Local control of photovoltaic distributed generation for voltage regulation in LV distribution networks and simulation tools

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 798-813

  Conti, Stefania ^a   Greco, Andrea Maria ^a   Raiti, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local voltage control; Low voltage distribution networks; Photovoltaic distributed generation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE POWER OUTPUT; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; EN 50160; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL VOLTAGE CONTROL; LOW VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; LV DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OVER-VOLTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; POINT OF COMMON COUPLING; PV GENERATION; PV GENERATORS; SIMULATION TOOL; SIMULINK; TEST SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE PROFILE; VOLTAGE REGULATIONS; VOLTAGE RISE; WORK FOCUS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYSIS; GALERKIN METHODS; MATLAB; TOOLS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 69949084389     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.257     Document Type: Article

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