Project abstract
The research deals with the development of a new dynamic model-based approach for voltage control in MV networks with distributed generation. The overall control system is designed according to a hierarchical structure where a centralized controller computes the references for local Automatic Voltage Regulators associated with the distributed generators (DG). The centralized control action is computed using a Model Predictive Control algorithm based on an impulse response model of the system. In this way, contraints on the voltage profiles and/or on the reactive power flows along the network can be easily included in the problem formulation.
A radial rural network with two feeders is used as case study to analyze the performance of the proposed approach.
Project results
Scientific publications:
M. Farina, A. Guagliardi, F. Mariani, C. Sandroni, R. Scattolini: “Model predictive control of voltage profiles in MV networks with distributed generation”, Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 34, pp. 18-29, 2015.
