• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.53 no.11
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• pp.610-618
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• 2004

With the development of industry and the improvement of living standards, better quality in power electric service is required more than ever before. Under these circumstances, to deliver reasonable voltage regulation methods in distribution systems need to be developed. So, This paper deals with optimal introduction of the line voltage regulator (SVR : Step Voltage Regulator) in power distribution systems. First, This paper investigates characteristics of SVR and performs economic evaluation of SVR's introduction by using Present Worth Method. This paper, also suggests proper location and optimal voltage regulation algorithm. In order to deliver suitable voltages to as many customers as possible, the optimal sending voltage of SVR should be decided by the effective operation of voltage regulators at the distribution feeders. The simulation results using a model distribution system and real distribution systems show that the proposed methods can be a practical tool for the voltage regulation in distribution systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.97-99
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• 2003

This paper deals with optimal voltage regulation methods of line voltage regulator(SVR : Step Voltage Regulator) in power distribution systems. In order to deliver suitable voltages to as many customers as possible, the optimal sending voltage of SVR should be decided by the effective operation of voltage regulators at the distribution feeders and substations. In this paper, a new voltage regulation method based on the existing method is presented and an optimal coordination method of multiple voltage regulators is extended. The results from a case study show that the proposed methods can be a practical tool for the voltage regulation in distribution systems.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.11-18
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• 2017

In order to maintain customer voltages within the allowable limit($220{\pm}13V$) as much as possible, tap operation strategy of SVR(Step Voltage Regulator) which is located in primary feeder, is widely used for voltage control in the utilities. However, SVR in nature has operation characteristic of the delay time ranging from 30 to 150 sec, and then the compensation of BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) during the delay time is being required because the customer voltages in distribution system may violate the allowable limit during the delay time of SVR. Furthermore, interconnection of PV(Photovoltaic) system could make a difficultly to keep customer voltage within the allowable limit. Therefore, this paper presents an optimal coordination operation algorithm between BESS and SVR based on a conventional LDC (Line Drop Compensation) method which is decided by stochastic approach. Through the modeling of SVR and BESS using the PSCAD/EMTDC, it is confirmed that customer voltages in distribution system can be maintained within the allowable limit.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.2698-2706
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• 2011

This paper deals with the optimal operation algorithm of SVR(Step Voltage Regulator) which is located with primary feeders and proposes the optimal operation system to evaluate customer voltage. The existing algorithm of SVR adapts the constant sending voltage method, which may cause the power quality problems such as overvoltage and under voltage variations in case where the distributed generations are interconnected with the primary feeders. Therefore, this paper proposes the optimal algorithm of LDC method for SVR using least square method to obtain the optimal setting values. Also, this paper presents the optimal evaluation system based on the former algorithm. The simulation results according to the types and capacities of distributed generations shows the effectiveness.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.2
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• pp.224-229
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• 2014

This paper presents the novel voltage control method in power distribution system with distributed generators. The voltage in distribution systems is regulated by Under Load Tap Changer(ULTC) of substation and pole transformer of primary feeders. Recently, Step Voltage Regulator(SVR) is getting located at distribution feeders to regulate effectively voltage of primary feeders. But the effectiveness of SVR decreases due to independent operation between SVR and ULTC, and also the existing Line Drop Compensator(LDC) method considering the distributed generators may be not able to regulate the proper voltage in a permissible range. Thus, this paper presents a optimal voltage control algorithm of SVR by using the secondary voltage data of main transformer in substation.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.27 no.11
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• pp.69-75
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• 2013

This paper proposes a new algorithm for the optimal placement of a step voltage regulator(SVR) in distribution system with Distributed Generators(DG) using a Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO). The objective function of this algorithm is to find optimal placement for minimum loss while maintaining each node voltage fluctuations within upper and lower limits. In the objective function of proposed algorithm, the deviations to reference voltage and the distribution loss are considered. To verify effectiveness of the proposed method, simulation is implemented using MATLAB.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.1355-1363
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• 2015

In order to maintain customer voltage within allowable limit($220{\pm}13V$), tap operation of SVR(step voltage regulator) installed in primary feeder could be carried out according to the scheduled delay time(30 sec) of SVR. However, the compensation of BESS(battery energy storage system) is being required because the customer voltages during the delay time of SVR have a difficultly to maintain within allowable limit when PV system is interconnected with primary feeder. Therefore, this paper presents modeling of SVR to regulate voltage with the LDC(line drop compensation) method and modeling of BESS to control active and reactive power bi-directionally. And also, this paper proposes the coordination control modeling between BESS and SVR in order to overcome voltage problems in distribution system. From the simulation results based on the modeling with the PSCAD/EMTDC, it is confirmed that proposed modeling is practical tool for voltage regulation analysis in distribution system.

• 전기산업
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.69-82
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.27-29
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• 2003

최근, 배전계통의 고압 배전선로의 전압강하가 5%를 초과하는 장거리 선로에 대한 효율적인 전압관리가 미흡한 상태이며, 배전선로의 전압을 제어하기 설치하는 선로 전압조정장치(Step Voltage Regulator : SVR)의 잦은 고장 및 설치공간 과다점유로 전압조정장치의 설치 사용실적이 미진하고, 동 기기의 운용 및 설치기준에 정립이 시급한 실정이다. 따라서 전압강하 5% 초과 지역에 대한 효율적인 전압관리 개선방안을 강구하기 위하여, 현재 배전사업소에 도입, 설치되고 있는 전압조정 장치(SVR)의 운용기준 제정은 물론, 적정용량 및 최적 위치선정에 대한 방안을 제시하는 연구가 필요하다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.2
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• pp.269-278
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• 2016

In order to maintain customer voltages within allowable limit($220{\pm}13V$) as much as possible, tap operation strategy of SVR(Step Voltage Regulator) installed in distribution system is very important, considering the scheduled delay time(30 sec) of SVR. However, the compensation of BESS(Battery Energy Storage System) during the delay time of SVR is being required because the customer voltages in distribution system interconnected with PV(Photovoltaic) system have a difficultly to be kept within allowable limit. Therefore, this paper presents the optimal voltage stabilization method in distribution system by using coordination operation algorithm between BESS and SVR. It is confirmed that customer voltage in distribution system can be maintained within allowable limit($220{\pm}13V$).