Unit commitment with analytical underfrequency load-shedding constraints for island power systems

Abstract: This letter presents a corrective frequency-constrained UC (C-FCUC) for island power systems implementing analytical constraints on underfrequency load shedding (UFLS). Since UFLS is inevitable for sufficiently large disturbances, one can argue that less spinning reserve could be held back since UFLS takes place anyway. Congruently, the reserve criterion should consider UFLS likely to occur under disturbances. The C-FCUC can be converted into a preventive frequency-constrained UC (P-FCUC) or the standard unit commitment (UC) and the C-FCUC is thus a generalization. The proposed formulation is successfully applied to a Spanish island power system.