{"title":"The application of segmentation and grid shock absorber concept for reliable power grids","authors":"H. Clark, M. El-Gasseir, Hendrik Epp, A. Edris","doi":"10.1109/MEPCON.2008.4562303","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Growing grid complexity and loading are increasing the risk of cascading failures and large-scale blackouts. Traditional reliability enhancement technologies offer only incremental improvements. Emerging technologies are limited by their complexity, and need for extensive real time analyses. A better solution is to segment the grid into AC sectors interconnected by HVDC links. In a segmented system simple preset HVDC controls respond to disturbances without assistance from operators or central control. Further, transfer capability is increased when intra-sector spinning reserve responds to frequency decay. Efficient market operation and management are enabled by the controllability of power flows between grid sectors.","PeriodicalId":236620,"journal":{"name":"2008 12th International Middle-East Power System Conference","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"17","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 12th International Middle-East Power System Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEPCON.2008.4562303","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Growing grid complexity and loading are increasing the risk of cascading failures and large-scale blackouts. Traditional reliability enhancement technologies offer only incremental improvements. Emerging technologies are limited by their complexity, and need for extensive real time analyses. A better solution is to segment the grid into AC sectors interconnected by HVDC links. In a segmented system simple preset HVDC controls respond to disturbances without assistance from operators or central control. Further, transfer capability is increased when intra-sector spinning reserve responds to frequency decay. Efficient market operation and management are enabled by the controllability of power flows between grid sectors.