Application of Autonomous Smart Inverter Volt-VAR Function for Voltage Reduction Energy Savings and Power Quality in Electric Distribution Systems: Preprint

Fei Ding; Adarsh Nagarajan; Murali Baggu; Andu Nguyen; Sarah Walinga; Michael McCarty; Frances Bell; Sudipta Chakraborty

Application of Autonomous Smart Inverter Volt-VAR Function for Voltage Reduction Energy Savings and Power Quality in Electric Distribution Systems: Preprint

Fei Ding, Adarsh Nagarajan, Murali Baggu, Andu Nguyen, Sarah Walinga, Michael McCarty, Frances Bell, Sudipta Chakraborty

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Abstract

This paper evaluated the impact of smart inverter Volt-VAR function on voltage reduction energy saving and power quality in electric power distribution systems. A methodology to implement the voltage reduction optimization was developed by controlling the substation LTC and capacitor banks, and having smart inverters participate through their autonomous Volt-VAR control. In addition, a power quality scoring methodology was proposed and utilized to quantify the effect on power distribution system power quality. All of these methodologies were applied to a utility distribution system model to evaluate the voltage reduction energy saving and power quality under various PV penetrations and smart inverter densities.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	7
State	Published - 2017
Event	Eighth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2017) - Washington, D.C. Duration: 23 Apr 2017 → 26 Apr 2017

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Conference	Eighth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2017)
City	Washington, D.C.
Period	23/04/17 → 26/04/17

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5D00-67600

Keywords

CVR
energy saving
photovoltaic
power quality
smart inverter
Volt-VAR
voltage reduction

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Ding, F., Nagarajan, A., Baggu, M., Nguyen, A., Walinga, S., McCarty, M., Bell, F., & Chakraborty, S. (2017). Application of Autonomous Smart Inverter Volt-VAR Function for Voltage Reduction Energy Savings and Power Quality in Electric Distribution Systems: Preprint. Paper presented at Eighth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2017), Washington, D.C.. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/67600.pdf

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Application of Autonomous Smart Inverter Volt-VAR Function for Voltage Reduction Energy Savings and Power Quality in Electric Distribution Systems: Preprint. / Ding, Fei ; Nagarajan, Adarsh ; Baggu, Murali et al.
2017. Paper presented at Eighth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2017), Washington, D.C..

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Application of Autonomous Smart Inverter Volt-VAR Function for Voltage Reduction Energy Savings and Power Quality in Electric Distribution Systems: Preprint

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