LAPSE:2023.30894
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LAPSE:2023.30894
Assessment of Conservation Voltage Reduction in Distribution Networks with Voltage Regulating Distribution Transformers
Anthony Igiligi, Armin Vielhauer, Mathias Ehrenwirth, Christian Hurm, Thorsten Summ, Christoph Trinkl, Daniel Navarro Gevers
April 17, 2023
The application of voltage reduction in medium and low voltage grids to reduce peak power demand or energy consumption has been implemented since the 1980s using several approaches. Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR), as one such approach, uses a voltage control device to reduce or increase the voltage setpoint on a busbar, thereby reducing or increasing the amount of active and reactive power supply in the network. Voltage regulation for CVR is always implemented according to established network planning standards in each country. Research in this field has proven that a CVR factor (CVRf) of 0.7−1.5 for peak demand reduction can be achieved. This is an evaluation metric of CVR. The aim of this research is to determine and validate CVRf for peak demand reduction by comparing actual results obtained during regular tap changes with other randomly distributed periods outside tap change operations, using a set of measurement data. It is important to understand CVR deployment capability by evaluating CVR potentials from historical random tap operations before a robust network-wide deployment is introduced. This research provides such guidance. It also provides a novel approach to determining tap changes from voltage measurements using a time-based algorithm. A CVRf ranging from 0.95 to 1.61 was estimated using a measurement dataset from a test field. The result of the entire evaluation shows that the CVRf are smaller during peak PV production and greater during peak demand periods. Further evaluation using statistical hypotheses testing and a control chart was used to validate the evaluation.
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conservation voltage reduction, peak power, tap change, voltage regulating distribution transformers
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Igiligi A, Vielhauer A, Ehrenwirth M, Hurm C, Summ T, Trinkl C, Navarro Gevers D. Assessment of Conservation Voltage Reduction in Distribution Networks with Voltage Regulating Distribution Transformers. (2023). LAPSE:2023.30894
Author Affiliations
Igiligi A: Institute of new Energy Systems, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany [ORCID]
Vielhauer A: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
Ehrenwirth M: Institute of new Energy Systems, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany [ORCID]
Hurm C: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
Summ T: Institute of new Energy Systems, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany [ORCID]
Trinkl C: Institute of new Energy Systems, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany [ORCID]
Navarro Gevers D: Institute of new Energy Systems, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany
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Energies
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16
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7
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3155
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2023
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2023-03-31
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1996-1073
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