Ensuring Power Balance in the Electrical Grid of an Oil-and-Gas-Producing Enterprise with Distributed Generation Using Associated Petroleum Gas

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop a multi-agent model of an electrical engineering complex for an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise to ensure power balance in its electrical grid by taking into account the increase in the incoming part of the balance by introducing small- and medium-capacity-distributed generation facilities using associated petroleum gas. Previously, the structure of a multi-agent system and the principles of agent interaction were developed to allow the dependence between the processes of generation and consumption of electric energy and the technological process during oil and gas production. In this research, the multi-agent approach is based on the application of the developed methodology to ensure power balance in the electrical grid of an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise. The fuel balance during electricity generation under various scenarios of electrical modes in electrical engineering complexes is considered. To test the operability and make an error estimation of the methodology, digital and physical models of an electrical engineering complex with low- and medium-power-distributed generation facilities were developed for an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise. One of the most important factors that determines the efficiency of a ensuring power balance in the electrical grid of an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise is the consideration in the power balance equation the value of power generated through the use of associated petroleum gas produced by oil production facilities.