Electric Power ›› 2024, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (7): 173-181.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202307014

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Topology Optimization of Offshore Wind Power Collection System Considering Actual Carrying Capacity of Submarine Cables

Jing YE1,2(), Junwen CAI1,2(), Lei ZHANG1,2(), Guanghao ZHOU3, Jiehui HE1,2, Xue ZHAI4   

  1. 1. College of Electrical Engineering and New Energy, Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China
    2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Cascaded Hydropower Station Operation & Control (Three Gorges University), Yichang 443002, China
    3. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd. Taizhou Power Supply Company, Taizhou 318000, China
    4. Hubei Electric Power Survey and Design Institute Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430040, China
  • Received:2023-07-04 Accepted:2023-10-02 Online:2024-07-23 Published:2024-07-28
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.52007103).

Abstract:

The actual carrying capacity of submarine cables is important evidence for submarine cable selection, and in the topology optimization of offshore wind power collection systems, it is of great significance to consider the differences in carrying capacity of submarine cables in different laying sections and the effects of magnetic heat effect on the carrying capacity of the submarine cable laying in parallel with multiple circuits, which can ensure the safety of the power collection system. Firstly, the wind turbines were divided into clustered partitions using the fuzzy C-mean algorithm, and the power collection system topology was divided into intra-partition and extra-partition topology optimization. Then, a topological search algorithm based on Voronoi diagrams was used for the solution within the partition. Subsequently, in the extra-partition topology optimization, the impact of the submarine cable bottleneck section and the number of circuits on the carrying capacity was considered, and a mixed integer nonlinear optimization model was built. After linearization, the model was solved by the optimization solver GUROBI. Finally, an actual wind farm was used as a case for simulation verification. The results show that the proposed model can ensure the actual carrying capacity of the submarine cable is greater than the working current, and it effectively ensures the safety of the power collection system.

Key words: offshore wind farm, power collection system, topology optimization, carrying capacity, number of circuits