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Voltage stability improvement through centralized reactive power management on the Smart Grid

Kazari, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1109/ISGT.2012.6175622
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. With the increasing penetration of renewable energies as distributed generation (DG) in power systems, technical problems arise in both distribution and transmission system level. Voltage rise is the main barrier for connection of DGs in rural areas, while excessive reactive power demand from transmission system is the major concern for Transmission System Operators (TSO). Here, a centralized control scheme based on the Smart Grid is proposed to reduce the impact on the transmission system voltages and improve its stability, while mitigating the voltage rise issue in the distribution network. Reactive power output of DGs, substation capacitors and tap setting of transmission transformer are determined by Genetic Algorithm (GA). The method is implemented on IEEE 24-bus test system and the results show the improvement of voltage stability margin of the test system
  6. Keywords:
  7. Voltage stability ; Centralized control ; Reactive power management ; Reactive power output ; Renewable energies ; Smart grid ; Test systems ; Transmission system operators ; Transmission systems ; Voltage rise ; Voltage stability improvement ; Voltage stability margins ; Distributed power generation ; Energy management ; Genetic algorithms ; Integrated control ; Reactive power ; Rural areas ; Transmissions ; Voltage control ; Voltage stabilizing circuits ; Smart power grids
  8. Source: 2012 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, ISGT 2012, 16 January 2012 through 20 January 2012 ; 2012 ; 9781457721588 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6175622