Voltage unbalance reduction in low voltage distribution networks with Rooftop PVs

AUPEC 2010 - 20th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference: "Power Quality for the 21st Century"

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shahnia, Farhad ^a   Ghosh, Arindam ^a   Ledwich, Gerard ^a   Zare, Firuz ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distribution network; DSTATCOM; Single phase rooftop PV; Stochastic evaluation; Voltage unbalance

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DSTATCOM; SINGLE-PHASE ROOFTOP PV; STOCHASTIC EVALUATIONS; VOLTAGE UNBALANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTALLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 79952341784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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