Using an Advanced Distribution Management System Test Bed to Evaluate the Impact of Model Quality on Volt/VAR Optimization
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Pratt, Annabelle; Mendoza, Ismael; Usman, Muhammad Usama; Tiwari, Soumya; Padullaparti, Harsha; Baggu, Murali; Lightner, Eric
- Source
- 2020 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D) Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2020 IEEE/PES. :1-5 Oct, 2020
- Subject
- Engineering Profession
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Hardware
Data models
Capacitors
Voltage control
Inverters
Density measurement
Training
advanced distribution management system (ADMS)
power distribution system
hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation
test bed
Volt/VAR optimization (VVO)
- Language
- ISSN
- 2160-8563
In this paper, we present a test bed for evaluating existing and future advanced distribution management system (ADMS) applications in a realistic laboratory setting, including other utility management systems and field equipment. We present an example of using it to evaluate the impact of the ADMS network model quality on a Volt/ VAR optimization (VVO) application. The test bed integrates a commercial ADMS with a real-time simulation model of a utility distribution feeder. Representative power and controller hardware are integrated through hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) techniques. Initial results indicate that a higher model quality achieves the highest possible energy savings while avoiding voltage exceedances, whereas a lower model quality results in increased energy savings but at the expense of more voltage exceedances.