학술논문

Quantifying the capacity credit of IDC‐based demand response in smart distribution systems
Document Type
article
Source
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Vol 17, Iss 12, Pp 2757-2772 (2023)
Subject
adequacy
capacity credit
demand response
internet data center
Z‐number
Distribution or transmission of electric power
TK3001-3521
Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations
TK1001-1841
Language
English
ISSN
1751-8695
1751-8687
Abstract
Abstract With the explosive growth of online services, the Internet Data Center (IDC) has become an emerging load demand . The power consumption of IDCs are believed suitable for demand response (DR) purposes due to its temporal‐spatial flexibility properties. To what extent IDCs could be used as candidate DR resources to provide capacity support are dependent both on the technical property and the willingness of data end‐users . To address the above issue, this paper presents a methodological framework for quantifying the potential value of IDC‐based DR in distribution grids. To achieve this, the concept of capacity credit (CC) is introduced and extended into the IDC scenario. The proposed framework explicitly considered the impacts of uncertainty of user participation intention and the reliability of basic information in the DR process. A novel Z‐number based price elasticity uncertainty model is introduced, and a more realistic evaluation of IDC capacity credit is obtained. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed model and method is illustrated on a modified IEEE‐33 node network, and the obtained results verify the significance of IDC‐based DR in enhancing the adequacy of supply in distribution grids.