Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK

Impact Assessment and Mitigation Techniques for High Penetration Levels of Renewable Energy Sources in Distribution Networks: Voltage-control Perspective
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1.Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, Varennes , Canada;2.Electrical Power and Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo , 11566, Egypt;3.Advanced Power and Energy Center, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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The authors would like to thank the Government of Canada for financially supporting this research through the Program on Energy Research and Development (PERD), the Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan) for providing the data of its 10 MW wind farm required in this paper, and Daniel Desrosiers and Ali Mehrizi-Sani for their helpful comments and suggestions.

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    Abstract:

    The integration of renewable distributed generation (RDG) into distribution networks is promising and increasing nowadays. However, high penetration levels of distributed generation (DG) are often limited as they may have an adverse effect on the operation of distribution networks. One of the operation challenges is the interaction between DG and voltage-control equipment, e.g., an under-load tap changer (ULTC), which is basically designed to compensate for voltage changes caused by slow load variations. The integration of variable DGs leads to rapid voltage fluctuations, which can negatively affect the tap operation of ULTC. This paper investigates the impact of high penetration levels of RDG on the tap operation of ULTC in distribution networks through simulations. Various mitigation techniques that can alleviate this impact are also examined. Among these techniques, constant power-factor mode is regarded as the best trade-off between the simplicity and effectiveness of minimizing the number of tap operations. Simulations are performed on a Canadian benchmark rural distribution feeder using OpenDSS software.

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  • Received:March 21,2020
  • Revised:July 08,2020
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  • Online: March 30,2022
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