DMS Advanced Applications for Accommodating High Penetrations of DERs and Microgrids

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · CIRED - Open Access Proceedings Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1049/oap-cired.2017.1321· OSTI ID:1452691

Pratt, Annabelle ^[1]; Veda, Santosh ^[1]; Maitra, Arindam ^[2]; Hubert, Tanguy ^[2]; Wang, Jianhui ^[3]; Singh, Ravindra ^[3]; Kang, Ning ^[2]; Lu, Xiaonan ^[3]; Reilly, Jim ^[4]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Electric Power Research Institute
3. Argonne National Laboratory
4. Reilly Associates

Efficient and effective management of the electric distribution system requires an integrated approach to allow various systems to work in harmony, including distribution management systems (DMS), distributed energy resources (DERs), distributed energy resources management systems, and microgrids. This study highlights some outcomes from a recent project sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, including information about (i) the architecture of these integrated systems and (ii) expanded functions of two example DMS applications to accommodate DERs: volt-var optimisation and fault location, isolation, and service restoration. In addition, the relevant DER group functions necessary to support communications between the DMS and a microgrid controller in grid-tied mode are identified.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1452691
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA-5D00-71711
• Journal Information: CIRED - Open Access Proceedings Journal, Vol. 2017, Issue 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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