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The large number of small scale Distributed Energy Resources (DER) such as Electric Vehicles (EVs), rooftop photovoltaic installations and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), installed along distribution networks, poses several challenges related to power quality, efficiency, and reliability. Concurrently, the connection of DER may provide substantial flexibility to the operation of distribution grids and market players such as aggregators. This paper proposes an optimization framework for the energy management and scheduling of operation for Low Voltage (LV) networks assuring both admissible voltage magnitudes and minimized line congestion and voltage unbalances. The proposed tool allows the utilization and coordination of On-Load Tap Changer (OLTC) distribution transformers, BESS, and flexibilities provided by DER. The methodology is framed with a multi-objective three phase unbalanced multi-period AC Optimal Power Flow (MACOPF) solved as a nonlinear optimization problem. The performance of the resulting control scheme is validated on a LV distribution network through multiple case scenarios with high microgeneration and EV integration. The usefulness of the proposed scheme is additionally demonstrated by deriving the most efficient placement and sizing BESS solution based on yearly synthetic load and generation data-set. A techno-economical analysis is also conducted to identify optimal coordination among assets and DER for several objectives.
Konstantinos Kotsalos; Ismael Miranda; Jose Luis Dominguez-Garcia; Helder Leite; Nuno Silva; Nikos Hatziargyriou. Exploiting OLTC and BESS Operation Coordinated with Active Network Management in LV Networks. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3332 .
AMA StyleKonstantinos Kotsalos, Ismael Miranda, Jose Luis Dominguez-Garcia, Helder Leite, Nuno Silva, Nikos Hatziargyriou. Exploiting OLTC and BESS Operation Coordinated with Active Network Management in LV Networks. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3332.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonstantinos Kotsalos; Ismael Miranda; Jose Luis Dominguez-Garcia; Helder Leite; Nuno Silva; Nikos Hatziargyriou. 2020. "Exploiting OLTC and BESS Operation Coordinated with Active Network Management in LV Networks." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3332.
In recent years, the installation of residential Distributed Energy Resources (DER) that produce (mainly rooftop photovoltaics usually bundled with battery system) or consume (electric heat pumps, controllable loads, electric vehicles) electric power is continuously increasing in Low Voltage (LV) distribution networks. Several technical challenges may arise through the massive integration of DER, which have to be addressed by the distribution grid operator. However, DER can provide certain degree of flexibility to the operation of distribution grids, which is generally performed with temporal shifting of energy to be consumed or injected. This work advances a horizon optimization control framework which aims to efficiently schedule the LV network’s operation in day-ahead scale coordinating multiple DER. The main objectives of the proposed control is to ensure secure LV grid operation in the sense of admissible voltage bounds and rated loading conditions for the secondary transformer. The proposed methodology leans on a multi-period three-phase Optimal Power Flow (OPF) addressed as a nonlinear optimization problem. The resulting horizon control scheme is validated within an LV distribution network through multiple case scenarios with high microgeneration and electric vehicle integration providing admissible voltage limits and avoiding unnecessary active power curtailments.
Konstantinos Kotsalos; Ismael Miranda; Nuno Silva; Helder Leite. A Horizon Optimization Control Framework for the Coordinated Operation of Multiple Distributed Energy Resources in Low Voltage Distribution Networks. Energies 2019, 12, 1182 .
AMA StyleKonstantinos Kotsalos, Ismael Miranda, Nuno Silva, Helder Leite. A Horizon Optimization Control Framework for the Coordinated Operation of Multiple Distributed Energy Resources in Low Voltage Distribution Networks. Energies. 2019; 12 (6):1182.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonstantinos Kotsalos; Ismael Miranda; Nuno Silva; Helder Leite. 2019. "A Horizon Optimization Control Framework for the Coordinated Operation of Multiple Distributed Energy Resources in Low Voltage Distribution Networks." Energies 12, no. 6: 1182.
The continuous growth of distributed generation along the medium voltage distribution networks (MVDN) induces multifaceted technical challenges that have to be addressed by alternative control architecture schemes beyond the centralized strategies and the fit and forget doctrine. The active participation of DG essentially drives the network to pave towards the Smart Grid concept. This paper entails a decentralized control strategy which is based on a sensitivity analysis to stipulate the proper dispatch set-points for the DGs; hence, all nodal voltages are in permissible bounds. An overview of sensitivity approaches is presented and discussed for their adequacy to be used in MVDN. The proposed method is simulated on a 13- Node Test Feeder IEEE benchmark, while its consistency is compared with a centralized scheme.
Konstantinos Kotsalos. Decentralized Voltage Regulation in radial Medium Voltage Networks with high presence of Distributed Generation. U.Porto Journal of Engineering 2017, 3, 26 -38.
AMA StyleKonstantinos Kotsalos. Decentralized Voltage Regulation in radial Medium Voltage Networks with high presence of Distributed Generation. U.Porto Journal of Engineering. 2017; 3 (1):26-38.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonstantinos Kotsalos. 2017. "Decentralized Voltage Regulation in radial Medium Voltage Networks with high presence of Distributed Generation." U.Porto Journal of Engineering 3, no. 1: 26-38.