TY - GEN
T1 - Impacts of Distribution Network Reconfiguration on Aggregated der Flexibility
AU - Churkin, Andrey
AU - Sanchez-Lopez, Miguel
AU - Alizadeh, Mohammad Iman
AU - Capitanescu, Florin
AU - Martínez Ceseña, Eduardo A.
AU - Mancarella, Pierluigi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was carried out as a part of the ATTEST project (the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, grant agreement No 864298).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The ongoing integration of controllable distributed energy resources (DER) makes distribution networks capable of aggregating flexible power and providing flexibility services at both transmission and distribution levels. The aggregated flexibility of an active distribution network (ADN) can be represented as its feasible operating area in the P-Q space. The limits of this area are pivotal for arranging flexibility markets and coordinating transmission and distribution system operators (TSOs and DSOs). However, motivated by the current technical limitations of distribution networks (e.g., protection schemes), existing literature on ADN flexibility and TSO-DSO coordination mostly focuses on radial networks, overlooking the potential benefits of network reconfiguration. This paper, using a realistic meshed distribution system from the UK and the exact ACOPF model for flexibility estimation, demonstrates that network reconfiguration can increase the limits of ADN aggregated flexibility and improve the economic efficiency of flexibility markets.
AB - The ongoing integration of controllable distributed energy resources (DER) makes distribution networks capable of aggregating flexible power and providing flexibility services at both transmission and distribution levels. The aggregated flexibility of an active distribution network (ADN) can be represented as its feasible operating area in the P-Q space. The limits of this area are pivotal for arranging flexibility markets and coordinating transmission and distribution system operators (TSOs and DSOs). However, motivated by the current technical limitations of distribution networks (e.g., protection schemes), existing literature on ADN flexibility and TSO-DSO coordination mostly focuses on radial networks, overlooking the potential benefits of network reconfiguration. This paper, using a realistic meshed distribution system from the UK and the exact ACOPF model for flexibility estimation, demonstrates that network reconfiguration can increase the limits of ADN aggregated flexibility and improve the economic efficiency of flexibility markets.
KW - Active distribution network (ADN)
KW - distributed energy resources (DER)
KW - flexibility services
KW - network reconfiguration
KW - TSO-DSO coordination
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U2 - 10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202791
DO - 10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202791
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85169417194
T3 - 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, PowerTech 2023
BT - 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, PowerTech 2023
PB - IEEE
T2 - 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech, PowerTech 2023
Y2 - 25 June 2023 through 29 June 2023
ER -