Steady-state analysis of maximum photovoltaic penetration levels on typical distribution feeders

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 350-357

  Hoke, Anderson ^a   Butler, Rebecca ^a   Hambrick, Joshua ^a   Kroposki, Benjamin ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed power generation; photovoltaic (PV) systems; power distribution; power system simulation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; STEADY STATE VOLTAGE; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR;

CURRENT LIMITING REACTORS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

FEEDING;

EID: 84875688860     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2012.2225115     Document Type: Article

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