Optimal dispatch of photovoltaic inverters in residential distribution systems

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 487-497

  Dall'Anese, Emiliano ^a   Dhople, Sairaj V ^a   Giannakis, Georgios B ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution networks; inverter control; optimal power flow (OPF); photovoltaic (PV) systems; sparsity; voltage regulation

Indexed keywords

CURRENT LIMITING REACTORS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

INVERTER CONTROL; LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; REGULARIZATION APPROACH; RESIDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS; SPARSITY;

HOUSING;

EID: 84897033088     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2013.2292828     Document Type: Article

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