Fault current contribution scenarios for grid-connected voltage source inverter-based distributed generation with an LCL filter

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-103

  Darwish, A ^a   Abdel Khalik, A S ^b   Elserougi, A ^b   Ahmed, S ^a   Massoud, A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Fault current contribution; Inverters

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL PROTECTION SCHEMES; CURRENT CONTROLLER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAULT CONDITIONS; GRID CONNECTED INVERTERS; PENETRATION LEVEL; PROTECTION SCHEMES; SYSTEM PROTECTION;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 84880885401     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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