Abstract.To mitigate the impact on the distribution networks caused by the stochastic characteristic and high penetration of photovoltaic, a multi-objective optimal power flow model is proposed in this paper. The regulation capability of capacitor, inverter of photovoltaic and energy storage system embedded in active distribution network are considered to minimize the expected value of active power the T loss and probability of voltage violation in this model. Firstly, a probabilistic power flow based on cumulant method is introduced to calculate the value of the objectives. Secondly, NSGA-Ⅱ algorithm is adopted for optimization to obtain the Pareto optimal solutions. Finally, the best compromise solution can be achieved through fuzzy membership degree method. By the multi-objective optimization calculation of IEEE34-node distribution network, the results show that the model can effectively improve the voltage security and economy of the distribution network on different levels of photovoltaic penetration.
IntroductionAs the problems of energy depletion and environmental pollution becoming increasingly serious, distributed generations (DGs) has got rapid development on account of less investment, flexible generating method and environmental compatibility [1][2][3]. However, large scale integration of DGs has an impact on security, economy and reliability of distribution networks (DNs). With the rapid development of active distribution network (ADN) technologies, regulating means and objectives for optimal optimization becomes more complex , and the traditional reactive power optimization is no longer applicable [4]. Considering the characteristic of the regulating equipments on ADN, the optimization is a nonlinear programming problem including continuous and discrete variables. Reference [5] proposed a new multi-agent immune algorithm based on the mechanism of antibody cluster and compete expansion by integrating the reactive power of different types of DGs and traditional voltage regulating equipments to minimize the power loss. Reference [6] considered the stochastic characteristic of photovoltaic (PV) station, took the minimum of power loss as the objective function and built mathematical model of reactive power optimization for DNs based on chance constraints, the simulation results verified the model could decrease the power loss on the premise that