A Case Study on Power Quality in a Virtual Power Plant: Long Term Assessment and Global Index Application

Michal Jasiński, Tomasz Sikorski, Dominika Kaczorowska, Jacek Rezmer, Vishnu Suresh, Zbigniew Leonowicz, Paweł Kostyla, Jarosław Szymańda and Przemysław Janik
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Michal Jasiński: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Tomasz Sikorski: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Dominika Kaczorowska: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Jacek Rezmer: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Vishnu Suresh: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Zbigniew Leonowicz: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Paweł Kostyla: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Jarosław Szymańda: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Przemysław Janik: TAURON Ekoenergia Ltd., 58-500 Jelenia Góra, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-20

Abstract: The concept of virtual power plants (VPP) was introduced over 20 years ago but is still actively researched. The majority of research now focuses on analyzing case studies of such installations. In this article, the investigation is based on a VPP in Poland, which contains hydropower plants (HPP) and energy storage systems (ESS). For specific analysis, the power quality (PQ) issues were selected. The used data contain 26 weeks of multipoint, synchronic measurements of power quality levels in four related points. The investigation is concerned with the application of a global index to a single-point assessment as well as an area-related assessment approach. Moreover, the problem of flagged data is discussed. Finally, the assessment of VPP’s impact on PQ level is conducted.

Keywords: virtual power plant (VPP); power quality (PQ); global index; distributed energy resources (DER); energy storage systems (ESS); power systems; long-term assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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