Evaluation of Multi-Inverter Anti-Islanding with Grid Support and Ride-Through and Investigation of Island Detection Alternatives
- Northern Plains Power Technologies, Brookings, SD (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
As utility interconnected photovoltaic systems (PV) become integrated into the electrical power system (EPS) at an increasing rate, utilities and regulators have become concerned about the potential for increased voltage and frequency deviations as well as EPS reliability and resiliency. These concerns have initiated the need to amend the utility interconnection standard to allow advanced inverter control functionalities that provide: (1) reactive power control for voltage support, (2) real (active) power control for frequency support and (3) voltage and frequency ride- through for bulk system support. The new real and reactive power modulation are intended to reduce EPS voltage and frequency deviations by mimicking the droop and excitation controls of conventional generation. The new ride-through capabilities are needed to prevent a large quantity of generation from autonomously de-energizing or disconnecting in response to a voltage or frequency deviation. These changes, however, may have the potential to interfere with autonomous anti-islanding, especially when multiple inverters from different vendors are co-located on one bus. This report presents results from an investigation of multi-inverter autonomous anti- islanding with advanced functions, and the development of a means to mitigate adverse interaction between the two.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1491604
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2019-0499; 671614
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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