Review of control strategies for voltage regulation of the smart distribution network with high penetration of renewable distributed generation

N Mahmud, A Zahedi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into traditional power system is one of the
most viable technologies to meet the ever increasing energy demand efficiently. But, this …

A review of high PV penetrations in LV distribution networks: Present status, impacts and mitigation measures

MM Haque, P Wolfs - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The installed capacity of photovoltaic (PV) systems globally reached 177 GW at the end of
2014. The annual rate of installations, 38.7 GW in 2014, continues to increase. A large part …

Real-time coordinated voltage control of PV inverters and energy storage for weak networks with high PV penetration

L Wang, F Bai, R Yan, TK Saha - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are more large-scale photovoltaic (PV) plants being established in rural areas due to
availability of low-priced land. However, distribution grids in such areas traditionally have …

Two-stage deep reinforcement learning for inverter-based volt-var control in active distribution networks

H Liu, W Wu - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Model-based Vol/VAR optimization method is widely used to eliminate voltage violations
and reduce network losses. However, the parameters of active distribution networks (ADNs) …

Stochastic reactive power management in microgrids with renewables

V Kekatos, G Wang, AJ Conejo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distribution microgrids are being challenged by reverse power flows and voltage
fluctuations due to renewable generation, demand response, and electric vehicles …

Optimal distributed feedback voltage control under limited reactive power

G Qu, N Li - IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a distributed voltage control in power distribution networks through
reactive power compensation. The proposed control can operate in a distributed fashion …

Coordination between OLTC and SVC for voltage regulation in unbalanced distribution system distributed generation

N Daratha, B Das, J Sharma - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a two-stage approach for solving the optimal voltage regulation problem
in unbalanced radial distribution system in the presence of photovoltaic (PV) generation …

Voltage unbalance compensation in distribution feeders using soft open points

R You, X Lu - Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft open points (SOPs) are power electronic devices that may replace conventional
normally-open points in distribution networks. They can be used for active power flow …

Online reconfiguration of active distribution networks for maximum integration of distributed generation

NC Koutsoukis, DO Siagkas… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes the online reconfiguration of active distribution networks. The control of
the active/reactive output power of distributed generation (DG) units combined with the …

Optimal voltage regulation for distribution networks with multi-microgrids

X Wang, C Wang, T Xu, L Guo, P Li, L Yu, H Meng - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
With the increasing penetration of renewables, microgrid integration has been considered
as one of the most promising approaches to enhance the utilizations of various types of …