Reliability Improvement of a Distribution System Using PV Grid Connected System with Tie Switch

Author

Sritakaew, P. ; Sangswang, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fac. of Eng., King Mongkut´´s Univ. of Technol. Thonburi, Bangkok

fYear

2006

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1354

Lastpage

1357

Abstract

This paper examines issues related to the distribution system reliability improvement using photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected system. An experimental setup is prepared to measure the system operating characteristics. The system consists of a PV array and a grid-connected inverter. The system is synchronized to a distribution system where rear and reactive power are being injected. The measured data are used to investigate the effects of a PV system installation on distribution system reliability. A PV system installation scheme is proposed to alleviate tie switch loading after fault isolation. The system constraints such as, recovered real power, and loading reduction of the tie switch are concentrated

Keywords

distribution networks; fault location; invertors; power grids; power system reliability; switches; distribution system reliability improvement; fault isolation; grid-connected inverter; photovoltaic array; photovoltaic grid-connected system; photovoltaic system installation; tie switch; Costs; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Pollution measurement; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Solar power generation; Switches; distribution; photovoltaic; reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. APCCAS 2006. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0387-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342435

Filename

4145652