TY - GEN
T1 - Model-based DG control as an economic solution to load growth
AU - Hambrick, Joshua
AU - Dilek, Murat
AU - Liang, Yishan
AU - Seguin, Rich
AU - Asgeirsson, Haukur
AU - Broadwater, Robert
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - At the distribution level distributed generators (DGs) can sometimes provide more economic solutions to load growth than building new substations and lines. In such cases a DG can be controlled to eliminate cable overloads or low voltages due to load growth. A model that accurately estimates conditions throughout the circuit can make the DG solution even more economically attractive, and in some cases with underground cables, feasible. The use of the model can avoid the cost of installing new instrumentation and communication equipment for the control function throughout the circuit, which can spread out over many square miles. DGs also provide benefits in system reliability and operating costs, especially near system peak. These benefits can increase significantly when circuits are interconnected. This paper addresses control architecture, field validation of models, economics, and field experience with model-based DG control.
AB - At the distribution level distributed generators (DGs) can sometimes provide more economic solutions to load growth than building new substations and lines. In such cases a DG can be controlled to eliminate cable overloads or low voltages due to load growth. A model that accurately estimates conditions throughout the circuit can make the DG solution even more economically attractive, and in some cases with underground cables, feasible. The use of the model can avoid the cost of installing new instrumentation and communication equipment for the control function throughout the circuit, which can spread out over many square miles. DGs also provide benefits in system reliability and operating costs, especially near system peak. These benefits can increase significantly when circuits are interconnected. This paper addresses control architecture, field validation of models, economics, and field experience with model-based DG control.
KW - Distributed generation
KW - Economics
KW - Power distribution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=52349121019&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PES.2008.4596839
DO - 10.1109/PES.2008.4596839
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:52349121019
SN - 9781424419067
T3 - IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting: Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, PES
BT - IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting
T2 - IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting: Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, PES
Y2 - 20 July 2008 through 24 July 2008
ER -