HiPerDNO:

HIGH PERFORMNCE COMPUTING

FOR SMART DISTRIBUTION
NETWORK OPERATION
HiPerDNO Project Coordinator

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Dr Gary Taylor
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Brunel Institute of Power Systems (BIPS)

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 Presentation Outline
z Project Overview
– Funding and consortium: interdisciplinary
z Future Electricityy Distribution Network Operation
p
– Novel Distribution Management System functionality
z Real-time On-line Condition Monitoring
z Intelligent system restoration ...
– Distribution System State Estimation (DSSE)
z ICT Frameworks and Platforms
– Communications Technology
– Information Technology
z Concluding Remarks

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 Project
j Overview

z HiPerDNO Collaborative Project

– Three year project started 1st February 2010
– HiPerDNO project web site: www.hiperdno.eu

z Consortium (11 partners)

– UK: Brunel University,
y, University
y of Oxford,, EDF EN
– France: EDF R&D SA
– Germany: Fraunhofer IWES
– Israel: IBM Haifa
– Slovenia: Korona, EG
– Spain: Union Fenosa, INDRA, GTD

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 HiPerDNO - Future Networks

In future
f distribution networks…

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 HiPerDNO - Future Networks

In future
f distribution networks…
Millions of Smart sensors & Vast amounts
smart meters + instrumentation = of data

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 HiPerDNO - Future Networks

In future
f distribution networks…
Millions of Smart sensors & Vast amounts
smart meters + instrumentation = of data
Requires High Performance ICT for:
• Large-scale state estimation
• Intelligent condition monitoring
• Feature extraction
• Scalable data mining ...

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 HiPerDNO - Future Networks

In future
f distribution networks…
Millions of Smart sensors & Vast amounts
smart meters + instrumentation = of data
Requires High Performance ICT for:
• Large-scale state estimation
• Intelligent condition monitoring
• Feature extraction
• Scalable data mining ...
Scalable High State-of-the-art data Smart Grid
Performance + communications = functionality
computing
ti
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 Distribution System State Estimation
z Limited observability & monitoring in distribution networks (MV & LV)
z Most technical issues presently solved at off
off-line
line planning phase or
through network reinforcement

z T
Transition
iti ffrom passive
i tto active
ti didistribution
t ib ti networks:
t k
– Operate distribution network assets with in narrower margins
– Improve / maintain quality and reliability cost-effectively
– Increase the capacity of the grid to host distributed generation and
responsive load
– Defer investments, and keep up with possible higher load demand
z Make efficient use of sensors and new smart metering infrastructure (in
terms of measurement data and communication architecture)
֜ Distribution System State Estimation (DSSE) is a key enabler for smart
grid functionality in distribution networks

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 HiPerDNO: DSSE R&D (1 of 2)

6) Off-line experiments

5) Prototype software

4) Sensor positioning for accuracy and cost

effectiveness
3) Use of smart meter data for state estimation

2) Scalability of DSSE algorithms

1) Develop algorithms for distribution networks state estimation

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 HiPerDNO: Develop future DSSE (2 of 2)

Novel DSSE algorithmic procedures

WEIGHTED ERROR
MODULUS
(WEM)

OBJECTIVES

– Feasible for high data volumes

– Capability to overcome gross error
– M t accurate
Most t estimation
ti ti with
ith the
th lleastt data
d t
– Scalability
– Combines benefits of WLS and WLAV

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DSSE as part of Distribution Management System

MV

LV LV LV L L
V V

LV LV L LV LV
HV LV Load
V
HV
V
HV/MV HV/MV
Subst. Subst.

Network
SCADA data base
DSSE
Load Smart
models
meters

Automated Asset
functions Management
a age e t

11 9th December 2010 Figure courtesy of EDF R&D

 Communication Technology
gy

z Novell Hi
N High
hSSpeed dMMessaging
i middleware
iddl tto
provide the following :

– Support for differentiated Quality of Service and

near real-time
l ti data
d t transfer
t f
– Data aggregation or conflation
– Scalability

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1. Advanced Metering Infrastructure 2. DNO Architecture

Utility Control Center

B InfoBridge module
B
HV/MV LV LV LV LV
Upstream – Downstream
D t –
Subst.
mostly metering control data
(conflated) data
LV LV LV LV LV

Intermediate Layer
InfoBridge
B B

Upstream –
mostly metering Downstream –
(conflated) data control data
Distribution Network

Control
B functions
Home Layer DSSE
InfoBridge

13 Figures courtesy of IBM Haifa

 InfoBridge – publish/subscribe
middleware
Meter Data Input

publishes raw
AMI data

InfoBridge API

Conflatio
Application / Conflation plug-in

on API
InfoBridge

” Data Volume
Management:
” JMS pub/sub, p2p
flow control &
” QoS – RT & Reliability volume reduction

” Monitoring

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Information Technology

z Enterprise computing platform to support

i t
interoperability
bilit
z Scalable architecture to support integration of
multiple services – eg offline and online
z Data visible at different levels of granularity
(temporal and spatial)
z Real-time on-demand resource scaling
depending on requirements
z Potential high performance computing platforms
– Cluster: Local Area Networks
– Cloud: Private or enterprise
p computing;
p g; utility
y
computing
– Grid: Virtual organisations managed over Wide Area
Networks

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Enterprise Computing Platform
Supporting
pp g Real-time Analysis
y
Sub 
DSSE Station
Cable Data Sources (CIM)
Enterprise System Bus
Enterprise System Bus

Distribution Management System Hub

Sub
DSEDSEDSE
Statio
n1 1 1 1

Sub
Cable DSEDSEDSE
Statio
1 2 2 2
n2

DSEDSEDSE
3 3 3
DNO
System Data Repository

16 Figures courtesy of Oxford e-science Research Centre (OeRC)

Enterprise Computing Platform
Supporting
pp g Historical Analysis
y
Sub 
DSSE Station
Cable Data Sources (CIM)
Enterprise System Bus
Enterprise System Bus

Distribution Management System Hub

Sub
DSEDSEDSE
Statio
n2 1 1 1

Sub
Cable DSEDSEDSE
Statio
1 2 2 2
n2

DSEDSEDSE
3 3 3
DNO
System Data Repository

17 Figures courtesy of Oxford e-science Research Centre (OeRC)

 Concluding Remarks
z Proposed DSSE method is especially suitable
for scalable volumes of data
z DSSE is also robust and is able to recover in
the presence off bad data
z Initially tested on simple network models
z Further tests for larger distribution system
scenarios are now planned
p
z Scalable, cost-effective and reliable HP ICT
platforms will be developed and
demonstrated to accommodate such novel
DMS functionality
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 HiPerDNO
e O Project
oject Co
Contact
tact Details
eta s

Dr Gary Taylor
HiPerDNO Project Coordinator

Brunel
Br nel Institute
Instit te of Po
Power
er S
Systems,
stems
Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK
gareth.taylor@brunel.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0) 1895 266610
Fax. +44 (0) 1895 269749

www.hiperdno.eu

The
e HiPerDNO
e O research
esea c pproject
oject has
as received
ece ed funding
u d g from
o tthe
e
European Community's Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement number: 248135.

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