DECENTRALIZED VOLTAGE CONTROL IN ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS COMBINING ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS AND DEMAND RESPONSE

Vassilis C. Nikolaidis; Michael Maropoulos; Charalambos Konstantinou

DECENTRALIZED VOLTAGE CONTROL IN ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS COMBINING ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS AND DEMAND RESPONSE

Vassilis C. Nikolaidis^*, Michael Maropoulos, Charalambos Konstantinou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a voltage control method for active distribution systems, which is based on the operation of on-load tap changers of the distribution transformers, in conjunction with a demand response program. Both on-load tap changers and demand response operations are initiated when pre-determined voltage criteria are fulfilled, making the approach completely decentralized. Several scenarios considering time-varying consumption of loads and variable electricity production from distributed generation units are simulated. The proposed voltage control method is tested against those scenarios, whereas also severe contingencies, such as the sudden loss of a distributed generation unit, are additionally considered. The simulation results show that the proposed method efficiently controls voltage within the permissible distribution levels, even under extreme system conditions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IET Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Institution of Engineering and Technology
Pages	207-212
Number of pages	6
Volume	2022
Edition	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9781839537042, 9781839537059, 9781839537189, 9781839537196, 9781839537424, 9781839537615, 9781839537769, 9781839537769, 9781839537776, 9781839537813, 9781839537820, 9781839537837, 9781839537868, 9781839537882, 9781839537899, 9781839537998, 9781839538063, 9781839538179, 9781839538186, 9781839538322, 9781839538391, 9781839538445, 9781839538476, 9781839538513, 9781839538544
State	Published - 2022
Event	13th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion, MEDPOWER 2022 - Valletta, Virtual, Malta Duration: Nov 7 2022 → Nov 9 2022

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Conference	13th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion, MEDPOWER 2022
Country/Territory	Malta
City	Valletta, Virtual
Period	11/7/22 → 11/9/22

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Keywords

ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
DEMAND RESPONSE
ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS
VOLTAGE CONTROL

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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Nikolaidis, VC, Maropoulos, M & Konstantinou, C 2022, DECENTRALIZED VOLTAGE CONTROL IN ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS COMBINING ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS AND DEMAND RESPONSE. in IET Conference Proceedings. 25 edn, vol. 2022, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 207-212, 13th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion, MEDPOWER 2022, Valletta, Virtual, Malta, 11/7/22.

DECENTRALIZED VOLTAGE CONTROL IN ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS COMBINING ON-LOAD TAP CHANGERS AND DEMAND RESPONSE. / Nikolaidis, Vassilis C.; Maropoulos, Michael; Konstantinou, Charalambos.
IET Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2022 25. ed. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2022. p. 207-212.

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