Investigation of potential islanding problems of a line-commutated static power converter in photovoltaic systems

Journal Article · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/60.105265· OSTI ID:6774401

Sims, T R; Jones, R A ^[1]; Imece, A F ^[2]

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1. Southern Co. Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL (USA). Research and Development Dept.
2. General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (USA)

Islanding is one of the major concerns that electric power utilities have about the impact of distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation. Islanding is the isolated operation of PV systems after the interruption of utility power. This paper reports the results of a research project on the possible islanding operation of a section of a distribution feeder containing line-commutated static power converters. The approach of the project was to develop a computer model of the SPC to predict islanding operation and verify the model with laboratory and field tests. The computer model accurately predicted the operation of the SPC during islanding. Furthermore, the effect of general system parameters on the islanding performance of the Gemini line-commutated SPC are presented.

• OSTI ID: 6774401
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) Vol. 5:3; ISSN 0885-8969; ISSN ITCNE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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