Impact of high renewable penetration in a distribution network

Emanuel, Kevin (2019) Impact of high renewable penetration in a distribution network. Honours thesis, Murdoch University.

Abstract

The growth of renewable energy, especially PV system has been accelerated in the past decades. With this growth, several problems have been identified that can interfere with the power quality on the distribution network. These problems include; voltage rise, voltage unbalance, voltage sag/swell, flickering, and harmonic issue. IEEE 13 bus distribution network has been chosen to be the base of this research due to its flexibility and it has been modeled in DigSILENT Power Factory. The results of the study shown that the identified problems were real, and it needs to be addressed before damages can be done to the equipment. The proposed solution to the network was to double feed the network. Double feeding is a solution that proposed an extra connection to the grid in the farthest node in the distribution network. The proposed solution has been tested and promising results were found. Overall the study has been helpful to test the capability of a distribution network to handle a various degree of PV production level and how double feeding affected the power quality of the network. More research in the network is needed, especially with a real distribution network involved as a real network will behave differently compared to the simulated network.

Item Type:	Thesis (Honours)
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	Engineering and Energy
Supervisor(s):	Arefi, Ali
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/52468

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