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Study Area Selection Tool to Enhance System Impact Analysis of Generator Interconnections

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Source: IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC)

DOI: 10.1109/tpec63981.2025.10906913

Authors: Sanjana Kunkolienkar, Thomas J. Overbye, Gabriela Cabrera, Hanyue Li

Institution: Texas A&M University

Language: English

Topic: Power System Optimization and Stability

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: closed

Funder: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Award: PURPOSE:THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO MODEL OF THE ELECTRIC GRID, ASSEMBLE AND IMPLEMENT DATA SETS, AND IMPLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER SCENARIOS, AND THEN STUDY PATHWAYS FOR ENHANCING GRID RESILIENCY.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:FOUR TASKS WILL BE PERFORMED. FIRST, THE TEAM WILL DEVELOP MODELS OF THE GRID THAT CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER AND OTHER EXTREME EVENTS (E.G., WINDSTORMS, FIRE, EARTHQUAKES, ETC.) ON GRID STABILITY AND RESILIENCE.SECOND, MODELS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR SPECIFIC WEATHER EVENTS AND OTHER RESILIENCE SCENARIOS, TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED DATASETS. THIRD, THE TEAM WILL DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC GRIDS (I.E., MATHEMATICAL MODELS THAT SIMULATE A REAL GRID) THAT CAN INCORPORATE THE PROJECTED GROWTH OF RENEWABLES (I.E., SOLAR AND WIND) AND NEW LOADS(I.E., EV CHARGING) IN THE GRID. THESE MODELS WILL COMMUNICATE WITH OR INCORPORATE THE MODELS FOR WEATHER/RESILIENCY CHALLENGES AND THEIR DATASETS. THESE NEW MODELS AND DATASETS WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.FOURTH, THE TEAM WILL IMPROVE THE NEW SYNTHETIC GRID MODELS BY INCORPORATING THE LATEST POWER SYSTEM MODELS, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE POWER SYSTEM.EXPECTED OUTCOMES:THE NEW GRID MODEL WILL PROVIDE UTILITIES THE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE STABILITY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID TO REDUCE POWER OUTAGES DURING EXTREME EVENTS WHILE ALLOWING THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN RENEWABLES AND EVS.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH WILL BENEFIT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND UTILITY COMPANIES VIA FEWER POWER OUTAGES WHILE ALLOWING HIGHER ADOPTION RATES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND EVS.UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGYMATERIAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY100 BUREAU DRIVE, MS 8300GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND 20899SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

OpenAlex ID: W4408183653

FWCI: 2.358

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Cited by: 1

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