Abstract
Being one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, Bangladesh needs to upgrade its electrical network and aim to reduce dependency on fossil fuel-based energy. For the aging and ever-expanding power network, it is necessary to have a smart substation in order to provide reliable, affordable, and sustainable electrical power. As Bangladesh is looking to integrate Distributed Generation (DG) in the power system, it is high time to think about integrating a smart distribution substation into its power network. In this paper, an investigation of the current power generation structure of Bangladesh was conducted and is described. The major focus was given to the upgradation of the existing substation and distribution setup of Bangladesh by providing suitable architectures, technologies, and communication protocols. Detailed studies of Bangladesh’s prospects to incorporate the new technology and renewable energy into its power network are discussed. ETAP was used to simulate the prospective system to show the feasibility of the prospective smart distribution substation in Bangladesh’s power network.
Highlights
The present-day world requires energy in vast quantity to retain its progress in the massive development activities
The increasing price of electricity, rising power demand, and significant generation deficit is driving Bangladesh to move towards renewable resources
Different types of renewable resources are being explored and implemented as the alternative sources of energy, both in urban and rural settings. Instead of managing these systems centrally, it will be more effective to manage these resources in a small scale and distributed manner
Summary
The present-day world requires energy in vast quantity to retain its progress in the massive development activities This energy demand keeps on increasing at a substantial rate due to the ever-increasing population. The two key issues associated with the future energy systems are the integration of an immense number of renewable energy sources into the grid and the delivery of active demand from the customer standpoint. These two issues have patronized the necessity of implementing a smarter grid that can deal with high coincidence factors without having massive structural changes in the exiting grid. The low voltage distribution network ought to be quite different from the existing ones in order to maintain power quality and to accommodate a large number of distributed generation sources [1]
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