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The increasing power in-feed of Non-Synchronous Renewable Energy Sources (NS-RES) in the grid has raised concerns about the frequency stability. The volatile RES power output and absence of inertia in many types of NS-RES affect the balance between power consumption and production. Therefore, the dynamics of the power grid frequency become more complex. Extreme grid frequency deviations and fast variations can lead to partitioning and load shedding in the case of under-frequency. In the case of over-frequency, it can lead to overloading, voltage collapse and blackouts. The Rate of Change of Frequency (RoCoF) reflects an aspect of the stability status of the grid and therefore its analysis with regard to Non-Synchronous Instant Penetration (NSIP) is of great importance. In this work, two months of high-resolution frequency synchrophasor measurements during 18 January 2018–18 March 2018 recorded in Austria were analyzed to investigate the impact of NS-RES on the frequency. The correlation of RoCoF with the NSIP in Austria and Germany and with the frequency deviation were examined. It was observed that with a maximum NSIP share up to 74% of the total power generation in these two countries, there was no critical increase of RoCoF or abnormal frequency deviation in the power grid.
Evangelia Xypolytou; Wolfgang Gawlik; Tanja Zseby; Joachim Fabini. Impact of Asynchronous Renewable Generation Infeed on Grid Frequency: Analysis Based on Synchrophasor Measurements. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1605 .
AMA StyleEvangelia Xypolytou, Wolfgang Gawlik, Tanja Zseby, Joachim Fabini. Impact of Asynchronous Renewable Generation Infeed on Grid Frequency: Analysis Based on Synchrophasor Measurements. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (5):1605.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEvangelia Xypolytou; Wolfgang Gawlik; Tanja Zseby; Joachim Fabini. 2018. "Impact of Asynchronous Renewable Generation Infeed on Grid Frequency: Analysis Based on Synchrophasor Measurements." Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1605.
The increasing number of renewable energy sources and their fluctuating nature add significantly to the growing complexity of the power grid. Thus instabilities due to, e.g., line overload, occur more often, increasing the risk of failures. A single failure can originate cascading events and finally end up in a blackout. Reactive control actions aim to overcome such failures a posteriori, whereas proactive ones prevent failures, contributing towards a self-healing and self-organizing smart grid. Moreover, the involvement of communication networks into grid monitoring, management, and control introduces an interdependency between these two systems, which increases the risk of instabilities due to propagation of failures from one system to another. This paper gives an overview of detection and mitigation methods of cascading failures in power grids and communication networks and presents the challenges and open questions in managing such failures in interconnected networks.
Evangelia Xypolytou; Tanja Zseby; Joachim Fabini; Wolfgang Gawlik. Detection and mitigation of cascading failures in interconnected power systems. 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe) 2017, 1 -6.
AMA StyleEvangelia Xypolytou, Tanja Zseby, Joachim Fabini, Wolfgang Gawlik. Detection and mitigation of cascading failures in interconnected power systems. 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe). 2017; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEvangelia Xypolytou; Tanja Zseby; Joachim Fabini; Wolfgang Gawlik. 2017. "Detection and mitigation of cascading failures in interconnected power systems." 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe) , no. : 1-6.
Reliable and efficient energy supply is based not only on local control but also on remote sensor data and measurements, making communication one of the important components. The increasing threat of possible attacks is the motivation behind the main purpose of the FUSE testbed—an experimental microgrid for smart grid research—to conduct experiments on smart grid security, grid optimization, stabilization and islanding. This work, after providing an insight of the current state of the art concerning research on microgrids, describes the FUSE experimental facility as well as first experiments including partial measurement equipment installation and data collection and analysis.
Evangelia Xypolytou; Joachim Fabini; Wolfgang Gawlik; Tanja Zseby. The FUSE testbed: establishing a microgrid for smart grid security experiments. e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik 2017, 134, 30 -35.
AMA StyleEvangelia Xypolytou, Joachim Fabini, Wolfgang Gawlik, Tanja Zseby. The FUSE testbed: establishing a microgrid for smart grid security experiments. e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik. 2017; 134 (1):30-35.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEvangelia Xypolytou; Joachim Fabini; Wolfgang Gawlik; Tanja Zseby. 2017. "The FUSE testbed: establishing a microgrid for smart grid security experiments." e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik 134, no. 1: 30-35.