Impact of Interline Power Flow Control in Wind Power Plant Integrated with Distribution Network

Countries that have great wind energy potential tend to utilize wind power plants to meet electrical energy needs. Wind power plants can be used as Distributed Generation (DG) to minimize power losses in the process of distributing electrical power. Therefore the output power of the wind power plant can be directly distributed to the distribution network. When on a bus there is a large load increase and results in a lack of power, it is necessary to transfer power from other wind power plants. The purpose of this paper is to provide a solution to this problem by controlling the flow of power in the interline network. The device needed to carry out this strategy is Interline Power Flow Control (IPFC). IPFC is installed between two distribution lines connected to wind power plants and loads. So that it can flow power more flexibly to buses and loads that are experiencing a lack of power. The results of this study that the placement of IPFC can help increase the voltage value of the bus until it reaches its safe operating range margin. The more IPFC is placed in the electric power system, the higher the output power of the wind power plant.