Method for monitoring and controlling an electrical network
A method for monitoring and controlling an electrical network that includes at least one transformer station delimiting a medium-voltage sub-network and a low-voltage sub-network and a plurality of entities that are connected to a determined voltage in the low-voltage sub-network, each entity being a consumer and/or a producer of electricity in the low-voltage sub-network. The method includes determining control data on the production and/or on the consumption of electricity to be applied to one or more entities of the low-voltage sub-network taking into account previously determined production and/or consumption quotas.
1. A method for monitoring and controlling an electrical network that comprises at least one transformer station (P) delimiting a medium-voltage sub-network and a low-voltage sub-network and a plurality of entities (Ei) that are connected to a determined voltage in the low-voltage sub-network, each entity being a consumer and/or a producer of electricity in the low-voltage sub-network, said method being implemented by a monitoring and control system comprising at least one processing unit, wherein said method further comprises:
a step of acquiring an amount of electrical power consumed and/or produced by each entity (Ei) of the low-voltage sub-network at successive time intervals;
a step of determining, at each new time interval, a production and/or consumption quota (q) to be attributed to each entity (Ei);
a step of determining a minimum (q min (t)) and a maximum (q max (t)) production and/or consumption quota value to be observed for each entity (Ei) taking into account the amount of electrical power consumed and/or produced at a time interval (p cons (t−1), p prod (t−1)) preceding said new time interval;
a step of determining a projected consumed and/or produced amount of electrical power ( , ) for each entity, based on said consumed and/or produced amount of electrical power acquired at a time interval preceding said new time interval;
said production and/or consumption quota (q) being a solution to an optimization problem taking into account:
at least one unique data model (MD 1 , MD 2 ) acquired by learning, applied at each new time interval and including data that are representative of an effect of the amount of electrical power consumed and/or produced by each entity (Ei) on at least one monitored electrical quantity;
technical constraints to be observed for said at least one monitored quantity;
said determined minimum and maximum production and/or consumption quota values;
said determined projected consumed and/or produced amount of electrical power for each entity;
an optimization function selected to allocate the production and/or consumption quotas to the entities;
a step of determining control data (Dx) on the production and/or on the consumption of electricity to be applied to one or more entities of the low-voltage sub-network taking into account each determined production and/or consumption quota.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one monitored electrical quantity corresponds to the voltage standard of each entity at its connection point.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said constraints to be observed for said at least one monitored electrical quantity correspond to a minimum voltage value (u min ) and a maximum voltage value (u max ) for each entity (Ei).
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one monitored electrical quantity corresponds to the electrical power passing through the transformer station.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said constraints to be observed for said at least one monitored electrical quantity correspond to a minimum value (p trans min ) of power passing through the transformer station (P) and a maximum value (p trans max ) of power passing through the transformer station (P).
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one monitored electrical quantity corresponds to the standard for the amperage passing through a cable.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said optimization function is selected from:
maximizing the sum of the production and/or consumption quotas attributed to the entities (Ei);
maximizing the equity of the consumption restrictions between the entities; or
maximizing the logarithm of the power attributed to each entity (Ei).
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining a minimum (q min (t)) and a maximum (q max (t)) production and/or consumption quota value to be observed for each entity (Ei) is carried out while taking into account technical data (D 20 ) relating to each entity (Ei), selected from one or more of the following data:
a level of power attributed to each entity (Ei) according to its supply contract;
data relating to the electricity production solution installed within each producer entity;
a maximum amount of cappable power or energy per entity;
data relating to the storage capacity of the entity (Ei) if this entity is a producer.
9. The method according to claim 1 , comprising a step of determining the number of new electrical data on the electrical network and a step of updating said at least one data model (MD 1 , MD 2 ) of the electrical network when enough acquired electrical data are available.
10. A system for monitoring and controlling an electrical network that comprises at least one transformer station (P) delimiting a medium-voltage sub-network and a low-voltage sub-network and a plurality of entities (Ei) that are connected to a determined voltage in the low-voltage sub-network, each entity being a consumer and/or a producer of electricity in the low-voltage sub-network, wherein said system comprises:
a module for acquiring an amount of electrical power consumed and/or produced by each entity (Ei) of the low-voltage sub-network at successive time intervals;
a control module (M 2 ) configured:
to determine, at each new time interval, a production and/or consumption quota (q) to be attributed to each entity (Ei);
to determine a minimum (q min (t)) and a maximum (q max (t)) production and/or consumption quota value to be observed for each entity (Ei) taking into account the amount of electrical power consumed and/or produced at a time interval (p cons (t−1), p prod (t−1)) preceding said new time interval;
to determine a projected consumed and/or produced amount of electrical power ( , ) for each entity, based on said consumed and/or produced amount of electrical power acquired at a time interval preceding said new time interval;
said production and/or consumption quota (q) being a solution to an optimization problem taking into account:
at least one unique data model (MD 1 , MD 2 ) acquired by learning, applied at each new time interval and including data that are representative of an effect of the amount of electrical power consumed and/or produced by each entity (Ei) on at least one monitored electrical quantity;
technical constraints to be observed for said at least one monitored quantity;
said determined minimum and maximum production and/or consumption quota values;
said determined projected consumed and/or produced amount of electrical power for each entity;
an optimization function selected to allocate the production and/or consumption quotas to the entities;
to determine control data (Dx) on the production and/or on the consumption of electricity to be applied to one or more entities of the low-voltage sub-network taking into account each determined production and/or consumption quota.
11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein said at least one monitored electrical quantity corresponds to the voltage standard of each entity at its connection point.
12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said constraints to be observed for said at least one monitored electrical quantity correspond to a minimum voltage value (u min ) and a maximum voltage value (u max ) for each entity (Ei).
13. The system according to claim 10 , wherein said at least one monitored electrical quantity corresponds to the electrical power passing through the transformer station.
14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said constraints to be observed for said at least one monitored electrical quantity correspond to a minimum value (p trans min ) of power passing through the transformer station (P) and a maximum value (p trans max ) of power passing through the transformer station (P).
15. The system according to claim 10 , wherein said at least one monitored electrical quantity corresponds to the standard for the amperage passing through a cable.
16. The system according to claim 10 , wherein said optimization function is selected from:
maximizing the sum of the production and/or consumption quotas attributed to the entities (Ei);
maximizing the equity of the consumption restrictions between the entities; or
maximizing the logarithm of the power attributed to each entity (Ei).
17. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the control module (M 2 ) is configured to determine a minimum (q min (t)) and a maximum (q max (t)) production and/or consumption quota value to be observed for each entity (Ei) while taking into account technical data (D 20 ) relating to each entity (Ei), selected from one or more of the following data:
a level of power attributed to each entity (Ei) according to its supply contract;
data relating to the electricity production solution installed within each producer entity;
a maximum amount of “cappable” power or energy per entity;
data relating to the storage capacity of the entity (Ei) if this entity is a producer.
18. The system according to claim 10 , comprising a learning module (M 1 ) configured to determine a number of new electrical data on the electrical network and an operation of updating said at least one data model (MD 1 , MD 2 ) of the electrical network when enough acquired electrical data are available.