TY - GEN
T1 - Voltage regulation in distribution feeders with high DG penetration
T2 - From traditional to smart
AU - Farag, Hany E.
AU - El-Saadany, E. F.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper addresses the negative impacts of distributed generations (DGs) on the utility voltage regulators and hence on the voltage profile of distribution feeders. These negative impacts have been verified through carrying out different simulations on an unbalanced distribution feeder. The results show that a significant regulation problem might arise due to the increased levels of DG penetration correlated with traditional utility voltage regulator's control practices. Consequently, DGs inevitably need to cooperate and communicate with distribution network voltage control devices. Smart grid generally aims to combine the existing utility grids with new digital technology to substantially improve the overall efficiency of the network. In this paper, a communication based multi-agent cooperative control structure has been proposed as a solution to mitigate the voltage regulation issues in distribution feeders with high DG penetration.
AB - This paper addresses the negative impacts of distributed generations (DGs) on the utility voltage regulators and hence on the voltage profile of distribution feeders. These negative impacts have been verified through carrying out different simulations on an unbalanced distribution feeder. The results show that a significant regulation problem might arise due to the increased levels of DG penetration correlated with traditional utility voltage regulator's control practices. Consequently, DGs inevitably need to cooperate and communicate with distribution network voltage control devices. Smart grid generally aims to combine the existing utility grids with new digital technology to substantially improve the overall efficiency of the network. In this paper, a communication based multi-agent cooperative control structure has been proposed as a solution to mitigate the voltage regulation issues in distribution feeders with high DG penetration.
KW - Distribution feeders
KW - communication acts
KW - distributed generations (DGs)
KW - multi-agent
KW - shunt capacitors
KW - step voltage regulator
KW - unbalanced power flow
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/82855181062
U2 - 10.1109/PES.2011.6039262
DO - 10.1109/PES.2011.6039262
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:82855181062
SN - 9781457710018
T3 - IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
BT - 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting
ER -