Conclusions
The traditional methods of voltage regulation are not suitable for active distribution system because of the access of PV plant. This paper presents a method of voltage regulation by DESS. The main conclusions are as follows:
(1) The voltage will become more disordered if more PV stations access the distribution network.
(2) The proposed method is able to divide the voltage regulation areas. The DESSs can charge or discharge when the voltage of their own area exceed the limit.
(3) If the voltages of two or more areas exceed the limitation at the same time, the DESSs will act. The effect of two DESSs is larger than one. Taking 8:00 for instance, DESS 2 and 3 discharge respectively 60 kW to make the voltage of their own area back to the normal value, while 45 kW and 40 kW discharged by DESS2 and 3 can achieve this effect when they act both.
(4) When the voltages of some nodes exceed the limit, but the SoC of corresponding DESS is not enough, the other DESS can be coordinated to act. And it can achieve the regulation effect too.
The proposed coordinated control strategy is suitable for medium voltage distribution network or larger system. The future work will deal with adapting active and reactive power to regulate voltage and optimize the output power of multiple DESSs.