This paper discusses a shunt active ûlter intended for installation on a power distribution system. The active ûlter has an additional capability to regulate the distribution line voltage by means of adjusting reactive power. Theoretical analysis investigates the dynamic performance of combined harmonic damping and voltage regulation. As a result, harmonic damping makes it possible to improve t...

Small generation units connected to distribution systems can improve end-user power quality; e.g. by providing voltage support. However, the presence of distributed generation (DG) changes the radial nature of distribution systems and affects the performance of the protection system. DG can also affect duringand post-fault voltages; in addition, voltage sags are highly influenced by the type of...

When steep lightning surge enters a pole-mounted distribution transformer, the voltage distribution of the internal windings is unbalanced. It is known that a layer-to-layer short or a turn-to-turn short occurs where the voltage distribution of windings is high. In this paper, the voltage distribution of the windings was measured at the primary and secondary sides of the transformer using a tes...

With more and more distributed photovoltaic (PV) plants access to the distribution system, whose structure is changing and becoming an active network. The traditional methods of voltage regulation may hardly adapt to this new situation. To address this problem, this paper presents a coordinated control method of distributed energy storage systems (DESSs) for voltage regulation in a distribution...

Recently, since single phase loads and dispersed generators become widespread, unbalanced voltage in distribution line become an important problem for voltage management. One of them is that the control of a conventional voltage regulation device become difficult because of the difference of the magnitude of the line voltages, the other one is increase of 3rd harmonic voltages. The authors prop...

The Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) is a commercially available, popular device to eliminate voltage sags and swells in the distribution lines. Its basic function is to inject the voltage difference (difference between the pre-sag and sag voltage) to the power line and maintains the pre-sag voltage condition in the load side. The efficiency of the DVR depends on the performance of the efficiency...

Consolidation of shunt capacitors plays an important role in radial distribution networks. Among many of their merits, line loss and total harmonic distortion (THD) reduction, voltage profile improvement and reactive power compensation can be the salient specifications of shunt capacitors. Studies show that non-optimal locations shunt capacitor units lead to increase loss, together with bad eff...

This paper presents a new technique for the voltage regulation of a radial medium voltage (MV) distribution grid in presence of distributed generation (DG) units. The proposed technique consists of the coordinated action of on-load tap changer (OLTC) of transformer and reactive power compensation by D-STATCOM. Managing the system voltage using the action of OLTC is one of the most common ways f...

Smart inverters are studied in both the dynamic/transient and steady state in a simulation environment. Using EPRI OpenDSS, five real California feeders are simulated over a 95 day period while the PV penetration and smart inverter fraction are varied. From the simulations, it is shown that smart inverters operating under different Volt/VAr based control schemes improve feeder conditions. The i...