• DocumentCode
    3543002
  • Title

    Effects of PV interconnection system to a circuit of a distribution network

  • Author

    Cabrera, Julian ; Medina, Italo ; Hernandez, Jaime

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Investig. en Fuentes Alternativas de Energia (LIFAE), Univ. Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas - Bogota DC, Bogota, Colombia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    25-26 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper analyzes the effect of the implementation of photovoltaic systems interconnected to a branch circuit of an electricity distribution network in the city of Bogota. By computational simulations NEPLAN tool, connecting the photovoltaic system to the network, the change is evidenced in the direction of power flow, the variation in the levels of voltage, current and power losses, which are then compared with voltage values obtained from Colombian rule governing maximum and minimum levels in the distribution network. Somehow this article contributes to the increase of projects with renewable energy such as developing it demonstrates the improvement that would be implemented in story to operating conditions of the distribution network, improving voltage profiles, complying with the limits established by regulation voltage, and decreasing the amount of current flowing through the conductors, which generates an increase of the useful life thereof. It should be noted that these results are valid under the conditions previously established, and that in a different context can present a different performance.
  • Keywords
    conductors (electric); distribution networks; load flow; losses; photovoltaic power systems; power system interconnection; renewable energy sources; NEPLAN tool; PV interconnection system; branch circuit; conductors; current flow; current variation; electricity distribution network; photovoltaic systems; power flow; power losses; renewable energy; voltage profile; voltage regulation; voltage variation; DH-HEMTs; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit modeling; Load flow; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon compounds; Distributed generation; NEPLAN 5.4; PV system; power flow; renewable energy; voltage and current limits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Alternative Energies and Energy Quality (SIFAE), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Barranquilla
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4653-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SIFAE.2012.6478892
  • Filename
    6478892