Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Sistemes, Automàtica i Informàtica Industrial
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRINS - Grup de Recerca en Robòtica Intel·ligent i Sistemes
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. SEPIC - Sistemes Electrònics de Potència i de Control
2016
Dispersed small distributed generation (DG) systems in low-voltage (LV) grids pose diverse challenges for successful grid operation. The main one is to guarantee power quality by ensuring that voltages along all the feeders in the network are within the permissible bounds. In addition, voltage regulation by means of reactive power control can be used to achieve side benefits such as power loss minimization. The contribution of this paper is to analyze optimal control settings for solar inverters in such a way that reactive power control keeps local voltages within the statutory limits while overall losses are minimized. The expected output of a simulated realistic case study is a set of simple but practical control design guidelines for future LV grids deployment. © 2016 IEEE.
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English
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica::Distribució d’energia elèctrica; Low voltage systems; Distributed power generation; Reactive power; Voltage regulators; Distributed generation system; Grid operation; Loss minimization; Optimal controls; Power loss minimizations; Practical controls; Solar inverter; Statutory limits; Energia elèctrica -- Distribució
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