Online optimal reactive power control strategy of PV inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4549-4558

  Cagnano, Alessia ^a   De Tuglie, Enrico ^a   Liserre, Marco ^a   Mastromauro, Rosa A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancillary service; decentralized controller; Lyapunov function; photovoltaic (PV) generation; power electronic interface; renewable sources; sensitivity theory; system losses

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLER; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; POWER ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SENSITIVITY THEORY; SYSTEM LOSS;

CONTROL THEORY; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REACTIVE POWER;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 80052374227     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2116757     Document Type: Article

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