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Concurrently, the connection of DER may provide substantial flexibility to the operation of distribution grids and market players such as aggregators. This paper proposes an optimization framework for the energy management and scheduling of operation for Low Voltage (LV) networks assuring both admissible voltage magnitudes and minimized line congestion and voltage unbalances. The proposed tool allows the utilization and coordination of On-Load Tap Changer (OLTC) distribution transformers, BESS, and flexibilities provided by DER. The methodology is framed with a multi-objective three phase unbalanced multi-period AC Optimal Power Flow (MACOPF) solved as a nonlinear optimization problem. The performance of the resulting control scheme is validated on a LV distribution network through multiple case scenarios with high microgeneration and EV integration. The usefulness of the proposed scheme is additionally demonstrated by deriving the most efficient placement and sizing BESS solution based on yearly synthetic load and generation data-set. A techno-economical analysis is also conducted to identify optimal coordination among assets and DER for several objectives.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su12083332","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,21]],"date-time":"2020-04-21T05:48:52Z","timestamp":1587448132000},"page":"3332","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Exploiting OLTC and BESS Operation Coordinated with Active Network Management in LV Networks"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Kotsalos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ismael","family":"Miranda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Efacec, Division of Storage, 4471-907 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jose Luis","family":"Dominguez-Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Power Systems Area, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1958-964X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Helder","family":"Leite","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Nuno","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Efacec, Division of T&amp;I, 4466-952 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5296-191X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikos","family":"Hatziargyriou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Zografou, Greece"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bruno, S., and La Scala, M. 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