Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Hamid Ossareh
Second Advisor
Mads Almassalkhi
Abstract
The increasing penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems in distribution grids can lead to overvoltage and transformer overloading issues. While voltage regulation has been extensively studied and some research has addressed transformer temperature control, there is limited work on simultaneously managing both challenges. This thesis ad dresses this gap by proposing an optimization-based strategy that efficiently manages voltage regulation and transformer temperature while minimizing the curtailment of PV generation. In order to make this problem convex, a relaxation is applied to the transformer temperature dynamics constraint. We also provide analysis to determine under which conditions this relaxation remains tight. The proposed approach is val idated through simulations, demonstrating its effectiveness in achieving the desired control objectives.
Language
en
Number of Pages
63 p.
Recommended Citation
Ghorbansarvi, Amirhossein, "Transformer Temperature Management and Voltage Control in Electric Distribution Systems with High Solar PV Penetration" (2025). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 2055.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/2055