TY - GEN
T1 - Impact of connecting a CSP plant in the upington distribution network on voltage dip performance
AU - Xezile, Ronald
AU - Mbuli, Nhlanhla
AU - Pretorius, J. H.C.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The Upington area within South Africa is well-endowed with solar resources, with relatively high annual solar radiation recorded compared to other parts of the country. The distribution network in the area comprises very long lines, has very low fault levels, and is very prone to voltage dips. Previous studies [1] have investigated the feasibility and network considerations of connecting concentrating solar power (CSP) plants of sizes 50 MW, 100 MW and 150 MW at Upington substation. In this paper, the previous work is extended to assess the impact of connecting the plant sizes described above on the voltage dip performance of this weak network. The studies show that embedding a CSP plant in such a weak network, apart from capacity-related benefits, can have positive on quality of supply of such a system by reducing the severity of dips due to disturbances.
AB - The Upington area within South Africa is well-endowed with solar resources, with relatively high annual solar radiation recorded compared to other parts of the country. The distribution network in the area comprises very long lines, has very low fault levels, and is very prone to voltage dips. Previous studies [1] have investigated the feasibility and network considerations of connecting concentrating solar power (CSP) plants of sizes 50 MW, 100 MW and 150 MW at Upington substation. In this paper, the previous work is extended to assess the impact of connecting the plant sizes described above on the voltage dip performance of this weak network. The studies show that embedding a CSP plant in such a weak network, apart from capacity-related benefits, can have positive on quality of supply of such a system by reducing the severity of dips due to disturbances.
KW - power quality
KW - transient stability
KW - voltage dip
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864184824&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EEEIC.2012.6221435
DO - 10.1109/EEEIC.2012.6221435
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84864184824
SN - 9781457718281
T3 - 2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2012 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 537
EP - 542
BT - 2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2012 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2012
Y2 - 18 May 2012 through 25 May 2012
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