Investigation of voltage variations in unbalanced distribution systems due to high photovoltaic penetrations

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yan, Ruifeng ^a   Saha, Tapan Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

distribution system; mutual coupling; Photovoltaic; voltage rise

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE; LOW VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; MUTUAL COUPLING; PENETRATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; SUN IRRADIATION; UNBALANCED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE DROP; VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS; VOLTAGE RISE; VOLTAGE VARIATION; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 82855177763     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2011.6038977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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