Potential harmonic impact of a residential utility-interactive photovoltaic system

Author

Kirawanich, P. ; O´Connell, R.M.

Author_Institution

Power Electron. Res. Center, Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

983

Abstract

The potential voltage distorting effects of a residential photovoltaic (PV) system consisting of PV modules and an inverter for utility interface are investigated by SPICE simulation. The nonlinear inverter is modeled as a collection of current sources in parallel to represent its nonsinusoidal current waveform. The results of the simulation suggest that voltage distortion levels will be below the recommended IEEE Standard 519 limits for virtually all saturation levels of PV systems generating up to 12 kVA of power

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; SPICE; circuit simulation; harmonic distortion; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; power conversion harmonics; power system analysis computing; solar cell arrays; 12 kVA; IEEE Standard 519; PV modules; PV power system; SPICE simulation; computer simulation; harmonic impact potential; nonlinear inverter; nonsinusoidal current waveform; residential utility-interactive photovoltaic system; utility interface; voltage distortion; Circuit simulation; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power distribution; Power electronics; Power system harmonics; Power system modeling; SPICE; Substations; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6499-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2000.896862

Filename

896862