Automatic regionalization algorithm for distributed state estimation in power systems

Dexin Wang, Liuqing Yang, Anthony Florita, S. M.Shafiul Alam, Tarek Elgindy, Bri Mathias Hodge

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Abstract

The deregulation of the power system and the incorporation of generation from renewable energy sources recessitates faster state estimation in the smart grid. Distributed state estimation (DSE) has become a promising and scalable solution to this urgent demand. In this paper, we investigate the regionalization algorithms for the power system, a necessary step before distributed state estimation can be performed. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first investigation on automatic regionalization (AR). We propose three spectral clustering based AR algorithms. Simulations show that our proposed algorithms outperform the two investigated manual regionalization cases. With the help of AR algorithms, we also show how the number of regions impacts the accuracy and convergence speed of the DSE and conclude that the number of regions needs to be chosen carefully to improve the convergence speed of DSEs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages787-790
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509045457
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 19 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Washington, United States
Duration: Dec 7 2016Dec 9 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings

Other

Other2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period12/7/1612/9/16

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant number ECCS-1232305 and the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC36-08-GO28308 with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of the project work performed under the SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Automatic regionalization
  • Distributed state estimation
  • Partitioning
  • Power system operations
  • Spectral clustering

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