In order to compare the impact of passive (like network restructuring) or active (like on-load-tap-changer) grid management measures a novel tool was developed, which performs specific load flow benchmarks tests using synthetic daily load and infeed profiles. In this paper first preliminary results of the analysis of a real urban medium voltage distribution grid with 122 substations using this ...

The most common cause of power transformer failures is mechanical defect brought about by excessive vibration, which is formed by the combination of multiples of a frequency of 120 Hz. In this paper, the types of mechanical exciting forces applied to the power transformer were classified, and the mechanical damage mechanism of the power transformer was identified using the vibration transfer ro...

Tap changing operations of multiple transformers at a substation is a complex problem due to issues in controlling the parallel operations of the transformers involved, differences in manufacturer’s design and inaccuracy of the measures. In earlier work Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based tap changer controller has been developed to overcome these difficulties and improved results have been s...

This paper presents the particle swarm optimization (PSO) for reactive power and voltage control (Volt/Var Control) in distribution system considering DFIG wind farm. In this paper, the reactive power output of DFIG wind farm has been considered as the control variables in the Volt/Var Control scheme by considering the reactive power compensation capability of DFIG. The minimization of total sy...

For a primary substation (P/S), there are many typical methods to control voltage and reactive power such as adjusting the generator mode, switching shunt capacitor (SC), adjusting on-load tap changer (OLTC), and switching shunt reactor (SR). In this study, a graphical user interface (GUI) is designed combining with nine-area diagram to observe the relationship between voltage and reactive powe...

The ascending trend of photo-voltaic (PV) utilization on a domestic scale in Finland, calls for a technical aspects review of low voltage (LV) networks. This work investigates the technical factors that limit the PV hosting capacity, in realistic case networks, designed relative to different geographical areas of Finland. A Monte Carlo method based analysis was performed, in order to quantify t...

Power transformers are located in the electrical transmission and distribution networks where different voltage levels needed. The turn ratio of low high windings is mechanically controlled by an on-load tap changer or de-energized changer. As transformer’s only moving part, it highly susceptible to mechanical failure aging degradation. While some diagnostic tools have been used determine condi...