Abstract -Many utilities today have a large number of interconnection requests for new PV installations on their distribution networks. Interconnections should be approved in a timely manner but without compromising network reliability. It is thus important to know a network's PV hosting capacity, which defines the upper bound of PV sizes that pose no risk to the network. This paper investigates how implementing reactive power control on the PV inverter impacts the PV hosting capacity of a distribution network. A local Volt-Var droop control is used and simulations are performed in OpenDSS and Matlab. Multiple feeders are tested and it is found that the control greatly improves the overall hosting capacity of the feeder as well as the locational hosting capacity of most voltage constrained buses. Index Terms -photovoltaic systems, reactive power control, voltage control.
J. Seuss et al. in REF implemented reactive power control in the inverter to enhance the HC, and a localized Volt-VAR control is used.
Improving distribution network PV hosting capacity via smart inverter reactive power support
2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting
2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting
Engineering