Title : 
Methodologies for assessment of actual field results of distribution Voltage and Var Optimization
         
        
            Author : 
Markushevich, Nokhum ; Berman, Aleksandr ; Nielsen, Ron
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Smart Grid Oper. Consulting, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper addresses the methodologies for the assessment of actual field results of distribution Integrated Voltage and Var Optimization, based on the introduced methods of assessment of the Load-To-Voltage dependencies and Conservation Voltage Reduction factors; of modeling the non-monitored loads and voltages; and of validation of these models.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optimisation; power distribution; static VAr compensators; CVR factors; DOMA; IVVO; LTV; actual field assessment; conservation voltage reduction factors; distribution integrated voltage; distribution operation model and analysis; distribution var optimization; integrated voltage-var optimization; load-to-voltage dependencies; Automation; Load modeling; Reactive power; Smart grids; Substations; Voltage control; Voltage measurement; Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI); Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR); Demand Response (DR); Distribution Operation Model and Analysis (DOMA); Energy Conservation; Integrated Voltage and Var Optimization (IVVO); Load-to-Voltage Dependencies (LTV); Peak Load Reduction;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2012 IEEE PES
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Orlando, FL
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-1934-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
2160-8555
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TDC.2012.6281518