Can photovoltaic panels support distribution network failures?: Harmonic analysis in a colombian microgrid

Author

Alvarez-Lopez, R.A. ; Arango-Manrique, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. Nac. de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

fYear

2013

fDate

15-17 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Support of distribution system with distributed generation and microgeneration solar panels and the operation of microgrid isolated, are topics of current research. Photovoltaic systems can be a solution to ensure uninterrupted supplies to the user and becomes a backup for failures in the distribution system. This operation has to support isolated load variations, affecting the Photovoltaic array performance and stability in the operation of the microgrid. This paper shows operation of the photovoltaic array through the MPPT algorithm and an analysis of system harmonic distortion for variations in the load.

Keywords

distributed power generation; harmonic analysis; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; power distribution reliability; power generation reliability; power system harmonics; Colombian microgrid; MPPT algorithm; distributed power generation; distribution network failure; harmonic analysis; photovoltaic array; photovoltaic panel; uninterrupted supply; Arrays; IEC standards; Maximum power point trackers; Microgrids; Photovoltaic systems; Software packages; Distributed Generation; Harmonic Distortion; Inverter; MPPT; Photovoltaic Panel; Power Quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT LA), 2013 IEEE PES Conference On

Conference_Location

Sao Paulo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5272-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGT-LA.2013.6554429

Filename

6554429