A unified test and evaluation of PCS on the market for residential PV application in Japan

Author

Miyashita, Shigeru ; Nagaoka, Akira ; Takigawa, Kiyoshi Y. ; Sugihara, Hiroyuki ; Ookub, Yoshito

Author_Institution

Denryoku Techno-systems, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1800

Lastpage

1803

Abstract

The operating characteristics of representative PCSs (power conditioning sub systems) on the market in Japan were tested and evaluated, to make use of the high performance design of PV (photovoltaic) systems for 400 to 600 residences that are being established as the new town of Josai-no-mori in the Ota-city, Gunma prefecture in Japan. Especially, the reliability of islanding protection of PCSs for PV application was clarified. It was proved that there were no problems with respect to the power quality and stable operation of most PCSs in Japan. However, regarding the safety, a part of PCS shows the dangerous inclination that continues the islanding phenomenon easily. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to PV site design in terms of protection system against islanding phenomenon.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power generation reliability; power supply quality; power system protection; safety; testing; islanding protection; power conditioning sub systems; power quality; residential PV application; Cities and towns; Personal communication networks; Photovoltaic systems; Power conditioning; Power quality; Power system protection; Power system reliability; Safety; Solar power generation; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8707-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488501

Filename

1488501