Abstract
This article presents a practical approach to realize demand and energy savings in large industrial plants through behind-the-meter conservation voltage reduction implementation. Requirements of a device that can implement conservation voltage reduction in harsh industrial environments are identified. Based on the requirements, a device called stacked isolated voltage optimization module is discussed. Issues concerning the design and operation of the device are explained. Experimental results from a prototype unit are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8957103 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1250-1257 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Manuscript received July 15, 2019; revised November 1, 2019; accepted December 6, 2019. Date of publication January 12, 2020; date of current version March 17, 2020. Paper 2019-PSPC-0750.R1, presented at the 2019 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA, Sep. 29–Oct. 3, and approved for publication in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS by the Power Systems Protection Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. This work was supported by the Center for Distributed Energy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. (Corresponding author: Sathish Jayaraman.) The authors are with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA (e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Center for Distributed Energy | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
Keywords
- Conservation voltage reduction (CVR)
- fault current and efficiency
- industrial loads
- voltage sag
