Hierarchical and Robust Scheduling Approach for VSC-MTDC Meshed AC/DC Grid With High Share of Wind Power

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel hierarchical and robust scheduling paradigm for the emerging voltage source converter (VSC) based multiterminal high voltage direct current (VSC-MTDC) meshed AC/DC hybrid system with high share of wind power. Considering the multilevel structure of the VSC-MTDC meshed AC/DC system, the scheduling problem is decomposed into three interactive levels according to the hierarchical analytical target cascading (ATC) technique. The low level is a two-stage adaptive robust security-constrained unit commitment problem for the AC system, which is solved by the column-and-constraint generation (C&CG) algorithm; the middle level is a day-ahead power transmission optimization problem for the VSC stations, where a day-ahead operation model for the VSC station is presented to fully use its flexible and controllable power adjustment capability to promote wind power accommodation; and the high level is a multi-period optimal power flow problem for the DC grid. An integrated ATC and C&CG algorithm is proposed to enable the hierarchical and robust scheduling. The parallel solution is used to accelerate the hierarchical scheduling. Simulations show that this formulation is effective in dealing with wind power uncertainty, promoting wind power accommodation, and improving the calculation efficiency.