MODELING OF PUMPED-STORAGE GENERATION IN SEQUENTIAL MONTE-CARLO PRODUCTION SIMULATION

Power system planning inherently needs to consider all aspects of how a power system may be planned and operated to provide a reliable and e conomic supply of electrical energy. This includes the need to simulat e generation production, particularly the appropriate coordination bet ween thermal and hydrogeneration. One of the most difficult features o f this is the incorporation of limited-energy pumped-storage hydrogene ration within such simulations. This paper describes a new approach fo r incorporating pumped-storage units using sequential Monte Carlo simu lation. The scheduling is defined as a constrained optimisation proble m using a network flow algorithm. The application and benefits of the proposed model are demonstrated using the IEEE reliability test system .