A review on islanding operation and control for distribution network connected with small hydro power plant
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Hydro power generation is the oldest generation and provides the largest contribution among the renewable energy types of generation. In distribution system, most of the distributed generation (DG) is small scale hydro generation of which utilizes the natural flowing water of the river. This generation requires governor and excitation control unit to control and sustain the power generation when subjected to any changes of load behavior. More advanced control strategy is critically expected when considering the recent interest in distribution system to perform islanding operation of DG. Many of the literature have clearly highlighted this issue, but only a few have discussed on the islanding operation of small hydro generation. This paper therefore reviews this topic and relates the discussion with the controller designed for other type of turbines interfaced with synchronous generator. To strengthen the knowledge on islanding operation, the background of islanding is also presented in this paper.
Keywords
Small hydro generation, Islanding operation, Distributed generation, Governor controller, Speed controller, Hydro turbine, Generation applications, Systems, Relays, Performance, Protection, Management, Design, Rocof, Units
Divisions
fac_eng
Publication Title
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume
15
Issue
8
Publisher
Elsevier
Additional Information
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