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Interconnection of Renewable Energy Sources at the Distribution Level of Grid with Power-Quality Enhancement Features

S. Sahana, S. Banu Priya, P. Musthafa

Abstract


Renewable energy resources (RES) are being
increasingly connected in is distribution systems utilizing power electronic converters. This paper presents a novel control strategy for achieving maximum benefits from these grid-interfacing inverters when installed in 3-phase 4-wire distribution systems. The inverter is controlled to perform as a multi-function device by incorporating active power filter functionality. The inverter can thus be utilized as:
1) power converter to inject power generated from RES to the grid,and 2) shunt Active Power Filter to compensate current unbalance, load current harmonics, load reactive power demand and load neutral current. All of these functions may be accomplished either individually or simultaneously. With such a control, the combination of grid-interfacing inverter and the 3-phase 4-wire linear/non-linear unbalanced load at point of common coupling appears as balanced linear load to the grid. This new control concept is demonstrated with extensive MATLAB/Simulink simulation studies


Keywords


Active Power Filter (APF), Distributed Generation (DG), Distribution System, Grid Interconnection, Power Quality (PQ), Renewable Energy.

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