Adaptive real power capping method for fair overvoltage regulation of distribution networks with high penetration of PV systems

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2729-2738

  Alyami, Saeed ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Wang, Caisheng ^a   Zhao, Junhui ^a   Zhao, Bo ^b  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b Zhejiang Electric Power Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus distributed network control; distributed generation; distribution network; fair share; high penetration; overvoltage; photovoltaic (PV); real power capping; voltage regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONTROL; FAIR SHARE; HIGH PENETRATION; OVER-VOLTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REAL POWER;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84908294764     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2014.2330345     Document Type: Article

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