Consideration of Reactor Installation to Mitigate Voltage Rise Caused by the Connection of a Renewable Energy Generator

Yeonho Ok, Jaewon Lee and Jaeho Choi
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Yeonho Ok: Research Institute, Power 21 Corporation, Daejeon 305-509, Korea
Jaewon Lee: Research Institute, Power 21 Corporation, Daejeon 305-509, Korea
Jaeho Choi: School of Electrical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28644, Korea

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: This paper describes the detailed analysis of a reactor application for a power plant to mitigate the voltage rise of a distribution line (DL) caused by the connection of distributed resources (DRs). The maximum capacity of renewable energy generators (REGs) that meets the acceptable voltage rise of a DL and the necessary capacity of the reactor to mitigate that voltage rise according to the different types of REGs are analyzed. The re-coordination of a protection relay and the loss of generation revenue as well as the installation location of a reactor are described. Finally, the ON/OFF conditions of the reactor, such as the magnitudes of the grid voltage and generator voltage, and the duration time of the voltage rise are analyzed. As the voltage rise is mitigated and self-limited in small power plants, it is confirmed that the capacity of the DRs connected to the DL can be increased through a field demonstration.

Keywords: renewable energy; reactor; voltage rise; distribution line; distribution resource; grid connection; generator; power factor; coordination of protection relay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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