Abstract
Conference Title: 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D) Conference Start Date: 2018, April 16 Conference End Date: 2018, April 19 Conference Location: Denver, CO, USA Hosting capacity calculations provide significant benefits in optimizing the amount of additional generation and/or consumption to be added to a distribution grid without the need for additional investments. This paper presents an efficient mathematical model for calculating the marginal hosting capacity of distribution nodes. It can be used to identify the maximum possible change in generation/consumption of each specific node and further identify the nodes that are more impactful in using available network capacity. The model will be of specific importance in integration of electric vehicles (EVs) to the distribution grid. The proposed model is solved in two stages based on a linear power flow model. Numerical studies are conducted on a test radial distribution network to demonstrate the effectiveness and applications of the proposed model.