Abstract
The rapid increase in the demand for electricity necessitates the power quality improvement for achieving better reliability in smart grids. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is the proven technology for reliable monitoring. This paper proposes a system model for the development and implementation of WSN based communication system for the monitoring of distributed generation, loads and transmission lines in the electrical grid and a controller system for automated control on the electrical grid. This work also aims to reduce the carbon footprints by reducing the dependency of electrical grid through the enhancement of distributed generation and grid sharing for avoiding voltage rise problem. To achieve this, a smarter electrical grid has been developed for the validation of smart grid considering a generation substation, a transmission substation and a distributed generation with loads. The occurrence of power quality issue and voltage rise has been controlled by active power control strategy. The communication network and controller has been modeled and tested for the performance of monitoring system and data communication capability on smart grid.
Highlights
IntroductionGDP (Gross Domestic Product) has seen a tremendous growth. With this growth the demand for electricity has increased and forced the grid for modernization to achieve more reliability by reducingHow to cite this paper: Kovendan, A.K.P. and Sridharan, D. (2016) Wireless Sensor Networks Based Control Strategies for the Enhancement of Reliability in Smart Grids
In the recent decades, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has seen a tremendous growth
The growth of a nation has been measured by the raise of its GDP, and the failure of electrical grid will in turn result in the economical losses that thwart the growth of GDP
Summary
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has seen a tremendous growth. With this growth the demand for electricity has increased and forced the grid for modernization to achieve more reliability by reducingHow to cite this paper: Kovendan, A.K.P. and Sridharan, D. (2016) Wireless Sensor Networks Based Control Strategies for the Enhancement of Reliability in Smart Grids. Ancient electrical grid was not designed to meet out the present day’s capacity and bidirectional power flow support [3] To address these issues smart grids emerged. The traditional way of supplying energy from grid has been modified to utilize the power that has been generated in excess than the demand of that particular consumer through distributed generation by the use of renewable energy resources in some remote areas [4]. This makes the system more complex by the introduction of heterogeneity in the transmission and distribution. Wireless communication will be an optimal candidate for these requirements
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