Voltage monitoring control device and voltage monitoring control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9667100-B2
Application number	US-201314900887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2013
Priority date	Jun 26, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A centralized voltage control device connected to a first local voltage control device adjusting the control amount every second cycle such that a voltage of a transformer-type voltage control apparatus is maintained within a range between voltage upper and lower limit values updated every first cycle and a second local voltage control device adjusting the control amount of a reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus every third cycle, wherein the centralized voltage control device includes a load and power-generation-amount estimation unit estimating a load and power-generation-amount distribution every first cycle under condition of a mean load and mean power generation, condition of a minimum load and maximum power generation, and condition of a maximum load and minimum power generation, a voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit estimating a voltage fluctuation band, an optimal-voltage-distribution determination unit determining a control target value of the first local voltage control device, and a voltage upper-and-lower-limit-value determination unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A voltage monitoring control device that is connected, via a communication network, to a first local voltage control device, which is connected to a transformer-type voltage control apparatus that is connected to a power distribution line in a high-voltage system and controls a voltage on the power distribution line and which adjusts an amount of control of the voltage control apparatus every second cycle, which is shorter than a first cycle, such that a voltage value controlled by the voltage control apparatus is maintained within a range between a voltage upper-limit value and a voltage lower-limit value that are updated every first cycle, and a second local voltage control device, which is connected to a reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus that controls a voltage on the power distribution line and which adjusts an amount of control of the voltage control apparatus every third cycle, which is shorter than the first cycle, the voltage monitoring control device comprising:
a load and power-generation-amount estimation unit to estimate, every first cycle, a load and power-generation-amount distribution representing a difference between a pure load and a power-generation amount at each point of a power distribution system under each of a condition of a mean load amount and a mean power-generation amount, a condition of a minimum load amount and a maximum power-generation amount, and a condition of a maximum load amount and a minimum power-generation amount;
a voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit to estimate a voltage fluctuation band of the voltage within the first cycle on a basis of the load and power-generation-amount distribution;
a control-target-voltage determination unit to determine a first threshold value for an allowance for an upper limit of an appropriate voltage range and a second threshold value for an allowance for a lower limit of an appropriate voltage range on a basis of the voltage fluctuation band estimated by the voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit, and to determine a control target value to be indicated to the first local voltage control device on a basis of a difference between the first threshold value and the allowance for the upper limit and on a basis of a difference between the second threshold value and the allowance for the lower limit;
a voltage upper-and-lower-limit-value determination unit to determine the voltage upper-limit value and the voltage lower-limit value on a basis of the control target value; and
a transceiver unit to transmit the voltage upper-limit value and the voltage lower-limit value to the first local voltage control device via the communication network.

2. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a dead-zone determination unit to determine a dead zone that indicates a width of a control range of a voltage of the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus, wherein
the transceiver unit transmits, via the communication network, the dead zone to the second local voltage control device, which controls the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus.

3. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit estimates an upper voltage fluctuation band, which is the voltage fluctuation band on a voltage rising side, on a basis of a difference between the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a minimum load amount and a maximum power-generation amount and the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a mean load amount and a mean power-generation amount, and estimates a lower voltage fluctuation band, which is the voltage fluctuation band on a voltage dropping side, on a basis of a difference between the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a mean load amount and a mean power-generation amount and the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a maximum load amount and a minimum power-generation amount.

4. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit calculates, as the upper voltage fluctuation band, a value obtained by adding a preset maximum voltage change on a voltage rising side in a higher-order system to a difference between the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a minimum load amount and a maximum power-generation amount and the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a mean load amount and a mean power-generation amount, and calculates, as the lower voltage fluctuation band, a value obtained by adding a preset maximum voltage change on a voltage dropping side in a higher-order system to a difference between the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a mean load amount and a mean power-generation amount and the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a maximum load amount and a minimum power-generation amount.

5. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit determines a maximum power-generation amount, a mean power-generation amount, and a minimum power-generation amount on a basis of a weather forecast with the first cycle.

6. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage-fluctuation-band estimation unit performs power-flow calculation on a basis of a measurement result of a voltage and a power flow at each point in a system to acquire and record an actual load amount, and determines a maximum load amount, a mean load amount, and a minimum load amount on a basis of a preceding actual load amount.

7. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 1 , wherein the load and power-generation-amount estimation unit estimates the load and power-generation-amount distribution by setting an output of reactive power from the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus to zero.

8. The voltage monitoring control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the load and power-generation-amount estimation unit calculates an allowable amount on a voltage rising side and a voltage dropping side in the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus on a basis of a difference between a maximum compensation voltage that corresponds to a maximum reactive power capable of being output from the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus and a voltage based on the load and power-generation amount under a condition of a minimum load amount and a maximum power-generation amount,
the control-target-voltage determination unit determines reactive power as a control target value to be indicated to the second local voltage control device such that an amount of control of reactive power of the reactive-power-modified voltage control apparatus becomes equal to or less than the allowable amount, and
the transceiver unit transmits the reactive power to the second local voltage control device via the communication network.

9. A voltage monitoring control method in a voltage monitoring control device that is connected, via a communication network, to a first local voltage control device, which is connected to a transformer-type voltage control apparatus that is connected to a power distribution line in a high-voltage system and controls a voltage on the power distribution line and which adjusts an amount of control of the voltage control apparatus every second cycle, which is shorter than a first cycle, such that a voltage value controlled by the voltage control apparatus is maintained within a range between a voltage upper-limit value and a voltage lower-limit value that are updated every first cycle, and a second local voltage control device, which is connected to a reac

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Itaya Nobuhiko

Classifications

• Y04S20/222

  Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving · CPC title

• Y02B70/3225

  Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving · CPC title

• G05F1/12

  wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is AC (G05F1/625 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J3/12

  Arrangements for adjusting voltage in AC networks by changing a characteristic of the network load · CPC title

• G05F1/16

  combined with discharge tubes or semiconductor devices · CPC title