Interline photovoltaic (I-PV) power plants for voltage unbalance compensation

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Moawwad, Ahmed; Khadkikar, Vinod; Kirtley, James L., Jr.
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Abstract
This paper proposes a stationary-frame control method for voltage unbalance compensation using Interline Photovoltaic (I-PV) power system. I-PV power systems are controlled to compensate voltage unbalance autonomously. The control system of I-PV plants mainly consists of active and reactive power droop controllers, voltage and current controllers and unbalance compensator. This approach is based on injecting negative sequence current from I-PV power plants to compensate for the unbalanced loads. Consequently, the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) voltage remains balanced and regulated. The results obtained from Matlab/Simulink based simulation demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in compensation of voltage unbalance at PCC.
Date issued
2012-10
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79674
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Journal
Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2012)
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Citation
Moawwad, Ahmed, Vinod Khadkikar, and James L. Kirtley. Interline Photovoltaic (I-PV) Power Plants for Voltage Unbalance Compensation. In IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 5330-5334. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012.
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978-1-4673-2421-2
978-1-4673-2419-9
978-1-4673-2420-5
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