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, MN, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

11-16 May 1997

Firstpage

340

Lastpage

345

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 the 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; economics; energy conservation; power system control; reactive power control; voltage control; 13.8 kV; 15 min; centralized volt/VAr control; control design; control simulation; distribution subsystem; energy conservation; load-to-voltage response; objective functions; pilot project; revenue maximization; Admittance; Centralized control; Costs; Optical wavelength conversion; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Substations; System testing; Topology; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Industry Computer Applications., 1997. 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3713-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICA.1997.599423

Filename

599423