Direct Load Control Scheme for Flexible Loads under Automated Demand Response Program for Peak Demand Management, Loss Minimization, Asset Management, and Sustainable Development



Nowadays the implementation of Demand Response (DR) programs in the distribution grid is a necessary planning criterion for distribution utility. Implemented DR programs should be automated, intelligent, well-educated, and more competent than the conventional augmentation techniques to resolve distribution network (DN) constraints. Peak demand causes (DN) to approach its maximum capacities. Peak demand also exceeds the sustainable limit of the DN resulting in a disruption in electric supply, and failures of various assets like transformers, feeders, etc. In this paper, a Direct Load Control (DLC) scheme for Flexible Loads (FLs) is modeled & implemented under the Automated Demand Response (ADR) program and tested on real 54-bus DN. This ADR program is implemented by the distribution utilities through Demand Response Aggregator (DRA) and ADR Technology Solution Enablers (ADRTSE) to curtail the peak demand on the distribution network. ADR is a recent technology that may put off to installation of the new generation (conventional- and non-conventional both). It also enables the distribution utility to curtail the peak demand & its period ensuring the reliability of supply without restructuring, augmentation of existing infrastructure, and development of new infrastructure. The result validates the effectiveness of the ADR program for peak demand curtailment, asset management, distribution network losses minimization, and sustainable development of the environment.
