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Secondary Voltage Control Application in a Smart Grid with 100% Renewables
Inventions, Special Issue Emerging Technologies for the Energy Systems of the Future, MDPI. (2020)
  • Omar H. Abdalla
  • Hady H. Fayek
  • A. M. Abdel Ghany
Abstract
Abstract: This paper presents secondary voltage control by extracting reactive power from renewable power technologies to control load buses voltage in a power system at different operating conditions. The study is performed on a 100% renewable 14-bus system. Active and reactive powers controls are considered based on grid codes of countries with high penetration levels of renewable energy technologies. A pilot bus is selected in order to implement the secondary voltage control. The selection is based on short-circuit calculation and sensitivity analysis. An optimal Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) voltage controller is designed using genetic algorithm. A comparison between system with and without secondary voltage control is presented in terms of voltage profile and total power losses. The optimal voltage magnitudes at busbars are calculated to achieve minimum power losses using optimal power flow. The optimal placement of Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is
performed in order to measure the voltage magnitude of buses with minimum cost. Optimization and simulation processes are performed using DIgSILENT and MATLAB software applications.
Keywords
  • 100% Renewable Power System,
  • Secondary Voltage Control,
  • Tertiary Voltage Control,
  • Grid Code,
  • Wind Farms,
  • Photovoltaic Parks
Publication Date
August 1, 2020
DOI
https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/5/3/37
Citation Information
Omar H. Abdalla, Hady H. Fayek, and A. M. Abdel Ghany: "Secondary Voltage Control Application in a Smart Grid with 100% Renewables", Inventions 2020, Vol. 5, No. 3, Article No. 37, pp. 1-19, Special Issue Emerging Technologies for the Energy Systems of the Future, MDPI, 1 August 2020. https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/5/3/37