Reactive Power Support from Converter Connected Renewables in Active Distribution Network

Aeishwarya Umesh Baviskar; Kaushik Das; Anca Daniela Hansen

doi:10.1109/PEDG54999.2022.9923239

Reactive Power Support from Converter Connected Renewables in Active Distribution Network

Aeishwarya Umesh Baviskar^*
, Kaushik Das
, Anca Daniela Hansen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Network operators have been increasingly concerned with procuring reactive power sources as more synchronous generators are planned to be decommissioned and number of distributed generation is on the rise. Reactive power is necessary in the evolving grid with distributed generation to support the additional power flow and avoid expensive grid reinforcements. Converter connected renewable generators can be a solution both to provide the much needed reactive power support in distribution grids and the voltage regulation support to the transmission network via altering the reactive power feed-in. This research explores the reactive power capabilities of a mutlivoltage active distribution network. A semidefinite programming based optimal power flow is implemented to find the maximum reactive power support from converter connected generation having two different objectives, namely loss minimization in the distribution network and following a reactive power reference from the transmission network. Changes in voltage profiles in correlation to altering reactive power flow in the distribution network is also analyzed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG)
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2022
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-6618-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG54999.2022.9923239
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems - Germany, Kiel, Germany Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 29 Jun 2022 Conference number: 13 https://pedg2022.org/home#location-dubrovnik-croatia

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Conference	2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems
Number	13
Location	Germany
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kiel
Period	26/06/2022 → 29/06/2022
Internet address	https://pedg2022.org/home#location-dubrovnik-croatia

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Reactive power
Converter connected generation
Grid codes
Loss minimization
Transmission-distribution coordination
Voltage regulation

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Baviskar, AU, Das, K & Hansen, AD 2022, Reactive Power Support from Converter Connected Renewables in Active Distribution Network. in Proceedings of 13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG). IEEE, 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 26/06/2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG54999.2022.9923239

Reactive Power Support from Converter Connected Renewables in Active Distribution Network. / Baviskar, Aeishwarya Umesh; Das, Kaushik ; Hansen, Anca Daniela.
Proceedings of 13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG). IEEE, 2022.

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