Electric Power ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 1-7.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2014.8.1.6

• Power System: Condition Assessments and Monitoring •     Next Articles

Reliability Evaluation for Bulk Power Systems by Using Stochastic Response Surface Method

SU Xiao-lan1, 2, ZHAO Yuan2, ZHONG Jia-hua1, YANG Gao-feng1, ZHANG Ya-wei2   

  1. 1. Urban Power Supply Branch Company of Chongqing Electric Power Corporation, Chongqing 400013, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing 400044, China
  • Received:2014-05-08 Online:2014-08-18 Published:2015-12-10
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(50977094), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing City (CSTC, 2011BB6047), State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Independent Research Project (2007 DA10512711208) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (CDJZR11150012)

Abstract: In order to quantify the effect of the uncertainty of component reliability parameters in reliability assessment of bulk power systems, a method called stochastic response surface method and with the considerations of the factors of the stochastic nature of fault rate and MTTR, was proposed, which can rapidly induce polynomial expressions for risk indices as well as formulas and calculate the relevant expectation value and its variance. Moreover, to enhance the velocity of convergence, the generalized polynomial chaos expansions were developed in case that the component parameters don’t follow the normal distribution. By taking the advantages of the proposed method, the vulnerable points in a power system can be identified, which can provide guides for system planners and operators. Finally, the reliability of the RBTS test system was evaluated and analyzed and the simulation results verify the validity of evaluation method mentioned above.

Key words: large power grid, reliability evaluation, reliability index, generalized polynomial chaos, stochastic response surface method, parameter uncertainty, weak point identification

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