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Dr Zohaib Akhtar

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Senior Teaching Fellow - Laboratory Systems
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6310z.akhtar

 
 
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401Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Akhtar:2019:10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0193,
author = {Akhtar, Z and Opatovsky, M and Chaudhuri, B and Hui, SYR},
doi = {10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0193},
journal = {IET Smart Grid},
pages = {283--292},
title = {Comparison of point-of-load vs. mid feeder compensation in lv distribution networks with high penetration of solar photovoltaic generation and electric vehicle charging stations},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0193},
volume = {2},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Increasing use of distributed generation (DG), mainly roof-top photovoltaic (PV) panels and electric vehicle (EV) charg-ing would cause over- and under-voltage problems generallyat the remote sections of the low voltage (LV) distribution feeders. Asthese voltage problems are sustained for a few hours, power electronic compensators (PECs) with input voltage control,i.e. electricsprings can not be used due to the unavailability of non-critical loads that can be subjected to non-rated voltages for long durationof time. However, PECs in output voltage control mode could be used to inject a controllable series voltage either somewhereon the feeder (mid-feeder compensation, MFC) or between thefeeder and each customer (point-of-load compensation, PoLC)both of which are effective in tackling the voltage problem without disrupting PV power output and EV charging. In this paper, acomparison between the MFC and PoLC option is presented in terms of their voltage control capability, required compensatorcapacity, network losses, PV throughput, and demand response capability. The criteria for selection of optimal location of thesecompensators is also discussed. Stochastic demand profile for different types of residential customers in the UK and a typicalEuropean LV network is used for the case study.
AU  - Akhtar,Z
AU  - Opatovsky,M
AU  - Chaudhuri,B
AU  - Hui,SYR
DO  - 10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0193
EP  - 292
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2515-2947
SP  - 283
TI  - Comparison of point-of-load vs. mid feeder compensation in lv distribution networks with high penetration of solar photovoltaic generation and electric vehicle charging stations
T2  - IET Smart Grid
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0193
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/68676
VL  - 2
ER  -
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