Coordinated control of a DG and voltage control devices using a dynamic programming algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-51

  Kim, Young Jin ^a   Ahn, Seon Ju ^b   Hwang, Pyeong Ik ^c   Pyo, Gi Chan ^c   Moon, Seung Il ^c  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DG output voltage; Dispatchable and nondispatchable distributed generator (DG); dynamic programming; load forecasts; number of switching operations of under load tap changer (ULTC) and shunt capacitors (Sh.Cs); power loss

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED GENERATORS; LOAD FORECAST; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER-LOSSES; UNDER-LOAD TAP CHANGER;

ALGORITHMS; CAPACITORS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATLAB; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

EID: 84872865838     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2012.2188819     Document Type: Article

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