LV distribution network feeders in Belgium and power quality issues due to increasing PV penetration levels

Author

Gonzalez, Christopher ; Geuns, J. ; Weckx, Sam ; Wijnhoven, Thomas ; Vingerhoets, Pieter ; De Rybel, Tom ; Driesen, Johan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2012

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this paper, the impact of residential distributed energy resources (DER) on the power quality is investigated in four feeder types of the electrical LV distribution network in Flanders, Belgium. The investigated power quality issues are over-voltage, under-voltage and unbalance. The results of the simulations are discussed in detail. The paper leads to an estimation of the compliance to the power quality standard EN 50160, and a summary of issues in the distribution grids when increasing the amount of DER.

Keywords

distributed power generation; distribution networks; photovoltaic power systems; power grids; power supply quality; Belgium; Flanders; PV penetration levels; distribution grids; electrical LV distribution network feeders; power quality issues; residential DER; residential distributed energy resources; Cities and towns; Density estimation robust algorithm; Energy resources; Load modeling; Photovoltaic systems; Power quality; Standards; Distributed Energy Resource; Over-voltage; Power Quality; Unbalance; Under-voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Europe), 2012 3rd IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Berlin

ISSN

2165-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2595-0

Electronic_ISBN

2165-4816

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2012.6465624

Filename

6465624