Asynchronous local voltage control in power distribution networks

Hao Zhu, Na Li

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Abstract

High penetration of distributed energy resources presents significant challenges and provides emerging opportunities for voltage regulation in power distribution systems. Advanced power-electronics technology makes it possible to control the reactive power output from these resources, in order to maintain a desirable voltage profile. This paper develops a local control framework to account for limits on reactive power resources using the gradient projection optimization method. Requiring only local voltage measurements, the proposed design does not suffer from the stability issues of (de-)centralized approaches caused by communication delays and noises. Our local voltage design is shown to be robust to potential asynchronous control updates among distributed resources in a «plug-and-play» distribution network.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3461-3465
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479999880
DOIs
StatePublished - May 18 2016
Event41st IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2016 - Shanghai, China
Duration: Mar 20 2016Mar 25 2016

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume2016-May
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other41st IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period3/20/163/25/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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