Maximizing the Benefits of Volt/VAR Optimization in the Presence of Community Energy Storage
- Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
This paper reports on the need for coordinating smart grid volt/volt-ampere reactive (VAR) control (VVC) and community energy storage (CES) to maximize the benefits of both approaches. It addresses a key application of volt/VAR optimization (VVO): the conservation of voltage reduction (CVR). The lack of coordination among network controls, such as VVO, and asset controls at the community battery storage system can lead to detrimental effects on grid operation. A smart grid-enabled VVC uses the VVO to perform the CVR operation. VVO can perform numerous tasks for advanced distribution management systems with coordination of the system operator. To achieve the optimal VVC solution, we use a particle swarm optimization driven VVO method. The test system has been simulated for two scenarios-during light loading and high loading condition-with and without the CES system. In both scenarios, the operation of CVR and CES have been performed considering different case studies. The outcomes of the simulated results demonstrate that significant improvement in peak load-demand reduction is achieved by the proposed VVC and CES system with reduced system losses.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Indian Institute of Technology
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1525298
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5D00-71658
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 18-21 December 2018, Chennai, India
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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