Energy and Power Engineering, 2013, 5, 992-998 doi:10.4236/epe.2013.54B190 Published Online July 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/epe) A Summary of Optimal Methods for the Planning of Stand-alone Microgrid System Lei Qiao School of Control and Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction, Tianjin, China Email: qiaolei@tjuci.edu.cn Received February, 2013 ABSTRACT This paper describes the characteristics and optimal methods for the planning of stand-alone microgrid system, in order to improve the power supply reliability, increase the coefficient of utilization of renewable energy and reduce the cost of investment and operation. Next, the problems in the optimal planning for a stand-alone microgrid system are summa- rized, including the unique operational control targets, the flexible combination approaches and the operation strategies of distributed generation energy supply system, and the special requirements of the reliability of power supply quality factor from the different users. And then, centering on the operational control and the advanced energy management strategy, the optimal mathematical models and the solving methods, the reliability assessment approaches and the im- provement measures of a stand-alone microgrid system, an overview of the general situation of the recent research at home and abroad and the limitations of the study are summarized. Finally, several problems, existing in the optimal planning of stand-alone microgrid system, to be urgently solved, are put forward. Keywords: Stand-alone Microgrid System; Optimal Planning; Operation Strategies; Energy Management 1. Introduction At present, considering geographical conditions, it is rather difficult to build a conventional power distribution system that connects with the power grid in some remote areas and stand-alone islands. Diesel engine is usually adopted as the main electrical source, nevertheless the supply mode has many shortcomings, such as the low reliability, the high operation and maintenance cost and the environmental pollution, and so on. A stand-alone microgrid system integrates the conventional power gen- eration technology, the distributed generation technology and the storage energy devices by a reasonable electric network, and is the most effective way of improving the supply reliability, increasing the utilization rate of re- newable energy resources, saving the operation expense, lowering the energy consumption, reducing the pollutants discharge, and realizing the optimal use of multiple en- ergy resources. Accordingly, the power energy demands of remote areas and stand-alone islands can be met better through a stand-alone microgrid. Presently, some demonstration projects of stand-alone microgid have already been built all over the world, such as the microgid system with wind turbines, photovoltaic arrays, diesel engines and energy storage devices on Kythnos island in Greece [1] and the stand-alone mi- crogid consisting of multiple energy forms and seawater desalination installations on Dangan island in Zhuhai [2]. The above-mentioned projects only explored the question about power supply to island from a feasibility viewpoint, but the genuine optimal planning has been not still achieved as a result of deficiencies in the theory and me- thod of planning. According to the character of optimal planning for a stand-alone microgrid system, the article analyzes the research status of optimal methods for the planning of stand-alone microgrid system, summarizes the research limitations, and at last proposes the pivotal problems needed to be solved urgently. 2. A Brief Description of Optimal Planning for a Stand-alone M ic r o gr i d Syst e m 2.1. Planning Objectives The main planning objective for a stand-alone microgrid is to decide the optimal system scheme that makes the expense of construction and operation lowest on the basis of the power energy demand, the renewable energy sup- ply and the condition of existing power network in the planning period. Figure 1 shows a diagram of a simple radial 10 kV AC stand-alone microgrid system, where DG (distributed generator)contain diesel generators, photovoltaic system, wind turbine generators and fuel cells, and ESS repre- sents the energy storage system, they are connected to Copyright © 2013 SciRes. EPE
L. QIAO 993 Figure 1. AC topology of a stand-alone microgrid system. low voltage AC buses dispersedly and then input the 10kV or more high voltage grid through booster trans- formers. Based on the structure, the main research con- tents of the planning for a stand-alone microgrid include the planning of capacity of distributed generation and energy storage devices and the network frame planning. The former carries out the optimal design to choose the type, capacity and control strategy of distributed genera- tors in a microgrid from the viewpoint of the balance between the supply and demand, and the latter studies the optimal planning about the structure of power network, the optimal path and the connected location of distributed generation. In the areas with grids, the key of the plan- ning is how to choose reasonably the capacity and loca- tion of the energy supply system with distributed gen- erators to satisfy the established objectives, on the condi- tion that the comprehensive energy demand is met, ac- cording to the situation of local resources. Whereas, in some areas that need the overall transformation or is non-electric, the joint optimal planning should be devel- oped. 2.2. Character of Optimal Planning In a stand-alone microgrid system, many factors make modeling and solving of the optimal planning very com- plex, such as the input of intermittent renewable energy resources, the flexible combination approaches, the vari- ous control strategies and the different demand for the power supply reliability. There are the main representa- tions. 1) There are a mass of uncertain factors in a stand- alone microgrid system, and hence the more flexible model and solution algorithm of optimal planning need to be adopted. The planning period of stand-alone microgrid system is usually 10 - 20 years. The planning scheme is estab- lished based on the long period forecast of the compre- hensive energy demand and some renewable energy re- sources. Nevertheless, the result of forecast is uncertain as a result of external conditions, such as the weather. In addition, the fluctuation of the price of fossil energy and the decreasing investment cost of distributed generators also produce an effect on the optimal planning scheme. 2) A stand-alone microgrid system has the particular operation and control objectives, the flexible combina- tion schemes and the control strategies that influence the result of the optimal planning, consequently these factors should be considered adequately. A microgrid system that is able to connect grid links the power system in most of the time. The optimal objec- tives of the maximal incomes and the minimal pollutant emission can be achieved by managing scientifically the different units in a microgrid system [3,4]. A stand-alone microgrid system is not supported by the power system, accordingly its main operational objective is to maintain the long-term stability of system and meet the demand of power energy. In a stand-alone microgrid system, the combination schemes and the operational modes of dis- tributed generators and energy storage devices are more flexible, and as for the control strategies, the methods of coordination control are multiform [5]. 3) When a stand-alone microgrid system is pro- grammed, the different users’ demands for the power supply reliability should be considered, and then accord- ing to the evaluation result of reliability, the planning scheme needs to be modified. A stand-alone microgrid system contains the multiple energy input, the uncertainty of optimal planning, the various combination schemes of distributed units, the flexible system structure and the different demands for the power supply reliability, which undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the modeling and solution method of the optimal planning. 3. Research Status of Optimal Planning for Stand-Alone Microgrid System The research status of the optimal planning for a stand- alone microgrid system is introduced, including the op- erational control and the energy management strategies, the mathematical model and solution algorithm of opti- mal planning, and the evaluation methods of reliability, etc. Copyright © 2013 SciRes. EPE
L. QIAO 994 3.1. Operational Control and Energy Management Strategy of Stand-alone Microgrid System The existing researches demonstrate that a stand-alone microgrid system with multiple energy systems can in- crease the efficiency and the energy utilization factor. However, due to the particular operational modes and the various combination schemes of system, the feasible control strategy need to be used in order to ensure the system stability. At present, the controls of microgrid are classified into the control of distributed generators and the energy management. 1) Operational strategies The controls of distributed generators are divided into constant power control, droop control and constant volt- age /constant frequency control. The control strategies of microgrid are classified into master-slave control and equivalence control. Up till now, in the existing stand- alone microgrid system, the layered management mode based on master-slave control is adopted frequently. In the control strategy, the adjustable generators such as diesel generators, gas turbines and biomass generation power, or the energy storage devices are disposed as the main units of voltage regulation and frequent regulation, besides other distributed generators are controlled with a constant power. The adjustable generators in a microgrid adopt the plug and play equivalence control to realize the equipar- tition of active current and reactive current without the real-time communication, accordingly the reliability of power supply is improved. When a synchronous generator acts as distributed gen- eration, the equivalence control is realized easily as a result of the inherent droop character of synchronous generator. Besides, some experts proposed many meas- ures to achieve the equivalence control of inventor, and the chief method was to simulate the droop control of the regulation character of synchronous generator [6-8]. The main disadvantage of droop control is that the frequency and the voltage both have a steady state error. Conse- quently, the energy storage devices were used in the second frequency regulation in [9] and a dynamic voltage recovery equipment was introduced in order to reduce the voltage tolerance in [10]. The results of reference [11] showed that the energy storage devices could ensure the voltage stability and frequency stability of isolated sys- tem by controlling the power appropriately in a stand- alone microgrid where synchronous generators acted as the main electrical source. For a stand-alone microgrid, the deviation of frequency and voltage can be improved by using the upper management system to dispatch the power generation and supply. 2) Advanced energy management strategy All kinds of distributed units in a system are inde- pendent relatively and yet coupled, so the coordinated relationship between energy resources and energy con- sumption devices should be considered to realize the comprehensive utilization of multiple energy resources. Reference [12] suggested several operational strategies around the energy management of diesel generator and energy storage battery—the strategies decided the opera- tional priority of diesel generator and energy storage bat- tery based on the comparison the unit generation cost of diesel generator with one cycle charging and discharging cost of energy storage battery, the method was applied in a optimal software—HOMER. The energy management strategy of stand-alone microgrid with fuel cells, electro- lytic water equipments and electrochemical cells was researched, and a approach to coordinating and dispatch- ing the hybrid energy storage was proposed based on the battery’s state of charge in [13]. Considering the con- straint condition of the equipment operation, the coordi- nated control strategies of multiple energy resources were suggested to ensure the long-term and reliable op- eration of energy storage batteries in [14]. The achieve- ments above indicated how to select a combination scheme and control strategies of distributed generation system depended on the local renewable energy re- sources, the load demands and the cost of equipments and fuel. In addition, at present some simulation soft- wares can supply the coordination control strategies of distributed generators. For example, simulation software Hybrid2 developed by NERL suggests several schemes that are divided into two classes [5], one is that diesel generators play a role of net load following and storage batteries are in the condition of floating charge as the reserved power, and the other is that diesel generators and storage batteries serve as the main power supply in turn to meet the demand of net load. 3.2. Mathematics Model and Solution Methods of Optimal Planning for Stand-alone Microgrid System Presently, in the aspect of optimal planning for a stand- alone microgrid, many scholars at home and abroad mainly focus on designing the capability of distributed generators from the viewpoint of balance of supply and demand. The most of researches calculate every index of the combination scheme of different renewable energy resources with the quasi steady state simulation program according to the load data, the wind speed, the illumina- tion intensity and the temperature in a life cycle—the method is called the deterministic method. The advan- tage of means is that the fluctuation of renewable energy resources and loads in a life cycle and control strategies Copyright © 2013 SciRes. EPE
L. QIAO 995 are simulated in detail during the optimal planning. But, the disadvantage is that the forecast errors and the price fluctuation influence the result of optimal planning, and the uncertain factors can not be estimated. In addition, the hourly data of weather and load need to be known in the process of planning, however, it is difficult in prac- tice. Accordingly, the uncertain theory is applied widely in the generators expansion planning and the system plan- ning. The uncertain planning aims at the optimal prob- lems in the uncertain conditions, and explains the inte- grated theory of modeling and solving of stochastic plan- ning, fuzzy planning and rough planning [15]. Reference [16] researched the planning of distribution network containing distributed generators with the fuzzy optimal method. Reference [17] used Monte Carlo simulation to simulate illumination radiant intensity and the initial ca- pability of batteries and adopted the quasi steady state simulation to analyze the reliability index during the op- timal design, and then the result with meeting a certain confidence level was regarded as the convergence crite- rion of Monte Carlo simulation. Reference [18] advanced the optimal configuration model of wind-hydro-solar generation system based on the stochastic chance-con- strained programming to obtain the optimal configuration schemes and the evaluation indexes with meeting the objectives and constraint conditions in all kinds of con- fidence levels. The optimal objectives involve the reliability, the sys- tem cost and the pollutant emission. The reliability in- dexes contain loss of load probability, loss of load prob- ability and loss of load hours, and so on [19]. The costs of system include the net cost and standardization cost in a life cycle [20-22]. The problem is the hybrid optimal planning with discrete variables and continuous variables, so the artificial intelligent algorithm is fit to solve the problem [23]. Reference [24-26] designed the type and capability of distributed generators with the genetic algo- rithm. Multiple constraint conditions exist at the same time during the optimal program, but in the practical multi-objectives optimal problem, the different objec- tives always conflict one another. The multi-objectives optimal design was achieved based on a fixed weigh in [27] that converted the multi-objectives to the single ob- jective. But, the multi-objectives solving does not mean looking for the single optimal solution but searching a set of equilibrium solution— Pareto optimal solution. The multi-objectives genetic algorithm was adopted to design the capability of stand-alone wind-solar-diesel-battery microgrid, and aimed at the lowest cost of life cycle and the minimum of carbon emission in [28]. Reference [29] proposed a three-objective model containing the prob- ability index of capacity deficiency. Reference [24,30] described a layered optimal design, outer layer calculated the capability of distributed generators, and the internal layer optimized the key control variables of the selected control strategy, and the method was applied in an opti- mal software—HOGA. Besides the researches mentioned, the distributed gen- eration technology brings a new challenge to distribution systems [31-32], accordingly, the comprehensive coor- dination between distributed generators and distribution systems should be considered adequately while the opti- mal planning is laid out. Reference [33] pointed out the planning of distribution system with distributed generators was divided into the location planning of distributed generators and the ex- panding planning of distribution systems. Reference [31] built a planning model of distribution grid with distrib- uted generators considering the security restriction, the randomness of distributed generator’s output, the power penetration of distributed generators and the joint plan- ning of distribution grids and distributed generators. Reference [34] used the chance constrained program- ming to set up a grid structure planning model for distri- bution networks with distributed wind turbine generators, considering the randomness of wind power generation and the uncertainty of load forecast. As already mentioned, the optimization of capability, location and structure of distributed generation had al- ready been carried out, however the optimal planning for a stand-alone microgrid was hardly reported. 3.3. Reliability Evaluation and Improvement Measures for Stand-Alone Microgrid System The theory of reliability is applied in the planning in or- der to establish the reasonable strategy and look for the optimal balance between the economical efficiency and the reliability, on the premise of meeting the reliability evaluation index. For a stand-alone microgrid, the pre- sent researches mostly focus on the reliability evaluation of power output and load need, and the purpose is the quantization and analysis of risk as a result of the random invalidation of system, at the same time, not the index of single load point but the general adequacy index should be supplied. Reference [35] regarded the loss of load expectation (LOLE) and the loss of energy expectation (LOEE) as a reliability evaluation index, and discussed the solving of reliability for a stand-alone microgrid with wind turbine generators and batteries. Reference [36] studied the effect of control strategy and configuration scheme on the reliability index of stand-alone microgrid. Another important aspect of reliability evaluation is that the correct measure should be adopted to adjust the output power of generators and loads during analyzing the state of system. From the viewpoint of the balance Copyright © 2013 SciRes. EPE
L. QIAO 996 between output power and load demand, besides the best strategy of cutting load, the optimal strategy of switching of renewable energy resources and rectification of power need to be researched. According to the character of dis- persed collocation and approaching load, when the ar- ranged overhaul and the unexpected fault occurs, the system can be divided into several stand-alone sub-mi- crogrids, meanwhile, the divided principle and reliability of sub-microgrid should be taken into account. Reference [37] built an isolated model of distribution network in the basis of the importance of loads, and aimed at the maxi- mal equivalent effective load. Reference [38] researched a computational method of probability of forming iso- lated island. Reference [39] discussed the effect of iso- lated island operation on reliability. Reference [40] could obtain the feasible dividing scheme in shorter time with the heuristic search, according to the request of load bal- ance in the isolated mode. 3.4. Research Limitations Through analyzing the above-mentioned research status, we can see that there are some limitations around the theory and method of optimal planning for a stand-alone microgrid. The main representations are as follows: 1) In the aspect of mathematical model and solution methods of optimal planning Up till now, the researches at home and abroad have not involved the joint planning of power source and power system, which was the key of taking full advan- tage of renewable energy resources. Multiple manage- ment strategies of optimal planning don’t consider the integrated optimization of single unit capability and numbers of devices, the combined operation mode of devices, and the calculation of reserve capacity, and so on. The results gained only based on the energy balance in a simulation step are infeasible in some ways. 2) In the aspect of methods of optimal planning in the uncertain circumstance Many works focus on the stochastic optimization based on the uncertainty of probability and ignore the effect of uncertain factors on the planning results. Be- sides, because the problem is the joint planning of dis- tributed generators and power system, and included the selection of site and capability, the choice of control pa- rameter and the system structure planning, if a single layered optimal planning is used, the problem of curse of dimensionality tends to occur. 3) In the aspect of reliability analysis and innovative approach for a stand-alone microgrid In the research of reliability evaluation, the reliability is often analyzed from the viewpoint of the balance be- tween supply and demand, and no attention is paid to the factors of the reliability of non- electric components, network structure and fault type. However, the reliability of system can be improved effectively by designing and installing reasonably the relay protection and automation devices, so the reliability evaluation of the full system with generators and electric components should be car- ried out. In the aspect of improving the reliability of stand- alone microgrid, the division of stand-alone microgrid, the correction measure of load in the condition of fault, and the switch and adjustment strategy of power of re- newable energy resources need to be researched in depth. Compared with the developed countries, our re- searches focus on the optimal design of complementary power system structure, the control of rock-bottom de- vice and the system simulation. Moreover, there is a lack of the theory and guidance of stand-alone microgrid and the corresponding optimal tools. 4. Research Prospect The objective of optimal planning for a stand-alone mi- crogrid is to look for the planning scheme of isolated system with distributed generators, and meet the opera- tional constraints and the load reliability constraints. The optimal design needs to take account into the control strategy, so the operation and planning are coupled each other. Accordingly, the modeling and solving in the planning become more complex. Future researches should be developed as follows. 1) Research of multi-objective optimal planning for a stand-alone microgrid in uncertain circumstances All kinds of energy resources are not only independent but also coupled. The emphases of research include the energy management strategies of stand-alone sub-microgrid, the modeling method considering uncer- tainty factors of consumer demand, the condition of re- newable energy resources and market price, the mathe- matical model of the multi-objective optimal planning for a stand-alone microgrid with distributed generators and the solving method of uncertain planning theory. 2) Reliability evaluation and innovative approach for a stand-alone microgrid The reliability of stand-alone microgrid is influenced by the type of fault, the system structure, the energy management strategy and the operational mode, conse- quently the optimal planning scheme needs to be evalu- ated to advance the innovative measures. When the reli- ability is analyzed, the intermittence of renewable energy resources, the uncertainty of load, the variable operation mode of energy storage system and the fault character of devices must be investigated. The corrective actions should be discussed, including the division method of sub-microgrids, the optimal correction strategy of loads in the condition of fault, the best switching way of re- Copyright © 2013 SciRes. EPE
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