Impacts of PV installation on the low voltage residental distribution networks: A case study of Yildiz

Author

Tursun, Faik ; Smiai, M. ; Sahin, C. ; Gezer, Dogan

Author_Institution

Power Syst. Dept., Tubitak MAM, Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1415

Lastpage

1420

Abstract

This research aims to find out the effects of installation of PVs on an existing LV distribution network operation in means of voltage profile, losses and reliability. Firstly, the effects of installing various penetrations and distributing these penetration levels over the main line are investigated in means of voltage profile and losses. Then, reliability analysis of the system is performed by installing PVs as backup generators. Different PV penetration levels, locations and the impacts of installing one large-scale PV on the main distribution feeder vs. several small-scale randomly distributed PVs are explored. A residential distribution circuit of Yildiz region in Ankara was built using NEPLAN software to perform detailed analysis.

Keywords

distributed power generation; photovoltaic power systems; power distribution reliability; power generation reliability; Ankara; LV distribution network operation; NEPLAN software; PV Installation; PV penetration levels; Yildiz case study; backup generators; distribution feeder; losses; low voltage residential distribution networks; reliability analysis; residential distribution circuit; small-scale randomly distributed PV; voltage profile; Generators; Integrated circuit reliability; Power engineering; Power system reliability; Reliability engineering; LV network; PV integration; PV penetration; backup generator; distribution laterals; voltage profile;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), 2013 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

ISSN

2155-5516

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635822

Filename

6635822