ICOEUR

Description of work

Work package leader: TUDO

Recent blackouts showed clearly that operation of interconnected power systems with high level on operation security and stability is not achievable with limited system knowledge and monitoring only of separate interconnection patches. Secure operation is obtainable only if besides detailed state estimation of the own control area TSOs have reliable information of the total system state. The aim of the WP3 is to develop novel concepts for monitoring and control of interconnected power systems. ICOEUR concept includes communication and data exchange between control centres as well as wide area system monitoring and system state estimation. Required methods and tools for control and monitoring of large scale interconnections, as Pan-European and Russian, are to be developed and validated by implementing of soft- and hardware prototypes. Use will be made of the latest developments in synchronized wide area measurements, in information and communication technology, and in system identification. Results of WP1 concerning data management restriction have to be considered. An exchange of intermediate and final project results with PEGASE will guaranty mutual benefits for both projects.

Task 3.1. Communication and data exchange in between network control centres

Task 3.2. Development of new algorithms and methods for a common system state estimation

Sub-Task 3.2.1: Wide area power system monitoring with PMU under use of (shared) data concentrator

Sub-Task 3.2.2: Distributed state estimator for interstate network supervision

Sub-Task 3.2.3: Dynamic state estimator for large scale network interconnections

Task 3.3. Development of functions for control of interconnected networks

Task 3.4: Inter-TSO solutions for monitoring and state estimation.