Ali Arefi | Searcharxiv

arXiv2018

Layered Based Augmented Complex Kalman Filter for Fast Forecasting-Aided State Estimation of Distribution Networks

In the presence of renewable resources, distribution networks have become extremely complex to monitor, operate and control. Furthermore, for the real time applications, active distribution networks require fast real time distribution state estimation (DSE). Forecasting aided state estimator (FASE), deploys measured data in consecutive time samples to refine the state estimate. Although most of the DSE algorithms deal with real and imaginary parts of distribution networks states independently, we propose a non iterative complex DSE algorithm based on augmented complex Kalman filter (ACKF) which considers the states as complex values. In case of real time DSE and in presence of a large number of customer loads in the system, employing DSEs in one single estimation layer is not computationally efficient. Consequently, our proposed method performs in several estimation layers hierarchically as a Multi layer DSE using ACKF (DSEMACKF). In the proposed method, a distribution network can be divided into one main area and several subareas. The aggregated loads in each subarea act like a big customer load in the main area. Load aggregation results in a lower variability and higher cross correlation. This increases the accuracy of the estimated states. Additionally, the proposed method is formulated to include unbalanced loads in low voltage (LV) distribution network.

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arXiv2017

Single Iteration Conditional Based DSE Considering Spatial and Temporal Correlation

The increasing complexity of distribution network calls for advancement in distribution system state estimation (DSSE) to monitor the operating conditions more accurately. Sufficient number of measurements is imperative for a reliable and accurate state estimation. The limitation on the measurement devices is generally tackled with using the so-called pseudo measured data. However, the errors in pseudo data by cur-rent techniques are quite high leading to a poor DSSE. As customer loads in distribution networks show high cross-correlation in various locations and over successive time steps, it is plausible that deploying the spatial-temporal dependencies can improve the pseudo data accuracy and estimation. Although, the role of spatial dependency in DSSE has been addressed in the literature, one can hardly find an efficient DSSE framework capable of incorporating temporal dependencies present in customer loads. Consequently, to obtain a more efficient and accurate state estimation, we propose a new non-iterative DSSE framework to involve spatial-temporal dependencies together. The spatial-temporal dependencies are modeled by conditional multivariate complex Gaussian distributions and are studied for both static and real-time state estimations, where information at preceding time steps are employed to increase the accuracy of DSSE. The efficiency of the proposed approach is verified based on quality and accuracy indices, standard deviation and computational time. Two balanced medium voltage (MV) and one unbalanced low voltage (LV) distribution case studies are used for evaluations.

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