Overview and investigation of the planned dynamic voltage restorer for autonomous electrical grid: Case of Adrar, south of Algeria

This paper provides an overview and study of diesel power plant (DPP) map, configuration and design in Ain-Belbel Adrar (Situated in south of Algeria) which was constructed as basis to feed the costumers by electricity in this isolated village. Its capacity of electrical production is 5 MW; this power covers the energy demand of customers connected to the electrical distribution network. First, a brief introduction of the evolution of Algeria's electrical energy consumption and power plants installed in the south is presented, followed by studies of theoretical and experimental data. Several experimental works based on simulation and primary data from field measurement are presented to show the performance of the interconnection of Diesel power plant through 15 kV distribution line to improve electrical power supply. In power system voltage sag is considered to be the most common and serious power quality issue, Due to electrical disturbances occurred through autonomous networks such as voltage sags, swells and outages in 15 kV Ain-Belbel city feeder distribution system a dynamic voltage restorer is proposed to diminish the impact of voltage perturbation in this area. DVR should inject the equivalent dropped voltage as a reflection of active power and energy into the distribution system. However, the capability of energy storage is considered how the injection energy can be minimized and the load voltage can be close to the pre-fault voltage.