Pilot project to estimate the centralized volt/VAr control effectiveness

Author

Roytelman, I. ; Wee, B.K. ; Lugtu, R.L. ; Kulas, T.M. ; Brossart, T.

Author_Institution

Siemens Power Syst. Control, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA

Volume

13

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

864

Lastpage

869

Abstract

This paper describes a volt/VAr control (VVC) project in which a centralized network-model based VVC was put in place to control a 13.8 kV distribution subsystem. The goal of the project is to estimate the effectiveness of VVC based on different objective functions, including an objective function for future market economy (revenue maximization). The technical issues which are critical to implementing VVC are discussed. The effectiveness of VVC for energy conservation and revenue maximization is calculated as an effect due to the immediate (within the span of a few minutes) load to voltage response. This effect is compared with the actual effect calculated based on a fifteen minutes average archived telemetered data

Keywords

centralised control; control system analysis; control system synthesis; distribution networks; power system control; project engineering; reactive power control; voltage control; 13.8 kV; centralized volt/VAr control; control design; control effectiveness estimation; control simulation; distribution subsystem; energy conservation; load to voltage response; market economy; objective functions; pilot project; revenue maximization; technical issues; Capacitors; Centralized control; Control systems; Energy conservation; Power generation; Power supplies; Power system control; Power systems; Reactive power; Senior members;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.708737

Filename

708737