Voltage control of photovoltaic generator in combination with series reactor

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-382

  Kakimoto, Naoto ^a   Piao, Qin Yun ^a,b   Ito, Hiroo ^a,c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control; distribution system; photovoltaic (PV) generator; series compensation; voltage

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VOLTAGE CONTROL; CONTROL BLOCKS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LINE LOSS; OPERATING RANGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) GENERATOR; POWER FACTORS; PV GENERATION; PV GENERATORS; SERIES COMPENSATION; SERVICE LINE; SWITCHING CONTROL; UNITY POWER FACTOR; VALUE AND EFFECTS; VOLTAGE RISE;

CONTROL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 80053178036     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2011.2148181     Document Type: Article

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