Automatic voltage control of a cluster of hydro power plants to operate as a virtual power plant

Author

Campaner, R. ; Chiandone, M. ; Arcidiacono, V. ; Sulligoi, G. ; Milano, F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. & Archit., Univ. of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

10-13 June 2015

Firstpage

2153

Lastpage

2158

Abstract

The paper proposes an application of a hierarchical automatic voltage regulation scheme for a cluster of hydro power plants connected to HV networks. The topology considered in the paper is a radial network in which the hydro power plants are connected to each other and have a single point of connection at the HV level. The technique proposed in the paper is based on well-assessed control strategies that are used in HV transmission systems, but has not been applied so far to medium voltage networks. A case study based on a cluster of hydro power plants composed of 11 generators and a distribution grid is presented and discussed in detail.

Keywords

electric generators; electric power generation; hydroelectric power stations; power distribution control; power transmission control; voltage control; HV networks; HV transmission systems; automatic voltage control; distribution grid; generators; hierarchical automatic voltage regulation scheme; hydro power plant cluster; medium voltage networks; radial network; virtual power plant; Data models; Generators; Power generation; Reactive power; Regulators; Topology; Voltage control; Hydro power plants; automatic voltage regulator; reactive power regulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7992-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165512

Filename

7165512