Publication detail

Voltage Regulation Optimization in Low Voltage Network Based on Voltage Quality Index

KOPIČKA, M. DRÁPELA, J. TOPOLÁNEK, D.

Original Title

Voltage Regulation Optimization in Low Voltage Network Based on Voltage Quality Index

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper deals with an optimization procedure in terms of a network voltage parameters improvement. A software based approach is used to select optimal type of voltage regulator, its power and ideal location for application in a Low-Voltage (LV) test network, where it is required to enhance Voltage Quality (VQ). The test network presents a case where application of on-load tap changer transformer instead of conventional distribution transformer MV/LV is not adequate to maintain voltage profile in the LV system in limits. Therefore other type of voltage regulator has to be employed to increase VQ in the entire LV network. Principal measure for VQ evaluation there is adopted a Voltage Quality Index expressing the VQ level in dependence on selected and specified input parameters, which may be voltage magnitude, unbalance, harmonic distortion, flicker level and frequency. Within optimization process, maximal current carrying capacity of lines, network losses and cost of solutions are also taken into account.

Keywords

Voltage Quality; Voltage Quality Index; PSCAD; voltage regulator, voltage profile, optimization

Authors

KOPIČKA, M.; DRÁPELA, J.; TOPOLÁNEK, D.

RIV year

2014

Released

12. 5. 2014

Publisher

Brno Univ Technol, Fac Elect Engn & Commun

Location

Brno, Czech Republic

ISBN

978-1-4799-3807-0

Book

Proccedings of the 2014 15 th International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE)

Pages from

1

Pages to

6

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT107227,
  author="Marek {Kopička} and Jiří {Drápela} and David {Topolánek}",
  title="Voltage Regulation Optimization in Low Voltage Network Based on Voltage Quality Index",
  booktitle="Proccedings of the 2014 15 th International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE)",
  year="2014",
  pages="1--6",
  publisher="Brno Univ Technol, Fac Elect Engn & Commun",
  address="Brno, Czech Republic",
  doi="10.1109/EPE.2014.6839541",
  isbn="978-1-4799-3807-0"
}