Open AccessComparison of the reactive control strategies in low voltage network with photovoltaic generation and storage
Author(s) -
Dario Garozzo,
Giuseppe Marco Tina,
Dezső Séra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
thermal science/thermal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2334-7163
pISSN - 0354-9836
DOI - 10.2298/tsci170814022g
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , ac power , overvoltage , computer science , voltage , matlab , energy storage , low voltage , distributed generation , power (physics) , automotive engineering , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , renewable energy , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
The aim of this study is to analyze the different decentralized voltage control strategies, based on the reactive power control of photovoltaic inverters. The study focuses on evaluating their impact in terms of reactive power demanded from the grid, due to the regulation, and active losses in the network and in the photovoltaic inverters. In a second step, the presence of battery energy storage systems in the network is considered and further analysis are performed, in order to take into account the overvoltage mitigation by peak shaving of the photovolta-ic generation. All the simulations are performed in MATLAB/SIMULINK, where the model of a single-phase low-voltage distribution network with distributed generation sources is implemented.