Voltage control in a microgrid using demand response

Author

Koch-Ciobotaru, Cosmin ; Boraci, R. ; Prostean, O. ; Szeidert, Iosif

Author_Institution

Dept. of Autom. & Appl. Inf., “Politeh.” Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 May 2013

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

237

Abstract

This paper presents comparisons of two controllers implemented at the level of a household heating system for voltage control at the point of coupling with the distribution grid. The voltage is maintained between safety limits using demand response, the electric heaters being used to follow two objectives: to control the inside temperature as well as to control the consumption and, thus, the voltage. Study cases and simulations were conducted in Power Factory on a modeled microgrid structure.

Keywords

demand side management; distributed power generation; domestic appliances; electric heating; power consumption; power distribution control; power generation control; temperature control; voltage control; Power Factory; coupling point; demand response; distribution grid; electric heater; household heating system; inside temperature control; microgrid structure; power consumption control; safety limit; voltage control; Microgrids; Resistance heating; Temperature measurement; Voltage control; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2013 IEEE 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Timisoara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6397-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SACI.2013.6608974

Filename

6608974