Voltage profile optimization of active distribution network through a distributed approach

The increasing proliferation of distributed energy resources on distribution systems has brought a number of network management and operational challenges; voltage variations have been identified as one of the dominant effects. Active distribution network management schemes organize the networks in an active approach through coordinating and controlling local controllable resources. A novel distributed voltage control strategy is proposed in this paper employing a multiple agent system platform. By utilizing local measurements and communications, the proposed voltage control strategy can realize the overall network voltage management and distributed generation maximization simultaneously. A testing arising from the applications of the voltage control strategy on a case study network is carried out at the end of the paper. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed voltage control strategy has been demonstrated.