Volt/VAR Optimization (VVO) Application on GridAPPS-D Platform

Conference · Mon Sep 25 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252419· OSTI ID:2310947

Jha, Rahul ^[1]; Poudel, Shiva ^[2]; Sharma, Poorva ^[2]; Schneider, Kevin P. ^[2]

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1. Washington State University
2. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)

There is a large increment in the distributed energy resources (DERs) installation and deployments of smart sensing devices and communication infrastructure; hence, the power distribution network is swiftly evolving from a passive network to an active network. This motivates the development of advanced applications to operate power distribution systems for higher efficiency and reliability. These advanced applications are model-based and data-driven. This requires an advanced distribution management system (ADMS) to provide required data for the optimal operation of the distribution systems by coordinating various grid controllable devices. In this paper a Volt-VAR optimization (VVO) application to coordinate the grid’s legacy and new voltage control devices for conservation voltage reduction (CVR) is deployed on the GridAPPS-D platform (an open-source platform ) for ADMS application development. The VVO application is validated for various operating conditions on using modified IEEE 8500-node distribution test feeders. Further, the application is successfully deployed on the GridAPPS-D platform.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2310947
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-179787
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English