System and method for automatically operating UPFC (unified power flow controller) connected to SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)

1. A system connected to a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) for automatically operating a UPFC (Unified Power Flow Controller), the system comprising:

a UPFC acting as a serial/parallel FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission System) to control variables of a system;

a SCADA for periodically acquiring line data of the system and state data of the UPFC, the UPFC data including inverter's driving state data; and

an upper controller for analyzing data received from the SCADA, deciding system state data on the basis of received data, classifying the system state data into steady-state data, state data of a bus-voltage drop, state data of a line accident, determining control objective functions appropriate for individual state based on the result of a system state analysis using predetermined optimum objective functions and operation scenarios by analyzing off-line system's information, analyzing the UPFC operation mode according to the determined control objective, performing an OPF execution for each objective, determining a flow in active/reactive power of the UPFC'S serial side and a voltage reference of the UPFC's parallel side, using an OPF execution result and determining an optimum operation mode for each system condition and optimum operational references (set-point control commands).

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the operational references (set-point control commands) are a line voltage, line active and reactive power flow.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system line data includes voltage data of each system bus, line flow data, and contact-point data of a circuit-breaker.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the UPFC state data further includes at least one of the following: analog data related to UPFC operation states and valve or relay state data.

5. A method for automatically operating a UPFC in connection with a SCADA, the method comprising:

a) periodically acquiring, by the SCADA, system line data and UPFC state data, including inverter's driving state data, and transmitting the acquired data to an upper controller;

b) analyzing, by the upper controller, data received from the SCADA, determining an optimum operation mode for each power system condition and optimum references of power system variables, and transmitting the determined data to the SCADA; and

c) transmitting, by the SCADA, the optimum operation mode data and the optimum references of the system variables to the UPFC, and controlling a line voltage, active power, and reactive power of each system using the received optimum operation mode data and the system variables' optimum references received in the UPFC, and

wherein step b) includes:

B1) analyzing data received from the SCADA, deciding system state data based on received data and classifying system state data into steady-state data, state data of a bus-voltage drop, and state data of a line accident,

b2) determining control purpose functions appropriate for individual state based on the result of the data analysis using predetermined optimum objective functions and operation scenarios by analyzing off-line system's information,

b3) executing an OPF process appropriate for each objective; and

b4) determining a flow in active/reactive power of a serial side of the UPFC and a voltage reference of a parallel side of the UPFC using the OPF execution result.