Current and voltage harmonic measurements and modeling at the Gardner photovoltaic project

Author

Cyganski, D. ; Orr, J.A. ; Chakravorti, A.K. ; Emanuel, A.E. ; Gulachenski, E.M. ; Root, C.E. ; Bellemare, R.C.

Author_Institution

Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

800

Lastpage

809

Abstract

Measurements on harmonics taken at the Gardner photovoltaic (PV) project during the summer of 1987 are reported. The project includes 28 PV homes, each with a roof-mounted 2 kW PV system, connected to one phase of a 13.8 kV three-phase feeder. The measurements discussed pertain to voltage and current distortion and power flow. Theoretical calculations were carried out in order to study the effects of PV inverters other than the type installed for this study. Computer modeling of the feeder in Gardner indicates, and measurements confirm, that small increases (0.2%) in voltage total harmonic distortion will occur on this feeder with the indicated penetration of PV systems using high-quality, forced-commutation inverters

Keywords

harmonics; photovoltaic power systems; 13.8 kV; 2 kW; Gardner photovoltaic project; PV inverters; current distortion; current harmonics; forced-commutation inverters; harmonics measurement; power flow; three-phase feeder; voltage distortion; voltage harmonics; Current measurement; Distortion measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Inverters; Load flow; Photovoltaic systems; Power measurement; Power system modeling; Solar power generation; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.19273

Filename

19273