Voltage impact analyses of solar photovoltaics on distribution load tap changer operations

Yaosuo Xue; Isha Sharma; Teja Kuruganti; James Nutaro; Jin Dong; Mohammed Olama; David Fugate

doi:10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107252

Voltage impact analyses of solar photovoltaics on distribution load tap changer operations

Yaosuo Xue, Isha Sharma, Teja Kuruganti, James Nutaro, Jin Dong, Mohammed Olama, David Fugate

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Abstract

Recently, the penetration of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Low Voltage (LV) distribution feeders has significantly increased and is expected to increase further in the coming years. Variability in solar PV output and high R/X ratio of LV distribution feeder results in voltage fluctuations. Local distribution companies (LDCs) rely on load tap changing transformers or feeder voltage regulators to mitigate voltage fluctuations. The objective of this paper is to examine the operational impact of increase in solar PV penetration on LV distribution networks through quasi-static time series analysis. IEEE 13-node test feeder is used in this paper as a test system. Simulations are carried out for a one-year period with 1-minute time step using OpenDSS. Results show significant increase in the total number of tap operations as solar PV penetration increases. Impact on nodal voltages and feeder net power is also discussed in detail. Finally, this paper suggests various mitigation strategies that can be used by LDCs to overcome this issue.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538626993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107252
State	Published - Nov 13 2017
Event	2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017 - Morgantown, United States Duration: Sep 17 2017 → Sep 19 2017

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Name	2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017

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Conference	2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Morgantown
Period	09/17/17 → 09/19/17

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This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Funders	Funder number
SunShot National Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Keywords

Solar variability
load tap change
penetration level
voltage impact

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Xue, Y., Sharma, I., Kuruganti, T., Nutaro, J., Dong, J., Olama, M., & Fugate, D. (2017). Voltage impact analyses of solar photovoltaics on distribution load tap changer operations. In 2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017 Article 8107252 (2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107252

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Xue, Y, Sharma, I, Kuruganti, T , Nutaro, J , Dong, J , Olama, M & Fugate, D 2017, Voltage impact analyses of solar photovoltaics on distribution load tap changer operations. in 2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017., 8107252, 2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017, Morgantown, United States, 09/17/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS.2017.8107252

Voltage impact analyses of solar photovoltaics on distribution load tap changer operations. / Xue, Yaosuo; Sharma, Isha; Kuruganti, Teja et al.
2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. 8107252 (2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017).

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