On Time Aggregation Techniques for Power System Planning Applications

dc.contributor.advisorZareipour, Hamidreza
dc.contributor.advisorRakai, Logan
dc.contributor.authorSarajpoor, Nima
dc.contributor.committeememberMessier, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.committeememberLeung, Henry
dc.contributor.committeememberWood, David
dc.date2023-02
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-11T22:12:26Z
dc.date.available2023-01-11T22:12:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-10
dc.description.abstractDue to the evergrowing renewable energy resources and their penetration in the electrical grid, the power system operators face the difficulty of handling such uncertainty while obtaining the result of operation and planning studies in a tractable time. This thesis is focused on developing time aggregation frameworks for compressing renewable energy as well as electricity demand data into a limited number of representative periods from which the complex power system studies can be solved in a reasonable time without reducing the loss of accuracy. First, an overview of different parts of a clustering process is provided. The pros and cons of methods are discussed to help the reader understand the rationale behind the author narrows down the comparative methods in this thesis. A section is also provided to discuss the centroid selection process, which is often an optional step in the clustering process. Yet, it is a crucial step in the time aggregation in the context of power system studies. This thesis tackles the time aggregation challenge by developing a method based on an elastic-based distance that can reflect the volatility of time series data such as wind power while preserving its co-movement with electricity demand. Next, the spatiotemporal factor is taken into account and a method is proposed to handle time aggregation in the presence of several renewable energy resources. Finally, this thesis brings in the concept of stability, and develops a framework that can help with obtaining a set of representative periods that are more stable compared to the existing methods. In all of the aforementioned works, the proposed approach is compared against a set of comparative methods considering both data- and model-based evaluation. Regarding the former, the methods are compared according to their performance in reflecting different characteristics of data. In the latter, the method is evaluated in the context of a power system problem in an electrical network. To better show the impact of our method in preserving shape, energy storage units are added to the network. Different indices are measured to reflect the performance of the proposed approach from different perspectives.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSarajpoor, N. (2022). On time aggregation techniques for power system planning applications (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115665
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40587
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultySchulich School of Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectRenewable Energyen_US
dc.subjectTime Aggregationen_US
dc.subjectMachine Learningen_US
dc.subjectPower System Planningen_US
dc.subjectMachine Learningen_US
dc.subjectUnsupervised Learningen_US
dc.subject.classificationEnergyen_US
dc.subject.classificationEngineering--Electronics and Electricalen_US
dc.titleOn Time Aggregation Techniques for Power System Planning Applicationsen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering – Electrical & Computeren_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopyfalseen_US
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