Experimental Test on the Islanding of an Advanced PV Inverter
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publication Title
2016 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2016
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
First page number:
1342
Last page number:
1347
Abstract
The recent exponential growth of utility-interconnected PV systems has led to changes to IEEE 1547 - the standard for interconnecting distributed resources with electric power systems. IEEE 1547a and IEEE 1547.8 are unleashing the application of advanced inverter functionalities, or grid support functions, for the purpose of minimizing adverse distribution system effects that are commonly encountered in areas with high levels of PV penetration. However, there is concern over the interference of some of these functionalities with the inverter islanding detection schemes. This paper summarizes experimental test results on attempts to create an islanded situation of an advanced 12 kVA inverter by activating some of these functions and closely matching generation with load. The functionalities that were tested include larger tolerance of voltage and frequency disturbances, non-unity power factor operation, and dynamic Volt/VAr control. © 2016 IEEE.
Keywords
Advanced grid-tied PV inverters; anti-islanding; photovoltaic systems; volt/var control; voltage regulation
Language
English
Repository Citation
Hicks, C.,
Peng, W.,
Baghzouz, Y.,
Haddad, S.
(2016).
Experimental Test on the Islanding of an Advanced PV Inverter.
2016 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2016
1342-1347.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPEEDAM.2016.7525994