Rapid frequency response from smart loads in great britain power system

Abstract

Abstract-Flexibility in certain types of loads could be exploited to provide fast and controllable power reserve if the supply voltage/frequency is controlled using existing power electronic interfaces (e.g., motor drives) or additional ones like recently proposed electric springs. Such a load together with its power electronic interface forms a so called smart load. Effectiveness of static smart loads for primary frequency response provision has been shown in the previous papers through case studies on a segment of the low voltage/medium voltage (LV/MV) distribution network. In this paper, collective contribution of both static and motor type smart loads to rapid frequency response provision is demonstrated through a case study on the Great Britain (GB) transmission system. The active power reserve available from such smart loads are quantified and aggregated at each node at the transmission level (275/400 kV). The study shows that the smart loads collectively offer a short-term power reserve which is comparable to the spinning reserve in the GB system, and thus can ensure acceptable frequency deviation and its rate of change following a large infeed loss.Index Terms-Demand response, electric spring, primary reserve, rapid frequency response, smart load. NOMENCLATURE Acronyms

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