Impact of high PV penetration on voltage profiles in residential neighborhoods
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The objective of this paper is to provide an assessment on voltage profiles in residential neighborhoods in the presence of photovoltaic (PV) systems. The network was modeled in PSCAD using common feeder characteristics that Canadian system planners use in suburban residential regions. A simulation study was performed to investigate potential voltage rise issues in the network up to 11.25% total PV penetration in the feeder and LV transformer capacity penetration up to 75%. Results indicate that the PV penetration level should not adversely impact the voltage on the grid when the distributed PV resources do not exceed 2.5 kW per household on average on a typical distribution grid. Moreover, the role of feeder impedance, feeder length, and the transformer short circuit resistance in the determination of the voltage rise is quantified.
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PVHC can vary drastically from almost 0% up to several hundred.
“The PVHC can vary drastically from almost 0% up to several hundred, e.g., 30% PVHC was calculated for a typical United Kingdom urban medium voltage distribution network in [57] and 100% PVHC for an MV network in the United States (only 2.5 kW PV per PoC was considered) [63].”
From Stochastic Approach for Increasing the PV Hosting Capacity of a Low-Voltage Distribution Network (2022) · cites this paper as [63]
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“, that did not include PV resources, was modeled using a stochastic approach and one-minute data information about house/load consumption and the solar irradiance data obtained for the region [5].”
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Stochastic Approach for Increasing the PV Hosting Capacity of a Low-Voltage Distribution Network
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- Authors
- Tonkoski, R., Turcotte, D., & El-Fouly, T. H. M.
- Affiliations
- Natural Resources Canada (CA)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 518-527
- ISSN
- 1949-3029 (ISSN-L)
- 1949-3037
- OpenAlex
- W2130820962
- Cited by
- 557
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 19.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (publishedVersion)
- Open PRAIRIE (South Dakota State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Optimal Power Flow Distribution
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Power Quality and Harmonics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Microgrid Control and Optimization
- Keywords
- photovoltaic penetration, voltage rise, voltage profile, residential areas, distribution feeders, low-voltage transformers, feeder length, distributed generation, PSCAD simulation
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