Deakin University
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Voltage regulation for off-peak and peak conditions in distribution networks with the high penetration of PV units

Version 2 2024-06-06, 07:03
Version 1 2018-03-20, 00:06
conference contribution
posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by Ahmad Tavakoli, A Najafi, Enamul HaqueEnamul Haque, M J Hossain, M Negnevitsky
The conventional distribution networks are designed for mitigating the voltage drop and unbalance problems at peak times through voltage regulation by using shunt capacitors. With the integration of photovoltaic (PV) units in these networks, the voltage rise at off-peak period is considered as growing concerns. This paper proposes a dump load as an added low-cost voltage regulator in the distribution network to moderate voltage rise and unbalance problems in distribution networks. The performance of the proposed method is compared with that of a distributed static synchronous compensator (dSTATCOM) by finding the optimal location and size of voltage regulators in the distribution network for both off-peak and peak load conditions. The designed voltage regulators consist of capacitors, dump loads and a dSTATCOM. A case study and numerical results are considered and compared in term of voltage unbalance factor, the voltage deviation, and power losses.

History

Event

IEEE Power & Energy Society. Conference (2017 : Melbourne, Vic.)

Series

IEEE Power & Energy Society Conference

Pagination

1 - 6

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Place of publication

Piscataway, N.J.

Start date

2017-11-19

End date

2017-11-22

eISSN

2474-1507

ISBN-13

978-1-5386-2647-4

Language

eng

Publication classification

E Conference publication; E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2017, IEEE

Editor/Contributor(s)

[Unknown]

Title of proceedings

AUPEC 2017 : Smart power grids in the 21st century : Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference 2017

Usage metrics

    Research Publications

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC