Exchanged electricity paths calculation in integrated and sustainable power systems using topological sort

Abstract

In integrated and sustainable power systems, renewable energies (RE) required to satisfy the electricity demand would be generated in countries or areas with high resources, and exported to other ones. These RE productions and exchanges occur on a 24/7 basis for dozens of power systems at a time and, thus, constitute a high amount of data. Analyzing this big data and extracting out useful information require computing tools.In this work, we present a calculation model that determines power exchanges paths between areas of an integrated and sustainable power system. This would serve for many applications such as tracking power transactions, detecting grid anomalies or estimating energy costs.The model is based on the mathematical concept of topological sort. The implemented algorithm is applied to a test system and results are then exposed and discussed.