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<p>High penetration of photovoltaic (PV) generation in low voltage (LV) distribution networks can leads some power quality problems. One of the most important issues in this regard is the impermissible voltage deviation in periods with a large imbalance between PV generation and local load consumption. Accordingly, many authors deal with this issue. This work investigates voltage regulation for LV distribution networks equipped with the hybrid distribution transformer (HDT), and with high penetration of PV units. A two-stage algorithm for voltage regulation is proposed. In the first stage, a local (distributed) voltage control is performed by minimizing the injection power of the PV-battery storage system (BS)-local load entity at the common bus. In the second stage, optimal coordination is performed between the HDT and the local voltage control. In fact, the second stage is an optimal voltage regulation problem. The aim is to minimize the voltage deviations at load buses by optimal settings the voltage support of the HDT. A PSO algorithm is used to solve this optimization problem. the proposed approach is implemented in MATLAB software and evaluated on the IEEE european LV test feeder.</p>
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High penetration of photovoltaic (PV) generation in low voltage (LV) distribution networks can leads some power quality problems. One of the most important issues in this regard is the impermissible voltage deviation in periods with a large imbalance between PV generation and local load consumption. Accordingly, many authors deal with this issue. This work investigates voltage regulation for LV distribution networks equipped with the hybrid distribution transformer (HDT), and with high penetration of PV units. A two-stage algorithm for voltage regulation is proposed. In the first stage, a local (distributed) voltage control is performed by minimizing the injection power of the PV-battery storage system (BS)-local load entity at the common bus. In the second stage, optimal coordination is performed between the HDT and the local voltage control. In fact, the second stage is an optimal voltage regulation problem. The aim is to minimize the voltage deviations at load buses by optimal settings the voltage support of the HDT. A PSO algorithm is used to solve this optimization problem. the proposed approach is implemented in MATLAB software and evaluated on the IEEE european LV test feeder.

Voltage regulation in LV distribution networks with PV generation and battery storage

University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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High penetration of photovoltaic (PV) generation in low voltage (LV) distribution networks can leads some power quality problems. One of the most important...

Voltage regulation in LV distribution networks with PV generation and battery storage

Publicado en línea: 22 dic 2021

Páginas: 356 - 365

Recibido: 14 nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2021-0051

Palabras clave
battery storage, LV distribution network, PSO, PV generation, voltage regulation

© 2021 Jordan Radosavljević, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Voltage regulation in LV distribution networks with PV generation and battery storage

Publicado en línea: 22 dic 2021

Páginas: 356 - 365

Recibido: 14 nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2021-0051

Palabras clavebattery storage, LV distribution network, PSO, PV generation, voltage regulation

© 2021 Jordan Radosavljević, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
battery storage, LV distribution network, PSO, PV generation, voltage regulation