Advanced Photovoltaic Inverter Functionality Verification using 500 kW Power Hardware-in-Loop Complete System Laboratory Testing

Barry A. Mather; Matthew A. Kromer; Leo Casey

doi:10.1109/ISGT.2013.6497862

Advanced Photovoltaic Inverter Functionality Verification using 500 kW Power Hardware-in-Loop Complete System Laboratory Testing

Barry A. Mather, Matthew A. Kromer, Leo Casey

Power Systems Engineering

Satcon Technology Corporation

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Abstract

With the increasing penetration of distribution connected photovoltaic (PV) systems, more and more PV developers and utilities are interested in easing future PV interconnection concerns by mitigating some of the impacts of PV integration using advanced PV inverter controls and functions. This paper describes the testing of a 500kW PV inverter using Power Hardware-in-Loop (PHIL) testing techniques. The test setup is described and the results from testing the inverter in advanced functionality modes, not commonly used in currently interconnected PV systems, are presented. PV inverter operation under PHIL evaluation that emulated both the DC PV array connection and the AC distribution level grid connection are shown for constant power factor (PF) and constant reactive power (VAr) control modes. The evaluation of these modes was completed under varying degrees of modeled PV variability.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2013.6497862 https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2013.6497862
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2013 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 24 Feb 2013 → 27 Feb 2013

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Conference	2013 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	24/02/13 → 27/02/13

Bibliographical note

See NREL/CP-5500-56833 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5500-58915

Keywords

advanced PV inverter functionality
high power photovoltaic (PV) inverter testing
power factor control
Power hardware-in-loop (PHIL)
reactive power control

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Mather, B. A., Kromer, M. A., & Casey, L. (2013). Advanced Photovoltaic Inverter Functionality Verification using 500 kW Power Hardware-in-Loop Complete System Laboratory Testing. Paper presented at 2013 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2013, Washington, DC, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2013.6497862, https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2013.6497862

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