Title: Optimal Power Flow under Variable Wind Generation

Authors: S. Durairaj, B. Fox

Addresses: School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The Queen's University Belfast, Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road Belfast, BT9 5AH, UK. ' School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The Queen's University Belfast, Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road Belfast, BT9 5AH, UK

Abstract: In this paper Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem is solved for a power system, which includes wind power as an additional generation input under variable load conditions. The fixed-speed Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) option is considered in this study: simulations have been performed for various sizes of wind farm attached to the IEEE 30-bus systems using the DIgSILENT Power Factory simulation software and all simulations used the DIgSILENT package. The main conclusion is that a fixed-speed wind farm generator is effective in minimising the losses and the total generation cost as well. IEEE 30-bus system is considered to demonstrate the suitability of the proposed approach for solving the OPF problem.

Keywords: real power; loss minimisation; DiGSILENT; optimal power flow; variable wind generation; wind power; wind energy; wind turbines; simulation; wind farm generators; power systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2008.020746

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 2008 Vol.6 No.5/6, pp.608 - 620

Published online: 13 Oct 2008 *

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