Profits of power-quality improvement by residential distributed generation

Author

Renders, B. ; Degroote, L. ; Driesen, J. ; Vandevelde, L.

Author_Institution

Ghent Univ., Ghent

fYear

2007

fDate

4-6 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

377

Lastpage

381

Abstract

Improvement of the power quality in the utility grid can be obtained by connecting damping power-electronic devices. Regarding the increased presence of converter-based distributed generation units in the power system, an active front end for distributed generation units is extended with a mitigating function. However, in order to encourage the connection of mitigating devices to the power system, damping behaviour should be financially rewarded. In this paper, the financial benefits of connecting a damping distributed generation unit to the present power system are verified.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power convertors; power electronics; power generation economics; power grids; power supply quality; profitability; converter-based distributed generation units; financial profits; power electronic devices; power quality improvement; power system damping behaviour; residential distributed generation; utility grid; Costs; Damping; Distributed control; Joining processes; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Voltage; Watthour meters; active damping; distributed generation; financial profits; power quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2007. UPEC 2007. 42nd International

Conference_Location

Brighton

Print_ISBN

978-1-905593-36-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-905593-34-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UPEC.2007.4468976

Filename

4468976