Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00529, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Wang, Xiaoyu (Carleton University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Nowadays, the grid-connected renewable distributed generation (DG) is fast growing in Ottawa. To promote_x000D_
the integration of DG, Hydro Ottawa Limited (HOL), the local distribution company in the City of Ottawa,_x000D_
established numbers of criteria and requirements for DG connection according to the published standards such_x000D_
as IEEE Std. 1547 and HOL's special concerns. A separate loss-of-phase (LOP) protection device is such an_x000D_
additional requirement that DG manufacturers and owners often complain since no other utilities in Canada_x000D_
have this requirement. This requirement increases the cost of DG owner, manufacturer production test, and_x000D_
utility commissioning test for DG integration in Ottawa. iSolara Solar Power Limited (iSolara) is currently_x000D_
developing high performance low-cost grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) generation systems. Through this_x000D_
NSERC Engage project, iSolara and Carleton will investigate the necessity of a separate LOP protection device_x000D_
for grid-connection of inverter-based DG. The cost of PV installation in Ottawa will be reduced if the separate_x000D_
LOP protection device is proved to be unnecessary for the inverters which have already satisfied the current_x000D_
published standards._x000D_
The outcome of this project will help iSolara and HOL to understand the impact of intermediate transformer_x000D_
and multiple-inverter configuration on inverter-based DG LOP protection. The investigation results are critical_x000D_
for iSolara and HOL to make informed, strategic and effective investment in DG integration technology and_x000D_
infrastructure in the future. Essentially, the project will be beneficial for utility companies, DG manufactures_x000D_
and standard makers to act in a coordinated and proactive manner to ensure the successful integration of DG in_x000D_
Canada., program purpose french : Nowadays, the grid-connected renewable distributed generation (DG) is fast growing in Ottawa. To promote_x000D_
the integration of DG, Hydro Ottawa Limited (HOL), the local distribution company in the City of Ottawa,_x000D_
established numbers of criteria and requirements for DG connection according to the published standards such_x000D_
as IEEE Std. 1547 and HOL's special concerns. A separate loss-of-phase (LOP) protection device is such an_x000D_
additional requirement that DG manufacturers and owners often complain since no other utilities in Canada_x000D_
have this requirement. This requirement increases the cost of DG owner, manufacturer production test, and_x000D_
utility commissioning test for DG integration in Ottawa. iSolara Solar Power Limited (iSolara) is currently_x000D_
developing high performance low-cost grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) generation systems. Through this_x000D_
NSERC Engage project, iSolara and Carleton will investigate the necessity of a separate LOP protection device_x000D_
for grid-connection of inverter-based DG. The cost of PV installation in Ottawa will be reduced if the separate_x000D_
LOP protection device is proved to be unnecessary for the inverters which have already satisfied the current_x000D_
published standards._x000D_
The outcome of this project will help iSolara and HOL to understand the impact of intermediate transformer_x000D_
and multiple-inverter configuration on inverter-based DG LOP protection. The investigation results are critical_x000D_
for iSolara and HOL to make informed, strategic and effective investment in DG integration technology and_x000D_
infrastructure in the future. Essentially, the project will be beneficial for utility companies, DG manufactures_x000D_
and standard makers to act in a coordinated and proactive manner to ensure the successful integration of DG in_x000D_
Canada., agreement title english : Investigation of photovoltaic inverter loss of phase protection, agreement title french : Investigation of photovoltaic inverter loss of phase protection, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-08, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada