Abb Schweiz Ag

Hitachi Energy Ltd

Hitachi Energy Switzerland Ag

Abb Research Ltd.

Abb Inc.

Abb Power Grids Switzerland Ag

Dmitry Ishchenko

James Stoupis

Mirrasoul Mousavi

Reynaldo Nuqui

Junho Hong

Anil K Kondabathini

Mehmet H Cintuglu

Zhenyuan Wang

Bernhard Deck

Tao Cui

Alexander Brissette

Alexandre Oudalov

William Peterson

Antonio Fidigatti

Enrico Ragaini

Zhao Li

Martin Bass

Abrez Mondal

Ravindra Singh

Luca Milani

M Gamini Wickramasekara

Faeza Hafiz

Anil Kondabathini

James D Stoupis

William L Peterson

Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of networked microgrids are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method for removing false data from a networked microgrid system including: calculating a first local state estimation with the microgrid control system; calculating a plurality of global state estimations with the microgrid control system and the plurality of microgrids; determining the plurality of global state estimations did not converge; detecting false data in a first global state estimation of the plurality of global state estimations calculated with the microgrid control system using the microgrid control system and the plurality of microgrids; and removing the first global state estimation from the plurality of global state estimations; and iteratively updating the remaining global state estimations of the plurality of global state estimations with the microgrid control system and the plurality of microgrids until the remaining global state estimations of the plurality of global state estimations converge.

Secure distributed state estimation for networked microgrids

Network constraint energy management system for electric vehicle (EV) depot charging and scheduling. In an embodiment, a power schedule is received from an economic dispatch application for a charging depot comprising EV charging station(s) and distributed energy resource(s). The power schedule may be simulated on a distribution network model of the charging depot, according to load flow analysis, to determine whether any grid-code violations occur. In response to the detection of violation(s), a constraint may be generated for each violating node, and the economic dispatch application may be re-executed with the constraint(s) to produce a new power schedule, until no violations are detected. When not all load demand can be satisfied by the power schedule, a charging schedule may be adjusted to ensure that critical energy requirements are satisfied. The final power and charging schedules may be used to schedule and control power generation and charging in the charging depot.

Network constraint energy management system for electric vehicle depot charging and scheduling

Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of nested microgrids are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method for removing false data in a nested microgrid system, the method comprising: calculating a first local state estimation using a first plurality of local measurements and a second local state estimation using a second plurality of local measurements; calculating, with a central control system, a plurality of global state estimations including a first global state estimation a second global state estimation; performing a first false data detection test using the first local state estimation and one global state estimation of the plurality of global state estimations; performing a second false data detection test using the first global state estimation and the second global state estimation; detecting false data; and updating the first global state estimation, the second global state estimation, or the first local state estimation in response to detecting the false data.

Decentralized false data mitigation for nested microgrids

Systems and methods for fault detection and protection in electric power systems that evaluates electromagnetic transients caused by faults. A fault can be detected using sampled data from a first monitored point in the power system. Detection of fault transients and associated characteristics, including transient direction, can also be extracted through evaluation of sample data from other monitored points in the power system. A monitoring device can evaluate whether to trip a switching device in response to the detection of the fault and based on confirmation of an indication of detection of fault transients at the other monitored points of the power system. The determination of whether to trip or activate the switching device can also be based on other factors, including the timing of receipt of an indication of the detection of the fault transients and/or an evaluation of the characteristics of the detected transients.

Secured fault detection in a power substation

Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of asynchronous communication is distributed systems are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method determining, with a plurality of agent nodes structured to communicate asynchronously in a distributed system, a first set of iterations including an iteration determined by each of the plurality of agent nodes; determining, with a first agent node of the plurality of agent nodes, a local vector clock; receiving, with the first agent node, a first iteration of the first set of iterations and a remote vector clock determined based on the first iteration; updating, with the first agent node, the local vector clock based on the received remote vector clock; and determining a first iteration of a second set of iterations based on the first set of iterations after determining all iterations of the first set of iterations have been received based on the local vector clock.

Data exchange and processing synchronization in distributed systems

A method includes detecting a fault in a grid coupled to a distribution power network, the distribution power network comprising a distribution feeder, a plurality of distributed energy resources (DERs) coupled to the distribution feeder and a reference point of applicability (RPA) associated with the plurality of DERs, and in response to detecting the fault, determining an error voltage at the RPA, converting the error voltage into an error signal, broadcasting the error signal to the plurality of DERs, and based on the error signal, reducing the error voltage at the RPA by injecting a plurality of currents from the plurality of DERs to the distribution feeder.

Distribution power system fault control apparatus and method

An intelligent fuse provides the operational status of the power network upon which the fuse is installed to a mobile device of a remote user. A fuse electronic circuit embedded in the fuse holder of the fuse captures the characteristic values of the power network and transmits the data to the mobile device. The mobile device has an application installed thereon to calculate the distance to fault location from the recording fuse using the fuse electronic circuit-captured data. The fuse electronic circuit-captured data is further used to visualize the data collected at the measurement points of the electrical system upon which the fuse is installed.

System and method for locating faults and communicating network operational status to a utility crew using an intelligent fuse

Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses for managing distributed applications of networked intelligent agents are disclosed. The agents are operably to autonomously discover semantic profiles and associated data of other agents in a networked system participating in a given application. The agents need not be in direct communication with or known to all the other agents in the networked system.

Autonomous semantic data discovery for distributed networked systems

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a power grid control system. One exemplary embodiment is a nested microgrid system comprising a first microgrid including a network controller, a second microgrid, a third microgrid, a first restoration path selectively coupled between the second portion of the first microgrid and the second microgrid, and a second restoration path selectively coupled between the second portion of the first microgrid and the third microgrid. The network controller is configured isolate the first portion of the first microgrid from the second portion of the first microgrid, calculate weighting factors for the first and second restoration paths, select the first restoration path using the first weighting factor and the second weighting factor, and couple the second portion of the first microgrid to the second microgrid using the first restoration path.

Power restoration in nested microgrids

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a power grid control system. One exemplary embodiment is a microgrid comprising a plurality of switching devices, a plurality of distribution line segments, a plurality of measuring devices, each measuring device corresponding to one of the plurality of switching devices, and a network controller. The network controller is configured to: receive measurements from the plurality of measurement devices, determine a fault is occurring within the microgrid using the measurements, assign a topology classification to each of the plurality of distribution line segments, assign a proximity classification to each of the plurality of distribution line segments, determine fault location using the topology classification and the proximity classification, and isolate the fault by transmitting open commands to the two switching devices of the plurality of switching devices closest to the fault.

Fault detection and location in nested microgrids

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a configurable extended interface device are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is an interface device for coupling a power system device of a microgrid with a microgrid controller utilizing a data communication standard incompatible with the power system device, the interface device comprising three input ports configured to receive input from a power system device; a microgrid interface configured to provide output formatted according to any of a plurality of communication protocols, each being compatible with the data communication standard and configured to receive input defining microgrid configuration characteristics; data mapping logic structured to convert any of the input to output formatted according to any of the plurality of communication protocols; and parsing logic configured to parse the received input defining microgrid configuration characteristics effective to cause the data mapping logic to perform mapping of the received input to one of the plurality of communication protocols.

Reconfigurable extended communication interface devices for monitoring and control of power system devices

Methods and systems for secured control of circuit breakers in an electric power substation against undesired direct operation. Consequences of a malicious action are prevented or mitigated using a validation approach that either blocks the command or ensures a negligible effect on system operation. An example method, suitable for implementation in a monitoring device in an electric power substation, includes receiving a command to open or close a circuit breaker. In response, one or more state parameters for the electric power network that comprises the substation are then predicted, the predicted state parameters reflecting an operating state for the network under the assumption that the received command is executed. The method further comprises comparing the predicted one or more state parameters to corresponding operational limits. Execution of the command is then blocked, in response to determining that one or more of the predicted state parameters violate the corresponding operational limits.

Secured control of circuit breakers in a digital substation

A microgrid is re-synchronized to a main grid or substation by determining a degree of bus angle or frequency mismatch and bus voltage mismatch between the microgrid and the main grid or substation prior to re-synchronization, determining an amount of power adjustment needed to reduce the bus angle or frequency mismatch and bus voltage mismatch to below respective predetermined thresholds, determining at least one participation factor for each microgrid bus, each participation factor indicating an amount of influence power injection by the corresponding bus has on the bus angle or frequency mismatch or on the voltage mismatch, allocating the amount of power adjustment to the microgrid buses in proportion to the participation factors assigned to the buses, and re-synchronizing the microgrid to the main grid or substation responsive to the bus angle or frequency mismatch and bus voltage mismatch satisfying the respective predetermined thresholds.

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Dmitry Ishchenko