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Distribution networks face challenges from the increasing deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the emergence of bidirectional power flows. We propose a decentralized Volt/VAr control method based on a saddle-point…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-12 Diana Vieira Fernandes , Soummya Kar , Carlos Santos Silva

High penetration levels of distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation on an electrical distribution circuit may severely degrade power quality due to voltage sags and swells caused by rapidly varying PV generation during cloud transients…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Konstantin S. Turitsyn , Petr Sulc , Scott Backhaus , Misha Chertkov

Active distribution networks (ADNs) incorporating massive photovoltaic (PV) devices encounter challenges of rapid voltage fluctuations and potential violations. Due to the fluctuation and intermittency of PV generation, the state gap,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-28 Hong Cheng , Huan Luo , Zhi Liu , Wei Sun , Weitao Li , Qiyue Li

In distribution networks, there are slow controlling devices and fast controlling devices for Volt-VAR regulation. These slow controlling devices, such as capacitors or voltage regulators, cannot be operated frequently and should be…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-05-09 Weiye Zheng , Wenchuan Wu , Boming Zhang , Yongjie Wang

High-voltage direct-current (HVDC) systems for constant or intermittent power delivery have recently been developed further to support grid frequency regulation (GFR). This paper proposes a new control strategy for a line-commutated…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-15 Do-Hoon Kwon , Youngjin Kim

High penetration of distributed energy resources presents several challenges and opportunities for voltage regulation in power distribution systems. A local reactive power (VAR) control framework will be developed that can fast respond to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-26 Hao Zhu , Hao Jan Liu

This paper presents a zonal Volt/VAR control scheme that coordinates Photovoltaic (PV) inverters for providing voltage regulation on 3-phase unbalanced distribution feeders. Voltage sensitivity studies are conducted to uncover the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-19 Asmaa Alrushoud , Catie McEntee , Ning Lu

This paper shows that a relation can be found between the voltage at the terminals of an inverter-interfaced Renewable Energy Source RES and its optimal reactive power support. This relationship, known as Volt-Var Curve VVC, enables the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-27 Alireza Nouri , Alireza Soroudi , Andrew Keane

Decentralized methods for computing optimal real and reactive power setpoints for residential photovoltaic (PV) inverters are developed in this paper. It is known that conventional PV inverter controllers, which are designed to extract…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-12 Emiliano Dall'Anese , Sairaj V. Dhople , Brian B. Johnson , Georgios B. Giannakis

Conservation voltage reduction(CVR) uses Volt-VAR optimization(VVO) methods to reduce customer power demand by controlling the feeders' voltage control devices. The objective of this paper is to present a VVO approach that controls the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Rahul Ranjan Jha , Anamika Dubey , Chen-Ching Liu , Kevin P. Schneider

This paper presents a novel hierarchical framework for real-time, network-admissible coordination of responsive grid resources aggregated into virtual batteries (VBs). In this context, a VB represents a local aggregation of directly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-08 Sarnaduti Brahma , Nawaf Nazir , Hamid Ossareh , Mads Almassalkhi

The rapidly transforming electric power distribution system due to the integration of distributed energy resources(DERs) specifically roof-top photovoltaic (PV) generation may lead to significant operational challenges. In this paper, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Rahul Ranjan Jha , Anamika Dubey

This paper proposes an asychronous distributed leader-follower control method to achieve conservation voltage reduction (CVR) in three-phase unbalanced distribution systems by optimally scheduling smart inverters of distributed energy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-11 Qianzhi Zhang , Yifei Guo , Zhaoyu Wang , Fankun Bu

This paper considers the problem of voltage regulation in distribution networks. The primary motivation is to keep voltages within preassigned operating limits by commanding the reactive power output of distributed energy resources (DERs)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-22 Guido Cavraro , Zhenyi Yuan , Manish K. Singh , Jorge Cortés

The increasing integration of intermittent distributed energy resources (DERs) has introduced significant variability in distribution networks, posing challenges to voltage regulation and reactive power management. This paper presents a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Zhentong Shao , Jingtao Qin , Nanpeng Yu

This paper presents a fuzzy inference system for integrated volt/var control (VVC) in distribution substations. The purpose is go forward to automation distribution applying conservation voltage reduction (CVR) in isolated power systems…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-07-25 Eduardo Vega-Fuentes , Juan Manuel Cerezo-Sanchez , Sonia Leon-del Rosario , Aurelio Vega-Martinez

This paper develops a power management scheme that jointly optimizes the real power consumption of programmable loads and reactive power outputs of photovoltaic (PV) inverters in distribution networks. The premise is to determine the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-10-20 Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan , Nikolaos Gatsis

In an active power distribution system, Volt-VAR optimization (VVO) methods are employed to achieve network-level objectives such as minimization of network power losses. The commonly used model-based centralized and distributed VVO…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-12 Hongda Ren , Rahul Ranjan Jha , Anamika Dubey , Noel N. Schulz

In the context of dynamic virtual power plants (DVPPs), the integration of frequency containment reserve (FCR) and fast frequency control (FFC) enabled via local compensation of power imbalance represents a significant advancement in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-10 Saif Ahmad , Seifeddine Ben Elghali , Hafiz Ahmed

This paper presents an analysis and experimental validation of dispatchable virtual oscillator control (dVOC) for inverter-dominated power systems. dVOC is a promising decentralized control strategy that requires only local measurements to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-22 Gab-Su Seo , Marcello Colombino , Irina Subotić , Brian Johnson , Dominic Groß , Florian Dörfler