MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF CONGESTION AND VOLTAGE PROBLEMS IN ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

摘要

This paper presents a centralized control scheme, inspired of Model Predictive Control (MPC), to manage thermal overloads and correct abnormal voltages in real-time. The control scheme is able to smoothly bring the system within the desired limits, taking into account its near-future evolution. The control method effectiveness is illustrated on a 20-kV, 32-bus network hosting four distributed generation units.