System and method for distributed grid control with sub-cyclic local response capability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10097037-B2
Application number	US-201615068397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2016
Priority date	Feb 11, 2016
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

Distributed static synchronous series compensators (DSSSCs) which may also be designated tower routers capable of injecting series inductive or capacitive impedances to enable distributed power-flow control. When a large number of these (a fleet of) DSSSCs are distributed over the grid for power-flow control, it is necessary to ensure that coordinated communication and control capabilities are also established, enabling fast reaction to changes that can exist across the grid. A system architecture and method for enabling localized high-speed low-latency intelligent control with communications between subsections (local network) of the grid along with communication to the central Grid operations center at the utility for supervisory control is disclosed herein. The architecture provides sub-cyclic (< 1/60 of a second) response capability, using the local DSSSCs with high-speed communication at the local network level to power-system disturbances, such as power-oscillation damping (POD), sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) etc.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-voltage power grid comprising:
a plurality of impedance injection modules coupled to a high-voltage transmission line at a number of locations in the high-voltage power grid, each impedance injection module having;
a controller that senses disturbances and/or other conditions on the high-voltage transmission line of the high-voltage power grid and reacts by generating and injecting inductive and/or capacitive impedances of appropriate magnitude onto the high-voltage transmission line via an injection transformer coupled to one of the high-voltage transmission lines;
a transceiver for high-speed communication with other impedance injection modules within a local group of impedance injection modules to enable coordinated response of the other impedance injection modules within the respective local group of impedance injection modules to disturbances on the high-voltage transmission line;
the high-voltage power grid being further comprised of a group of local centers, each local center within the group of local centers having a high-speed transceiver for high-speed communication with impedance injection modules within a respective local group of impedance injection modules and with other local centers to enable coordinated response of all impedance injection modules associated with that group of local centers;
wherein each local center includes a communication link to and from a system utility, the communication link to and from a system utility being for communication at a lower speed than the high-speed communication between impedance injection modules and between impedance injection modules and local centers.

2. The high-voltage power grid of claim 1 wherein the controller of each impedance injection module provides a sub-cyclic response capability of that impedance injection module.

3. The high-voltage power grid of claim 1 wherein the controller of each impedance injection module provides a sub-cyclic response capability of that impedance injection module and to other impedance injection modules within the local group of impedance injection modules using the high-speed communication between impedance injection modules within the respective local group.

4. A high-voltage power grid comprising:
a plurality of impedance injection modules coupled to a high-voltage transmission line at a number of locations in the high-voltage power grid, each impedance injection module having;
a controller that senses disturbances and/or other conditions on the high-voltage transmission line of the high-voltage power grid and reacts by generating and injecting inductive and/or capacitive impedances of appropriate magnitude onto the high-voltage transmission line via an injection transformer coupled to one of the high-voltage transmission lines, the controller providing a sub-cyclic response capability of the respective impedance injection module; and
a transceiver for high-speed communication with other impedance-injection modules within a local group of impedance injection modules to enable coordinated response of the other impedance-injection modules within the respective local group of impedance injection modules to disturbances on the high-voltage transmission line;
a group of local centers, each local center within the group of local centers having a high-speed transceiver for high-speed communication with impedance injection modules within a respective local group of impedance injection modules and with other local centers to enable coordinated response of all impedance injection modules associated with that group of local centers;
wherein each local center includes a communication link to and from a system utility, the communication link to and from a system utility being for communication at a lower speed than the high-speed communication between impedance injection modules and between impedance injection modules and local centers.

5. The high-voltage power grid of claim 4 wherein the controller of each impedance injection module provides a sub-cyclic response capability to other impedance-injection modules within the local group of impedance injection modules using the high-speed communication between impedance-injection modules within the respective local group.

6. A high-voltage power grid having a distributed control with hierarchical supervision of the power grid comprising:
a plurality of impedance-injection modules coupled to a high-voltage transmission line at a number of locations in the high-voltage power grid, each impedance injection module having;
a controller that senses disturbances and/or other conditions on the high-voltage transmission line of the high-voltage power grid and reacts by generating and injecting inductive and/or capacitive impedances of appropriate magnitude onto the high-voltage transmission line via an injection transformer coupled to one of the high-voltage transmission lines, the controller providing a sub-cyclic response capability of the respective impedance injection module; and
a transceiver for high-speed communication with other impedance-injection modules within a local group of impedance injection modules to enable coordinated response of the other impedance injection modules within the respective local group of impedance-injection modules to disturbances on the high-voltage transmission line;
a group of local centers, each local center within the group of local centers having a high-speed transceiver for high-speed communication with impedance injection modules within a respective local group of impedance-injection modules and with other local centers to enable coordinated response of all impedance-injection modules associated with that group of local centers;
each local center having a communication link to and from a system utility, the communication link to and from a system utility being for communication at a lower speed than the high-speed communication between impedance injection modules and between impedance-injection modules and local centers;
wherein the controller of each impedance injection module provides a sub-cyclic response capability to other impedance-injection modules within the local group of impedance injection modules using the high-speed communication between impedance injection modules within the respective local group;
the distributed control with hierarchical supervision of the high-voltage power grid providing steady-state power-flow control, line-current balancing, transient and small-signal stability, power-oscillation damping (POD), sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) damping, and/or responses to other high-voltage transmission-line disturbances.

7. A method of responding to disturbances on a high-voltage transmission line of a high-voltage power grid comprising:
providing a plurality of impedance injection modules coupled to a high-voltage transmission line at a number of locations in the high-voltage power grid, each impedance injection module having;
a controller that senses disturbances and/or other conditions on the high-voltage transmission line of the high-voltage power grid and reacts by generating and injecting inductive and/or capacitive impedances of appropriate magnitude onto the high-voltage transmission line via an injection transformer coupled to one of the high-voltage transmission lines; and
a transceiver for high-speed communication with other impedance-injection modules within a local group of impedance injection modules to enable coordinated response of the other impedance-injection modules within the respective local group of impedance-injection modules to disturbances on the high-voltage transmission line;
also providing a group of local centers, each local center within the group of local centers having a high-speed transceiver for high-speed communication

Assignees

• Smart Wires Inc

Inventors

• Inam Haroon
• Das Debrup
• Kreikebaum Frank
• Iyer Amrit
• Zhao aaron

Classifications

• H02J13/1331

  using wireless data transmission · CPC title

• H02J13/1311

  using the power network as support for the transmission · CPC title

• H02J13/333

  the equipment forming part of substations · CPC title

• H02J13/12

  Monitoring network conditions, e.g. electrical magnitudes or operational status · CPC title

• Y02E40/10

  Flexible AC transmission systems [FACTS] · CPC title