System and method for monitoring and managing electrical power transmission and distribution networks
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1. A computer implemented method of measuring load flow in a power generating system having an electrical grid, comprising the steps of:
- a. generating a first mathematical model of a known, physical solution to load flow equations (L) representing the electrical grid in which all voltages are equal to a normal or designed voltage level, and there is no energy flow in links of the electrical grid, said first mathematical model comprising a holomorphic embedding of the load flow equations (L(s)), where s is a variable in a complex domain that includes a value s=0 corresponding to a no load case (L(0)), in which all voltages are equal to a normal or designed voltage level and there is no energy flow in links of the electrical grid, and wherein each variable of the load flow equations (L) is contained in L(s) as a function of the complex variable s by said holomorphic embedding;
b. transcribing the holomorphic embedding into software for use in a computer processor adapted to execute said software;
c. using analytical continuation in said computer processor to develop a second mathematical model from said first mathematical model, said second mathematical model being of a known, physical solution to the load flow equations (L(s)), where s includes a value s=1corresponding to a current load flow case (L(1)) corresponding to a physical solution to the load flow equations in the power generating system; and
d. displaying a representation of the second mathematical model, developed in step c, as a measure of the load flow in the power generating system.
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A system and method for monitoring and managing electrical power transmission and distribution networks through use of a deterministic, non-iterative method using an holomorphic embedding and algebraic approximants for determining the real-time load flow in a power generating system having an electrical grid. Such method may be employed for real-time or off-line applications for electric power systems reliability assessment, and is capable of determining whether or not a physical solution to the load flow problem exists, or if the system is in a state of voltage collapse.
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1. A computer implemented method of measuring load flow in a power generating system having an electrical grid, comprising the steps of:
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a. generating a first mathematical model of a known, physical solution to load flow equations (L) representing the electrical grid in which all voltages are equal to a normal or designed voltage level, and there is no energy flow in links of the electrical grid, said first mathematical model comprising a holomorphic embedding of the load flow equations (L(s)), where s is a variable in a complex domain that includes a value s=0 corresponding to a no load case (L(0)), in which all voltages are equal to a normal or designed voltage level and there is no energy flow in links of the electrical grid, and wherein each variable of the load flow equations (L) is contained in L(s) as a function of the complex variable s by said holomorphic embedding; b. transcribing the holomorphic embedding into software for use in a computer processor adapted to execute said software; c. using analytical continuation in said computer processor to develop a second mathematical model from said first mathematical model, said second mathematical model being of a known, physical solution to the load flow equations (L(s)), where s includes a value s=1corresponding to a current load flow case (L(1)) corresponding to a physical solution to the load flow equations in the power generating system; and d. displaying a representation of the second mathematical model, developed in step c, as a measure of the load flow in the power generating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for measuring load flow in a power generating system having an electrical grid with n nodes, said system comprising:
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a supervisory control and data acquisition system adapted to collect data from said electrical grid indicative of electrical conditions in said electrical grid, and a microprocessor-controlled energy management system said supervisory control and data acquisition system being in communication with the microprocessor-controlled energy management system, said microprocessor-controlled energy management system further comprising a program of instructions executable by said energy management system to; a. process said data received from said supervisory control and data acquisition system into load flow equations (L) representing the electrical grid; b. generate a first mathematical model of a known, physical solution to the load flow equations (L), said first mathematical model comprising a holomorphic embedding of the load flow equations (L(s)), where s is a variable in a complex domain that includes a value s=0corresponding to a no load case (L(0)), in which all voltages are equal to a normal or designed voltage level and there is no energy flow in links of the electrical grid, and wherein each variable of the load flow equations (L) is contained in L(s) as a function of the complex variable s by said holomorphic embedding; and c. develop a second mathematical model from said first mathematical model, said second mathematical model being of a known, physical solution to the load flow equations (L(s)), where s includes a value s=1 corresponding to a current load flow case (L(1)) corresponding to a physical solution to the load flow equations in the power generating system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented method of estimating a state of stability of a power generating system having an electrical grid, comprising the steps of:
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a. generating a mathematical model of the power generating system using a topology that describes all possible connectivity points of the electrical grid; b. embedding load flow equations (L) representing the mathematical model in a holomorphic embedding (L(s)) where s is a variable in a complex domain that includes a value s=0 corresponding to a no load case (L(0)), in which all voltages are equal to a normal or designed voltage level and there is no energy flow in links of the electrical grid and the value s=1corresponding to an objective case (L(1)) representative of the electrical grid in a condition for which stability is to be determined, wherein each variable of the load flow equations (L) is contained in L(s) as a function of the complex variable s by said holomorphic embedding; c. transcribing the holomorphic embedding from step b into software for use in a computer processor adapted to execute said software; d. developing in power series, values of unknowns in parameters of the holomorphic embedding (L(s)), using said computer processor, wherein the values of s are in a neighborhood of the value for the no load case of each parameter of the load flow equations; e. using said computer processor to compute an n-order algebraic approximant to the power series produced in step d; f. evaluating, using said computer processor, the n-order algebraic approximant produced in step e for the power series produced in step d to provide a solution to the load flow equations (L); g. receiving data from the connectivity points of the electrical grid; h. calculating, using said computer processor, a solution to the load flow equations (L) using the data from the connectivity points of the electrical grid; and i. displaying the solution to the load flow equations as a measure of a state of stability of the electrical grid. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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