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Experiences Developing Large-Scale Synthetic U.S.-Style Distribution Test Systems

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This paper describes computational, data management, and other experiences developing large-scale, realistic-but-not-real U.S.-style distribution test systems for the Smart-DS project. These test systems cover entire metropolitan areas and include everything from low-voltage secondaries to sub-transmission for hundreds or thousands of feeders making them as much as three orders of magnitude larger than existing single feeder test systems. Lessons learned with automation and data handling are shared to aid data set users and synthetic test grid creators.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1784648
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5C00-74259; MainId:6981; UUID:db1d9d4d-1599-e911-9c24-ac162d87dfe5; MainAdminID:24497
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Validation of Synthetic U.S. Electric Power Distribution System Data Sets journal September 2020
Phase-selection algorithms to minimize cost and imbalance in U.S. synthetic distribution systems journal September 2020
Grid Structural Characteristics as Validation Criteria for Synthetic Networks journal July 2017
Building Large-Scale U.S. Synthetic Electric Distribution System Models journal November 2020

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27 ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Reference Network Model
power distribution
power systems planning
synthetic networks
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