A new distributed control strategy to coordinate multiple dstatcoms in LV network

Author

Mokhtari, Ghassem ; Nourbakhsh, Ghavameddin ; Zare, Firuz ; Ghosh, A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, QLD, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

8-11 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Voltage rise is the main issue which limits the capacity of Low Voltage (LV) network to accommodate more Renewable Energy (RE) sources. In addition, voltage drop at peak load period is a significant power quality concern. This paper proposes a new robust voltage support strategy based on distributed coordination of multiple distribution static synchronous compensators (DSTATCOMs). The study focuses on LV networks with PV as the RE source for customers. The proposed approach applied to a typical LV network and its advantages are shown comparing with other voltage control strategies.

Keywords

distributed control; photovoltaic power systems; power supply quality; renewable energy sources; static VAr compensators; voltage control; LV network; distributed control strategy; distributed coordination; distribution static synchronous compensators; low voltage network; multiple DSTATCOM; peak load period; power quality concern; renewable energy sources; robust voltage support strategy; voltage control strategies; voltage drop; voltage rise; Decentralized control; Educational institutions; Energy storage; Equations; Power electronics; Reactive power; Voltage control; LV Network; Multiple DSTATCOMs; Voltage Droop; Voltage Rise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2013 4th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rogers, AR

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDG.2013.6785643

Filename

6785643