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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS
Volume 129, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.106832
Keywords
Behind-the-meter (BTM) technology; Distribution transformer; Novel corona virus (COVID-19); Residential loads
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- Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis, USA
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This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on residential loads and local distribution transformer, proposing solutions such as behind-the-meter PV, load scheduling, and reducing harmonic distortion loads to mitigate the adverse effects. Simulation results show that these measures can cope with increased energy consumption during office hours caused by the lockdown situation.
This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 pandemic situation on residential loads and local distribution transformer. The transformers? operating conditions in terms of hottest winding temperature, top oil transformer, loss of life (%LOL) are analyzed considering different loads and harmonics content in the transformer currents. Based on these analyses, safe operating conditions of transformer are derived. Six types of consumers having different consumption patterns and different type of residential loads are considered for the analysis. In order to mitigate the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on loads and distribution transformer, the use of behind-the-meter (BTM) photovoltaic (PV) source, battery energy storage and electric vehicle, load scheduling, and less utilization of loads that have distortion factors during office hours are proposed. A performance comparison has been made without and with considering the proposed BTM solution, load scheduling and loads having distortion factors. Simulation results show that, due to lockdown situation of COVID-19 issue, the residential loads consumptions increase during office hours and hence the local distribution transformer gets affected. Also, the proposed BTM solution, load scheduling and less utilization of loads having harmonic distortion can cope up with the increased energy consumptions during office hours.
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