Coordinated Control of Grid Connected Photovoltaic Reactive Power

and Battery Energy Storage Systems

to Improve the Voltage Profile of a Residential Distribution Feeder

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2015 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
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Content
2 parts:
◦ Description paper
◦ Quality paper
Intro
Problem: increasing penetration of PV and increasing peak load demand result in poor
voltage profile for residential networks​
Goal paper: coordinated use of PV and Battery Energy Storage (BES) to address voltage
rise and/or dip problems. 
Scenarios: Rural and urban
Approach: Reactive capability of PV inverter, BES system
Intro – problem 1/3
Increasing penetration of PV
Intro – problem 2/3
Poor voltage 
profile for
residential networks​
Urban vs rural
Approach (1/2) – maximum Q injection
Urban vs rural
Constant vs variable droop
Approach (2/2) – Battery power
injection
Constant vs variable droop
Results – constant vs variable droop 1/2
Results – constant vs variable droop 2/2
Relevance
Increasing penetration of PV and increasing peak load demand result in poor voltage profile for
residential networks​
Voltage within range
Quality of the work/paper
Article is well organized:
◦ Structure of the paper logical
◦ Extensive problem definition, two scenario: urban and rural
Impact of the findings
Contribution of the paper (overview)
In contrast to previous studies:
◦ Local droop based of BES
◦ Quantification of R/X ratio
◦ Cloud transient and partial shading is modeled by variability of PV and load
Impact of the findings
Options used:

Options: Methods:
1reactive power of PV inverter simulation & algorithm of PV
2reactive power PV inverter and droop based BES simulation & algorithm of PV and BES
3BES (capacity) constant and variable droop
Impact of the findings
Integrated approach is required
◦ Technical and social and economical aspects
◦ Different battery types are compared
◦ Urban scenario: adapting the PV inverter software
◦ Rural scenario: BES with variable droop control
Conclusions
• Structure paper is clear and logic
• Relevant problem, relevant solutions
• Not only a technically feasible, but economics and interest of all inhabitants