, the change of energy margin based on the Lie derivative is used as the objective function and the reactive power margin is used as a constraint to formulate a linear programming problem. A coordinated strategy is proposed to help achieve the optimal solution when the linear programming problem is solved. In comparison with the other control modes, the proposed method improves the stability margin and the control effectiveness of voltage profile. Numerical results are provided for a three-machine system, the IEEE-30 bus system and the New England-39 bus benchmark system.