Optimization of future power systems focusing on reliability of supply
Résumé
The efficiency of future power systems is expected to improve with the integration of renewable and distributed energy sources, as they decrease the level of losses induced by the Carnot cycles. However, these energy sources also challenge reliability of supply and may induce extra‐losses. Actually, there are three main kinds of losses on power systems: the losses induced by the Carnot cycles, the conveyance losses and the reliability‐induced losses. Their levels depend on the network architecture: in particular in distributed systems, reliability‐induced losses are expected to increase, while conveyance losses and losses induced by the Carnot cycles are expected to decrease.