Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies. Second EAI International Conference, SmartGIFT 2017, London, UK, March 27–28, 2017, Proceedings

Research Article

On the Impact of Using Public Network Communication Infrastructure for Voltage Control Coordination in Smart Grid Scenario

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-61813-5_1,
        author={Kamal Shahid and Lennart Petersen and Florin Iov and Rasmus Olsen},
        title={On the Impact of Using Public Network Communication Infrastructure for Voltage Control Coordination in Smart Grid Scenario},
        proceedings={Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies. Second EAI International Conference, SmartGIFT 2017, London, UK, March 27--28, 2017, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={SMARTGIFT},
        year={2017},
        month={9},
        keywords={Communication Public network ReGen plants Coordinated control},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-61813-5_1}
    }
    
  • Kamal Shahid
    Lennart Petersen
    Florin Iov
    Rasmus Olsen
    Year: 2017
    On the Impact of Using Public Network Communication Infrastructure for Voltage Control Coordination in Smart Grid Scenario
    SMARTGIFT
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61813-5_1
Kamal Shahid1,*, Lennart Petersen1,*, Florin Iov1,*, Rasmus Olsen1,*
  • 1: Aalborg University
*Contact email: ksh@es.aau.dk, lep@et.aau.dk, fi@et.aau.dk, rlo@es.aau.dk

Abstract

This paper focuses on the impact of using the existing public network communication infrastructure for online voltage control support and coordination of renewable generation (ReGen) plants in medium voltage distribution systems. The communication network infrastructure and related communication protocols have introduced several test scenarios and cases that are evaluated with respect to the related latencies and validity of the signals being exchanged between a control center and the ReGen plants. An exemplary benchmark grid area in Denmark, including flexible ReGen plants, is used as a base case for evaluating the network performance in terms of latency. The main outcome of this study is to provide a generic overview of the aspects and their effects related to the use of existing public network communication infrastructure for online coordination of voltage control in a distributed system, considering the huge ReGen penetration, in order to ensure a resilient voltage controlled distributed systems.