Distribution feeder voltage regulation control

Author

Kersting, W.H.

Author_Institution

Milsoft Utility Solutions, Las Cruces, NM

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 April 2009

Abstract

Step voltage regulators are the work horse of distribution feeders for maintaining the voltage at every customer´s meter to be within the ANSI standards. A step voltage regulator can be viewed as a tap changing autotransformer. This paper will apply a model of the step voltage regulator. The IEEE 13 Node Test Feeders will be used to demonstrate how the regulator is controlled in order to maintain the desired voltage for full load, light load and future load conditions. The coordination of step voltage regulators with shunt capacitors will be included.

Keywords

autotransformers; distribution networks; voltage control; voltage regulators; ANSI standards; IEEE 13 Node Test Feeders; customer meter; distribution feeder voltage regulation control; shunt capacitors; step voltage regulators; tap changing autotransformer; ANSI standards; Capacitors; Load flow; Power engineering and energy; Power system modeling; Steady-state; Substations; Testing; Transformers, Regulators and Reactors - c57; Voltage control; ANSI voltage standards; IEEE Test Feeders; Step voltage regulators; compensator settings; shunt capacitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rural Electric Power Conference, 2009. REPC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Fort Collins, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3420-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4301-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REPCON.2009.4919425

Filename

4919425