Volt-VAR optimization on American Electric Power feeders in Northeast Columbus

In 2007 American Electric Power launched the gridSMART ® initiative with the goals of increasing efficiency of the electricity delivery system and improving service to the end-use customers. As part of the initiative, a coordinated Volt-VAR system was deployed on eleven distribution feeders at five...

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Main Authors: Schneider, K. P., Weaver, T. F.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacitors
distribution system analysis
Energy consumption
Load modeling
Mathematical model
power system control
Reactive power
Substations
Temperature measurement
voltage control
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Summary:In 2007 American Electric Power launched the gridSMART ® initiative with the goals of increasing efficiency of the electricity delivery system and improving service to the end-use customers. As part of the initiative, a coordinated Volt-VAR system was deployed on eleven distribution feeders at five substations in the Northeast Columbus Ohio Area. The goal of the coordinated Volt-VAR system was to decrease the amount of energy necessary to provide end-use customers with the same quality of service. The evaluation of the Volt-VAR system performance was conducted in two stages. The first stage was composed of simulation, analysis, and estimation, while the second stage was composed of analyzing collected field data. This panel paper will examine the analysis conducted in both stages and present the estimated improvements in system efficiency.
ISSN:2160-8555
2160-8563
DOI:10.1109/TDC.2012.6281586