Support vector machine enhanced models for short-term wind farm generation forecasting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10181101-B2
Application number	US-201414572385-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	Dec 17, 2012
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods for forecasting wind farm power generation are disclosed. Via use of a support vector machine (SVM) enhanced Markov model, short-term wind power generation forecasts may be generated. Exemplary approaches accurately account for wind ramp-up and ramp-down, as well as diurnal non-stationarity and seasonality of wind power generation. Via use of the disclosed forecasting approaches, utilities and grid managers can make improved decisions relating to electrical power generation and transmission, thus reducing costs and reducing pollution.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for improving the operation of a fossil fuel power plant, the method comprising:
deploying a meteorological tower at a location co-located with a wind turbine in a wind farm, wherein the wind farm comprises a plurality of wind turbines, wherein the wind farm is coupled to an electrical grid, and wherein the fossil fuel power plant is coupled to the electrical grid;
transmitting from the meteorological tower and to a processor for forecasting wind farm power, wind speed information associated with the wind turbine;
receiving, at the processor and from a wind farm power generation sensor coupled to the wind farm, power generation information for the wind farm;
identifying, by the processor, relationships among the wind turbines in the wind farm using minimum spanning trees;
calculating, by the processor and using the minimum spanning trees, power output relationships among the wind turbines;
creating, by the processor, a finite state space Markov chain forecast model for the wind turbines in the wind farm;
creating, by the processor, a support vector machine (SVM) model for each state in the Markov chain;
integrating, by the processor, the SVM model into the Markov model to generate a forecast of the wind farm power generation;
transmitting, by the processor, the forecast of the wind farm power generation to a manager of the electrical grid; and
based on the forecast of the wind farm power generation, reducing, by the manager of the electrical grid, excessive fossil fuel consumption arising from undesired excess electrical generation at the fossil fuel power plant.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forecast of the wind farm power generation is generated using the equation
{circumflex over (P)} ag SVM ( t +1)= P ag ( t )+ R j* k ,

wherein P ag (t)∈[Γ k , Γ k+1 ) is the current observed wind farm power generation, wherein the corresponding forecast state S {circumflex over (k)} is the state satisfying {circumflex over (P)} ag SVM (t+1)∈[Γ {circumflex over (k)} ,Γ {circumflex over (k)}+1 ), and wherein:
S {circumflex over (k)} is a forecast state using the SVM model;
Γ k is a wind farm generation level;
P ag (t) is the aggregate power output of the wind farm at time t; and
{circumflex over (P)} ag SVM is the forecast of the wind farm power generation.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the forecast of the wind farm power generation is a distributional forecast, and wherein the distributional forecast is generated using the equation

Pr
(

P
ag

⁡

(

t
+
1

)

=

⁢

P

ag
,
j

❘

S
⁡

(
t
)

=

⁢

S
k

,

x
⁡

(
t
)

)

=

⁢

{

q
k

;

if
⁢

⁢
j

=

k
^

;

(

1
-

q
k

)

⁢

Q

k
j

∑

l
≠

k
^

⁢

⁢

Q
kl

,

Assignees

• Zhang Junshan
• He Miao
• Yang Lei
• Vittal Vijay
• Univ Arizona State

Inventors

• Zhang Junshan
• He Miao
• Yang Lei
• Vittal Vijay

Classifications

• H02J3/004 Primary

  Generation forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future energy generation · CPC title

• H02J2103/30

  Simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted design [CAD] of electric power networks · CPC title

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• G06N7/01

  Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks · CPC title

• G06Q10/04

  Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) · CPC title