Smart technologies when used in the traditional grid infrastructure will provide a different environment and working conditions in the grid by bringing the required smartness into the grid, called the smart grid. The smart grid can play a major role in the upcoming days to come because there is a necessity to integrate coordinated renewable energy resources into the grid and to operate the grids at a higher efficiency considering many aspects including reliability of the supply. Apart from this, there is a necessity to manage the demand supply gap in the smart grid by optimally scheduling the generators or by effectively scheduling the demand side resources instead of going for the traditional methods like partial or full load shedding. This paper presents an overview on the present state-of-the-art of smart grid technologies and broadly classifies the papers referred into two major areas, papers based on improvement of operational efficiency in smart grids and papers based on smartness in maintaining the demand supply gap. Some of the papers projected in this work also give a brief overview of the necessity of the smart grid.
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Computational speed of the respective algorithms for 1 % dip in wind power generation for the 20 considered cases/s
0.006
5.01
Computational speed of the respective algorithms for 5 % dip in wind power generation for the 20 considered cases/s
0.081
5.01
Computational speed of the respective algorithms for 10 % dip in wind power generation for the 20 considered cases/s
0.089
5.01
Tab.2
System details
Genetic algorithm [15]
Refined genetic algorithm [15]
Improved Tabu search algorithm [15]
Harmony search algorithm [15]
Fireworks algorithm [16]
33 bus system
139.55
139.55
145.11
146.39
139.98
119 bus system
885.56
883.13
865.86
854.21
854.06
Tab.3
Line opened
System participation factor
System real power loss/MW
5
0.1805
0.2419
6
0.1659
0.2003
12
0.1585
0.0367
11
0.1585
0.0367
10
0.1659
0.2004
9
0.1805
0.2420
8
0.2024
0.2899
Tab.4
Fig.3
Number of buses in the system
Real power loss in the system without DG placement/kW
Type of algorithm used for DG sizing and respective real power loss (kW) in the system after placement of DG’s at 3 different locations
Genetic algorithm (GA)
Particle swarm optimization (PSO)
GA/PSO
Simulated annealing
Bacteria foraging
33
202
106.3
105.35
103.4
82.0
89.9
69
224
89
83.2
81.1
77.1
75.23
Tab.5
Fig.4
Parameter
Net annual reactive power import in Gvarh
DG units operating at 0.95 lag power factor without any action of OLTC
76.6
By adjusting the power factor of the DGs to the maximum possible extent of 0.9 lead
21.9
By coordinated control of OLTC and DG, i.e., by adjusting both OLTC and DGs to the possible specified extent
3.1
By adjusting the power factor of DGs to the maximum possible extent of 0.9 lead considering N-1 contingency
34.8
By coordinated control of OLTC and DG i.e., by adjusting both OLTC and DGs to the possible specified extent considering N-1 contingency
3.2
Tab.6
S. No.
Brief overview of the topic
Remarks
Ref.
1
Evolution of smartness in the system in terms of reducing outages caused by momentary faults
Replacing fuses with auto re-closers in the feeder laterals will result in reducing system outages by 62% and 100% on two different lateral sections considered in the paper.
[10]
2
Looping of primary distribution systems to accommodate fluctuating power sources
The FREEDM configuration implemented will be useful to integrate renewable energy sources in distribution level and capable of handling dispatched storage devices like batteries/super capacitors.
[11]
3
Substation automation and integration of renewable energy sources and storage devices to improve grid operability
There is a necessity to develop communication and advanced control of the software like the SCADA to satisfactorily operate the integrated system.
[12]
4
Optimum power flow techniques to improve the grid operability and efficiency
In order to achieve higher computational speed for varying load conditions in smart grid environment, the DOPF algorithm can be used because it has a higher computation speed.
[13]
5
Distribution system reconfiguration in order to improve the system efficiency in terms of loss reduction
Power system reconfiguration helps reduce the real power loss in distribution systems to a great extent and it can be stated that by application of any optimization algorithms, the loss reduction is≥30 for any type of algorithm used in the literature.
[16]
6
Smart reconfiguration
The concept of smart reconfiguration which is suitable for varying load conditions can be more smarter in terms of reducing the power loss than the methodology used in Ref. [16].
[17]
7
Placement of DGs in the distribution system in order to improve the system efficiency by reducing the real power losses
Placement of DGs in the system helps reduce power consumption from the main grid because DGs supply the loads locally and hence there will be power loss reduction in the distribution system. This placement of DGs uses optimization algorithms to optimally size and from the literature it is clear that using any type of algorithms reduces the power loss by≥50%.
[19]
8
Placement of renewable DGs in the transmission system considering generation stochasticity
Placement of uncertain DGs has been attempted where there is a healthy grid interaction whenever there is deficit in power generated by the DGs which is effective and smart for current scenario.
[20]
9
Minimization of reactive power drawn from the grids to improve reactive power handling efficiency
By coordinated control of OLTCs and making the DGs run near to unity power factor there can be a substantial reduction in reactive power drawn from the main grid which is a drawback in Refs [18–20]. and the reactive power drawn from the grid is almost ‘zero’ most of the time.
[24]
10
Combined operation of DGs and base load plants
Islanding operation of renewable DGs is possible and there is a necessity to make the base load plants such as the gas turbine power plants operational whenever required to improve the quality of power supplied which means that there is a need to incorporate renewable as well as non-renewable energy sources in order to improve the system operational efficiency.
[26]
Tab.7
Fig.5
Testing conditions
Cost/(Cents•d-1)
Cost obtained for optimized appliance planning
131
Cost obtained with DSM and without optimized appliance selection
88.7
Cost obtained if both DSM and appliance selection
87.7
Tab.8
Hour
Required curtailment
FDP/ kW
BPSO/kW
Curtailed demand
Excess
Curtailed demand
Excess
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
5
444
452
8
444
0
6
430
440
10
444
14
7
436
440
4
440
4
8
0
0
0
0
0
9
336
340
4
340
4
10
797
824
27
820
23
11
455
464
9
460
5
12
71
72
1
80
9
13
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
Tab.9
Fig.6
S. No.
Investments options available for energy hub
Present value of investment in million CHF
Standard deviation/%
1
CHP unit
107.2
30.6
2
CHP unit and thermal storage
124.8
28.7
3
CHP unit and heat DSM scheme
122.7
28.3
4
CHP unit, heat storage and heat DSM scheme
131.2
27.6
Tab.10
Fig.7
Fig.8
S.No.
Brief overview of the topic
Remarks
Ref.
1
Generation scheduling
Effective in managing demand supply gap; the methods covered are useful and effective in scheduling the generation considering the fact that generation stochasticity is more important for future smart grids
[27,28]
2
DSM
One of the powerful techniques useful to manage demand supply gap and useful for achieving control over fuel consumption
[29]
3
GUI based DSM model
A GUI based DSM model which is capable of changing the characteristics of the load curve has been developed which is user friendly and results in an electricity bill reduction of 33%
[33]
4
Online model for DSM
DSM model which uses two way communication for its operation and effectively solves the proposed mathematical model using linear programming which is quite easier than the use of BPSO as in Ref. [33]
[34]
5
Better optimization model in DSM
Although fuzzy dynamic programming is capable of solving complex problems, the use of BPSO can be recommended for solving DSM problems because BPSO proves better in many cases than FDP
[35]
6
DSM based on price prediction
DSM and price prediction methodologies if used hand in hand will give better results in terms of reducing the demand supply gap
[36]
7
Linearized DSM model for energy cost reduction
Use of convex energy cost model for DSM problems will make the methodology simple and the cost reduction is around 15% and the peak to average ratio for the considered curve is reduced to a little extent
[37]
8
Introduction of storage
Introduction of storage in the grids and by installing energy hubs, the demand supply gap can be tackled, which is different from generation scheduling and DSM
[38-40]
9
Energy hub
By looking at the different investment options available, if the gap in demand and supply is less, one can simply go for installation of CHP unit alone in the energy hub and if the system is vulnerable for larger variations and if the cost is a constraint, the CHP unit and heat DSM scheme can be preferred
[40]
10
Energy storage by means of electric vehicles
Electric vehicles are also capable of contributing their part in managing the demand supply gap because most of the time EVs will be in parking lots
[42-44]
11
Use of secondary batteries to reduce the demand supply gap
Using batteries from the EVs after their gridable period is an excellent option to improve the storage and battery purchase cost in the system
[45]
12
Electric springs
Very new technology presented in the literature which will be useful in reducing the demand supply gap in a different way. For a system which runs on battery support during un-certainties in power generation, the battery storage requirement is reduced by 50% and 10% for the cases considered, which means that the demand supply gap can be effectively handled with reduced storage requirement
[52-53]
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