TY - GEN
T1 - Increasing distributed generation hosting capacity in distribution networks
T2 - IEEE PES Europe Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies
AU - Melgar-Dominguez, Ozy D.
AU - Mantovani, José R.S.
AU - Pourakbari-Kasmaei, Mahdi
AU - Lehtonen, Matti
PY - 2020/10/26
Y1 - 2020/10/26
N2 - This work aims at proposing a strategy based on an environmental and technical perspective to assess the amount of distributed generation (DG) that can be deployed into an electric distribution network (EDN). The presented approach seeks to minimize the carbon emissions and energy losses while the installed capacity of renewable DG units is maximized. To enable the DG integration without requiring EDN upgrading, the operations of capacitor banks (CBs) and voltage regulators (VR) devices are optimized simultaneously. To analyze the relationship between the installed DG and demand consumption, the effects of voltage-dependent loads are investigated. Several test cases are studied in a 42-node distribution network. Results show that by applying operating actions and determining the hosting capacity of the EDN for deploying DG units, environmental and technical benefits could be achieved.
AB - This work aims at proposing a strategy based on an environmental and technical perspective to assess the amount of distributed generation (DG) that can be deployed into an electric distribution network (EDN). The presented approach seeks to minimize the carbon emissions and energy losses while the installed capacity of renewable DG units is maximized. To enable the DG integration without requiring EDN upgrading, the operations of capacitor banks (CBs) and voltage regulators (VR) devices are optimized simultaneously. To analyze the relationship between the installed DG and demand consumption, the effects of voltage-dependent loads are investigated. Several test cases are studied in a 42-node distribution network. Results show that by applying operating actions and determining the hosting capacity of the EDN for deploying DG units, environmental and technical benefits could be achieved.
KW - DG hosting capacity
KW - Emissions reduction
KW - Exponential demand model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097333958&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248813
DO - 10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248813
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85097333958
T3 - IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe
SP - 1010
EP - 1014
BT - Proceedings of 2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2020
PB - IEEE
Y2 - 26 October 2020 through 28 October 2020
ER -
