Nova metodologia para representação da vazão mínima obrigatória em sistemas equivalentes no planejamento da operação de sistemas hidrotérmicos

Abstract

This work presents an alternative methodology to meet the constraint associated with mandatory minimum outflow in the problem of long-term operation planning of hydrothermal interconnected systems. Currently, the official methodology adopted in the Brazilian Electric Sector is the use of a slack variable associated with this restriction. This work proposes a strategy to keep the reservoirs operating within safe levels associated with use of a slack variable. For this, is constructed a storable energy curve minimum, providing information about the minimum levels of storage reservoirs equivalent, so that the reservoirs are able to supply the losses and the mandatory minimum outflow. The two methodologies are compared and the simulation results showed that the proposed formulation leads to a decrease in the expected value of deficit minimum flow.