Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks
In this paper, an alternative strategy for real-time control of active distribution network voltage is developed, not by controlling the bus voltage as in the various centralized, decentralized, and local approaches presented in literature but rather by only eliminating the impact produced by active...
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| description | In this paper, an alternative strategy for real-time control of active distribution network voltage is developed, not by controlling the bus voltage as in the various centralized, decentralized, and local approaches presented in literature but rather by only eliminating the impact produced by active and reactive power of distributed generation (DG) units on the voltage of all network nodes and keeping the traditional voltage control systems dealing with the same constraints of passive systems. In literature, voltage deterioration introduced by DGs has been reported as one of the main obstacles for the interconnection of large amounts of DG units to the existing networks. In this paper, the novel control strategy is based on a sensitivity formula developed to calculate the compensation needed for additional distributed flexible AC transmission system (D-FACTS) devices to push and pull the exact reactive power and to eliminate the impact produced by DGs on the network voltage profile. The criteria of the allocation of the var devices and the required network reinforcement are developed in this paper, considering all possible topology structures, and an innovative codification method is introduced to reduce the needed computation time and communication data to actualize the sensitivity coefficients and get the proposed control approach flexible with network topology reconfiguration. The risk of the conflict of the proposed control system with the traditional voltage equipment is reduced due to the fast capability of D-FACTS devices to regulate their reactive power in finer granularity. A case study of two meshed IEEE 15-bus feeders is introduced to compare the voltage behavior with and without the presence of DG units and to evaluate the total system losses. The proposed method could be used for the interconnection of the first generation units in emerging networks, which does not yet have an active voltage control strategy, as it could be used for DG units not able to be connected to existing centralized control systems and it could also be used as the principal voltage control strategy, with the extension for several neighboring units and the preservation of the traditional voltage control systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-54ca885cc7c046678ba9f5ede1a5ec642025-02-03T06:44:02ZengWileyJournal of Applied Mathematics1110-757X1687-00422020-01-01202010.1155/2020/13959431395943Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution NetworksSaad Ouali0Abdeljabbar Cherkaoui1Laboratory of Innovative Technologies (LTI), National School of Applied Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, MoroccoLaboratory of Innovative Technologies (LTI), National School of Applied Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, MoroccoIn this paper, an alternative strategy for real-time control of active distribution network voltage is developed, not by controlling the bus voltage as in the various centralized, decentralized, and local approaches presented in literature but rather by only eliminating the impact produced by active and reactive power of distributed generation (DG) units on the voltage of all network nodes and keeping the traditional voltage control systems dealing with the same constraints of passive systems. In literature, voltage deterioration introduced by DGs has been reported as one of the main obstacles for the interconnection of large amounts of DG units to the existing networks. In this paper, the novel control strategy is based on a sensitivity formula developed to calculate the compensation needed for additional distributed flexible AC transmission system (D-FACTS) devices to push and pull the exact reactive power and to eliminate the impact produced by DGs on the network voltage profile. The criteria of the allocation of the var devices and the required network reinforcement are developed in this paper, considering all possible topology structures, and an innovative codification method is introduced to reduce the needed computation time and communication data to actualize the sensitivity coefficients and get the proposed control approach flexible with network topology reconfiguration. The risk of the conflict of the proposed control system with the traditional voltage equipment is reduced due to the fast capability of D-FACTS devices to regulate their reactive power in finer granularity. A case study of two meshed IEEE 15-bus feeders is introduced to compare the voltage behavior with and without the presence of DG units and to evaluate the total system losses. The proposed method could be used for the interconnection of the first generation units in emerging networks, which does not yet have an active voltage control strategy, as it could be used for DG units not able to be connected to existing centralized control systems and it could also be used as the principal voltage control strategy, with the extension for several neighboring units and the preservation of the traditional voltage control systems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1395943 |
| spellingShingle | Saad Ouali Abdeljabbar Cherkaoui Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks Journal of Applied Mathematics |
| title | Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks |
| title_full | Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks |
| title_fullStr | Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks |
| title_short | Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks |
| title_sort | elimination of the impact produced by dg units on the voltage profile of distribution networks |
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