Title :
Planning of a Grid-connected Smart Micro-power system
Author :
Bahramara, S. ; Jafari, F. ; Rahimi-Kian, A. ; Lesani, H.
Abstract :
In this paper, planning of a grid-connected smart micro-power system is investigated. At first, its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is designed to record, process and communicate the micro-grid energy, electrical data (e.g., active and reactive power flow data, voltage, frequency etc.), wind speed, solar radiation and so on, which are sent to the Data-Processing and Management center (DPMc) via the designed communication system. The DPMc analyses the data and manage the network using two software packages, including HOMER and Expert Choice. The proposed method is applied to a case study (in Kurdistan, Iran) and the results seem practical and implementable.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; metering; power system planning; reactive power; smart power grids; AMI; Expert Choice; HOMER; Iran; Kurdistan; active power flow data; advanced metering infrastructure; communication system; data-processing and management center; electrical data; frequency; grid-connected smart micropower system planning; microgrid energy; reactive power flow data; software packages; solar radiation; voltage; wind speed; Educational institutions; Planning; Risk management; Robustness; Smart grids; Solar radiation; Wind speed; Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI); Data-Processing and Management center (DPMc); Smart micro-grid;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1221-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2012.6303190