To address the planning issue of offshore oilfield power systems, an integrated generation-transmission expansion planning model is proposed. The outage cost is considered and the genetic Tabu hybrid algorithm (GTHA) is developed to find the optimal solution. With the proposed integrated model, the planning of generators and transmission lines can be worked out simultaneously, which outweighs the disadvantages of separate planning, for instance, unable to consider the influence of power grid during the planning of generation, or insufficient to plan the transmission system without enough information of generation. The integrated planning model takes into account both the outage cost and the shipping cost, which makes the model more practical for offshore oilfield power systems. The planning problem formulated based on the proposed model is a mixed integer nonlinear programming problem of very high computational complexity, which is difficult to solve by regular mathematical methods. A comprehensive optimization method based on GTHA is also developed to search the best solution efficiently. Finally, a case study on the planning of a 50-bus offshore oilfield power system is conducted, and the obtained results fully demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented model and method.
Offshore oil-platform power systems are important infrastructure for the exploitation of maritime oil and gas. However, its current energy management system, with relatively simple control scheme and low-level automation, can hardly operate the system in a secure and economic manner to match the rapid progress of offshore oil and gas exploitation. To address this issue, an online multi-objective optimal power control strategy is proposed and implemented based on the existing SCADA system. By incorporating network loss, gas consumption and voltage deviation into a synthesized objective function and taking the various operational constraints into account, the power-control task is formulated into a mixed-integer nonlinear optimized problem. And then an efficient procedure that combines the interior point method and the fast branch and bound method is developed to solve the problem. Consequently the optimal control strategy can be obtained online and either system security or operational efficiency is achieved. The developed control system has been put into practical use in the Weixinan offshore oil-platform power system (China's first of its kind). Field test results show that it can coordinate active and reactive power for online optimal control as per the changes of operating conditions. The improved safety, efficiency and power quality of the power system will definitely promote exploitation of offshore oil and gas in the respect of both security and efficiency.
Based on the state enumeration method, a reliability evaluation method for offshore platform power system is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the reliability model of land-based components and the modelling method of the system are introduced. In reliability evaluation, all fault states are generated based on state enumeration method, power supply circuit sets are identified based on depth-first algorithm. The effects and losses of multiple faults are calculated based on platform maintenance capability, and fault time and load-loss time are separated and counted. Finally, taking an offshore oil platform as an example, the outage table of the system is generated, and the reliability index of the system is obtained, which verifies the effectiveness and accuracy of the method proposed in this paper.
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