Coordinated Use of Smart Inverters with Legacy Voltage Regulating Devices in Distribution Systems with High Distributed PV Penetration — Increase CVR Energy Savings

• Published in: IEEE transactions on smart grid Vol. 14; no. 3
• Main Authors: Ding, Fei, Baggu, Murali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 18.07.2018
• Subjects: CVR; energy saving; photovoltaic; power quality; POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; reactive power control; smart inverter; SOLAR ENERGY; volt/VAR

This paper studies the coordinated use of smart inverters with legacy voltage regulating devices to help increase the energy savings from conservation voltage reduction (CVR) in distribution systems with high photovoltaic penetration. Two voltage optimization algorithms are developed to evaluate the...