DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MONITORING

NECESSITY WITH
HIGH RES PENETRATION
 Outline of the Presentation:
 Overview
• Potential Challenges of
Renewable Integration
• Literature review

 Distribution system
monitoring necessity Will be
raised by RES penetration

 Conclusion

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 Potential Challenges of Renewable Integration

Variable Generation & Intermittency

Protection Siting

Voltage Regulation Frequency Control

Power Market
Power Quality

Different Grid Code

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 RESEARCH PROBLEM
RES integration , Power Flow and Voltage Regulation

T. Ehara, "Overcoming PV grid issues in urban areas," International Energy Agency, Photovoltaic Power Systems Program, Rep. IEA-PVPS T10-06-2009, 2009.

The system voltage must be kept constant; the main reason is that all the system devices insulation level are
designed for a nominal voltage, and voltage violation may be harmful and damage insulation

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 Literature Review
Summary of proposed methods for mitigating
the reverse power flow and voltage control in presence of RES

Proposed Methods
Active power curtailment
Usage the storage and electric vehicle
Reverse power flow
Demand side management (HPWH)
Using FACTS devices (SVC, D-STATCOM, D-SMES)
Increasing the conductor size
Reducing the setting of OLTC
Voltage control Operation at leading power factor
Coordination of conventional voltage regulator (OLTC,
SVR, capacitor bank) with FACTS

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
1. Distribution systems have been designed for radial and
unidirectional power flow.

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration

7/22 Schematic of the IEEE 8500 Node Test Feeder

 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
1. Distribution systems have been designed for radial and
unidirectional power flow.

IEEE 8500 node test feeder power flow direction for PL=100%.
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The PV units’ location are shown by Orange stars
 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
1. Distribution systems have been designed for radial and
unidirectional power flow.

IEEE 8500 node test feeder power flow direction for PL=100%.
9/22 The red colors shows the reversed power flow part of feeder.
The PV units’ location are shown by Orange stars
 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
2. The minimum voltage drop which must be kept within
standard limits, was the main concern of distribution system
planner for a long time.

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
2. The minimum voltage drop which must be kept within
standard limits, was the main concern of distribution system
planner for a long time.

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
2. The minimum voltage drop which must be kept within
standard limits, was the main concern of distribution system
planner for a long time.

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
3. Distributed RES integration with intermittent characteristic, increases
the vulnerability of small wire size feeder to overload conditions.
Due to changing the switch patterns, the distribution network configuration
is a dynamic variable.

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
4. Distributed ONE-PHASE RES integration with intermittent
characteristic, increases the UNBLANCED LOADING of the system

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 Distribution system monitoring necessity
Will be raised by RES penetration
4. Distributed ONE-PHASE RES integration with intermittent
characteristic, increases the UNBLANCED LOADING of the system

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 Distribution system and RES integration

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 Distribution system and RES integration

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 Distribution system and RES integration

Micro Grid

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 Distribution system and RES integration

Renewable
Integration Area

Renewable
Integration Area
MicroGrid

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 Conclusion
Distribution system with RES integration needs monitoring!

Renewable
Integration Area
MicroGrid

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 Our Solution:
Impedance Based Wide Area
Distribution Network Monitoring

Distance relay

PMU

SEL-351 O/C with

load encroachment

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