Method for monitoring an electricity supply grid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12057702-B2
Application number	US-202217584772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2022
Priority date	Jan 26, 2021
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a method for monitoring a three-phase electricity supply grid. The grid has a topology with spatially distributed grid nodes. Grid nodes are in the form of observation nodes at each of which at least one voltage is acquired in terms of absolute value and phase. The method includes acquiring in each case at least one node voltage at each observation node, where each node voltage has is a node phase angle as phase angle of the node voltage, and each node phase angle describes a respective phase angle with respect to a reference phase angle of a voltage. The method includes ascertaining at least one phase angle relationship that describes a relationship between at least two of the node phase angles distributed over the grid topology, and checking the electricity supply grid for a grid disturbance on the basis of the at least one phase angle relationship.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for monitoring a three-phase electricity supply grid, wherein the electricity supply grid has:
a grid topology with a plurality of grid nodes that are spatially distributed, and
the plurality of grid nodes in the form of observation nodes at each of which at least one voltage is acquired in terms of absolute value and phase, the method comprising:
acquiring at least one node voltage at each observation node, such that a plurality of node voltages are acquired, wherein:
each node voltage has a node phase angle, and
each node phase angle, of a plurality of node phase angles, represents a respective phase angle between a node voltage, of the plurality of node voltages, and a reference phase angle,

ascertaining at least one phase angle relationship that represents a relationship between at least two of the plurality of node phase angles distributed over the grid topology, and
checking the electricity supply grid for a grid disturbance based on the at least one phase angle relationship,
wherein a type of the checked grid disturbance is selected from a list of types of grid disturbances including:
a topology changeover, in which the grid topology is changed by at least one changeover,
a grid split, in which at least two grid portions are disconnected from each other,
a cascaded split, in which:
grid portions of the electricity supply grid are progressively disconnected from each other,
generators potentially feeding into the electricity supply grid are disconnected from the electricity supply grid, or
consumers potentially drawing power from the electricity supply grid are disconnected from the electricity supply grid,

a failure of at least one power transmission path on which power was being transmitted between at least two grid nodes prior to the failure,
a grid short circuit, in which at least one short circuit occurs between two phases of the electricity supply grid or at least between a phase of the electricity supply grid and ground, and
a power oscillation, in which the power oscillates between grid portions of the electricity supply grid.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a temporal and spatial change in the plurality of node phase angles is evaluated to check for the grid disturbance.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
phase angles, in each case revolving at a frequency, of the node voltage are acquired,
an average frequency or an average frequency drift of the electricity supply grid or of a grid portion is acquired from the phase angles revolving at the frequency.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a power balance of the electricity supply grid or of the grid portion is derived from a frequency drift.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grid disturbances are assessed in terms of grid disturbance type or amplitude based on the at least one phase angle relationship.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein grid disturbance is a power oscillation, wherein checking for the power oscillation comprises:
checking for a presence of a periodic load flow variation based on the at least one phase angle relationship,
wherein a periodic load flow variation describes a periodically repeating variation of a power flow, and the load flow describes a power flow between at least two grid portions or on a high-voltage transmission line,
wherein a power oscillation is assumed when a value of a periodic load flow variation that lies above a predefinable variation reference value has been identified.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the predefinable variation reference value is at least 10%.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grid disturbances is a grid split, wherein checking for the grid split comprises:
checking for a presence of a node phase wave,
wherein the node phase wave describes a change in a node phase angle that propagates from at least one of the observation nodes to another observation nodes, and
wherein the grid split is assumed when:
a change in a node phase angle at a first observation node has been identified by a value that has at least one predefinable first change reference angle in terms of absolute value, and
a propagation time later, a change in a node phase angle at at least one second observation node has been identified by a value that has at least one predefinable second change reference angle in terms of absolute value.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second change reference angle is smaller than the first change reference angle and is at least 5°, or the propagation time is in the range from 20 milliseconds (ms) to 100 ms.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grid disturbances is a cascaded split, wherein checking for the cascaded split comprises:
checking for a presence of a plurality of voltage jumps,
wherein each voltage jump of the plurality of voltage jumps occurs as a node phase angle jump in a node phase angle at an observation node with respect to a node phase angle at another observation node, and
observing at least three phase angle jumps, wherein
wherein the cascaded split is assumed when each of the node phase jumps has a node phase angle change of at least a predefinable reference angle change, with a time difference between two respective node phase jumps, wherein the time difference is referred to as jump difference and is in the range from 100 milliseconds (ms) to 10 seconds (s), and wherein each of the node phase jumps has a jump magnitude of at least 0.5°.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grid disturbances is a failure of lines, wherein checking for the failure of lines comprises:
checking for a presence of an increased node phase angle difference between node phase angles of two observation nodes,
wherein an increased node phase angle difference and at least a failure of a line is assumed when an acquired node phase angle difference lies at least a predetermined offset angle above an average node phase angle difference for these two observation nodes in terms of absolute value, and
wherein the offset angle has a value of at least 3°, or wherein the offset angle is at least 25% of the average node phase angle difference.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grid disturbance in the grid topology is located based on the at least one node phase relationship.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising assessing a grid stability of the electricity supply grid based on at least one detected grid disturbance, wherein the assessing takes place based on at least one acquired disturbance property of the grid disturbance selected from the list of properties containing:
a detected location of the grid disturbance,
a type of grid disturbance, and
an amplitude of the detected grid disturbance.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
performing a stabilization measure based on:
at least one detected grid disturbance, or
an assessment of a grid stability from a list comprising:
opening or closing at least one circuit breaker of the electricity supply grid,
disconnecting or connecting a generator,
disconnecting or connecting a consumer,
specifying a change in fed-in active power,
specifying a change in fed-in reactive power, and
implementing or setting an attenuation measure, in which a frequency-dependent power regulation or a voltage-dependent reactive power regulation is set in each case in terms of its transmission behavior.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
acquiring at least one of the node voltages and nod

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Brombach Johannes

Classifications

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