Analysis of the overvoltage cooperative control strategy for the small hydropower distribution network

Abstract

In general, the seasonal characteristics of small hydropower (SHP) especially the power transmission during the summer flood season would lead to the steady overvoltage of the distribution network. In order to suppress this steady overvoltage, a strategy for coordinated cooperation between generator phase-in operation and shunt reactors which can be called cooperative control is proposed. The distribution network of SHP stations connected to the 35 kV Bantao substation in southern Shaanxi is taken as an example to study the mechanism of overvoltage after the SHP is connected to the grid. A distribution network model with SHP units is established. Based on the model, the effect of separately installing shunt reactors on the node voltage is studied in the case of generator lag phase operation and the influence of the operation mode of SHP unit on the node voltage is also analyzed separately. Finally, the improvement measures of cooperative control between the generator phase-in operation and the parallel reactors are analyzed by simulation. Results are presented to verify the improvement measures that can effectively restrain the overvoltage of the distribution network in the SHP area.

Keywords

• small hydropower
• voltage quality
• particle swarm algorithm
• coordinated control
• renewable energy