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LAPSE:2023.32452
Unbalanced Voltage Compensation with Optimal Voltage Controlled Regulators and Load Ratio Control Transformer
Akito Nakadomari, Ryuto Shigenobu, Takeyoshi Kato, Narayanan Krishnan, Ashraf Mohamed Hemeida, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tomonobu Senjyu
April 20, 2023
Penetration of equipment such as photovoltaic power generations (PV), heat pump water heaters (HP), and electric vehicles (EV) introduces voltage unbalance issues in distribution systems. Controlling PV and energy storage system (ESS) outputs or coordinated EV charging are investigated for voltage unbalance compensation. However, some issues exist, such as dependency on installed capacity and fairness among consumers. Therefore, the ideal way to mitigate unbalanced voltages is to use grid-side equipment mainly. This paper proposes a voltage unbalance compensation based on optimal tap operation scheduling of three-phase individual controlled step voltage regulators (3ϕSVR) and load ratio control transformer (LRT). In the formulation of the optimization problem, multiple voltage unbalance metrics are comprehensively included. In addition, voltage deviations, network losses, and coordinated tap operations, which are typical issues in distribution systems, are considered. In order to investigate the mutual influence among voltage unbalance and other typical issues, various optimization problems are formulated, and then they are compared by numerical simulations. The results show that the proper operation of 3ϕSVRs and LRT effectively mitigates voltage unbalance. Furthermore, the results also show that voltage unbalances and other typical issues can be improved simultaneously with appropriate formulations.
Keywords
distribution system, load ratio control transformer, optimal scheduling, step voltage regulator, voltage unbalance
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Nakadomari A, Shigenobu R, Kato T, Krishnan N, Hemeida AM, Takahashi H, Senjyu T. Unbalanced Voltage Compensation with Optimal Voltage Controlled Regulators and Load Ratio Control Transformer. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32452
Author Affiliations
Nakadomari A: Department of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Nakagami, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan [ORCID]
Shigenobu R: Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Fukui 3-9-1, Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
Kato T: Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Krishnan N: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613401, Tamil Nadu, India [ORCID]
Hemeida AM: Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt [ORCID]
Takahashi H: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo 191-8506, Japan
Senjyu T: Department of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Nakagami, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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11
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2997
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2021
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2021-05-21
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1996-1073
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