Investigation of the interaction between step voltage regulators and large-scale photovoltaic systems regarding voltage regulation and unbalance

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 299-309

  Hossain, Mohammed Imran ^a   Yan, Ruifeng ^a   Saha, Tapan Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CORRESPONDING SOLUTIONS; INTERACTION CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; REAL-WORLD NETWORKS; REVERSE POWER FLOWS; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; STEP VOLTAGE REGULATORS; THREE-PHASE FOUR-WIRE;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84959338946     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0086     Document Type: Article

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