Abstract
1- INTRODUCTION
2- DECISION-MAKING AND KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION: TOP LEVEL DESIGN
3- DISPATCH CONTROL CENTER MODELS
4- PARALLEL DISPATCH: A NEW PARADIGM
5- CONCLUSIONS AND OUR VISION
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Abstract
Modern power systems are evolving into sociotechnical systems with massive complexity, whose real-time operation and dispatch go beyond human capability. Thus, the need for developing and applying new intelligent power system dispatch tools are of great practical significance. In this paper, we introduce the overall business model of power system dispatch, the top level design approach of an intelligent dispatch system, and the parallel intelligent technology with its dispatch applications. We expect that a new dispatch paradigm, namely the parallel dispatch, can be established by incorporating various intelligent technologies, especially the parallel intelligent technology, to enable secure operation of complex power grids, extend system operators’ capabilities, suggest optimal dispatch strategies, and to provide decision-making recommendations according to power system operational goals.
INTRODUCTION
E LECTRICAL power grids are in the transition from traditional power grids to modern smart grids to accommodate rapid development of human society. It has been predicted that electricity demand in 2030 will be the double of the demand in 2010 [1]. Expansion of power generation and renovation of transmission and distribution infrastructures, which cause tremendous consumption of public resources, cannot be the only solution to this social requirement. All stakeholders in the power industry, including the society, government, electricity providers, consumers, and power transmission and distribution operators, are desperate for a much more efficient operating system, so that the burden and pressure brought by the rapid demand growth can be mitigated. Meanwhile, regulation and customer demand on higher service quality and system reliability also become important considerations of the stakeholders. Global initiation of environment protection and carbon dioxide emission reduction substantially constrain the development of conventional power systems based on fossil energy, while promote the utilization of renewable energy sources. The features of renewables, e.g., intermittence, uncertainty, and difficulty of being integrated into grid operation, are the foremost problems to be solved by researchers and engineers. The rise of modern smart grids brings in huge impacts on dispatching systems, which are summarized as following.