Application of low voltage statcom to correct voltage issues caused by inverter energy systems

Title

Application of low voltage statcom to correct voltage issues caused by inverter energy systems

Subject

solar energy

Testing

Automatic voltage control

Capacitors

Conductors

Inverters

power conditioning

power distribution

Reactive power

statcom

static power converters

Creator

Dean Condon

Donald McPhail

David M. E. Ingram

Source

2016 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), pp. 1-6

Publisher

IEEE

Date

2016-09-25

Relation

ISBN 978-1-5090-1406-4

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Type

Peer-reviewed Article

info:eu-repo/semantics/conferencePaper

info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Identifier

10.1109/AUPEC.2016.7749332

Coverage

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Abstract

Electricity distributors in Australia are experiencing high penetration of small scale distributed generation, such as solar photovoltaic systems, particularly on houses connected to the low voltage network. Distributed generation is challenging the traditional operating paradigm and can result in occurrences of voltage rising, or even exceeding, statutory limits. This results in the inverter energy systems continuously disconnecting and being unable to generate. This paper presents the results of Ergon Energy's investigation into the application of low voltage static compensators through a desktop study, modelling, laboratory testing, and field trials.