Electric Power ›› 2022, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (5): 134-142.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202006264

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Distributed PV Auxiliary Voltage Control Strategy in Low Voltage Distribution Network Based on Small AC Signals

YAN Xiangwu, WANG Chenguang, JIA Jiaoxin, MA Hongbin   

  1. Key Laboratory of Distributed Energy Storage and Micro-grid of Hebei Province, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
  • Received:2020-07-01 Revised:2021-01-07 Online:2022-05-28 Published:2022-05-18
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei (No.E2018502134), the Science and Technology Project of SGCC (No.SGHEDK00 DYJS1900061)

Abstract: With the progress of China's photovoltaic industry, the capacity of distributed photovoltaic sources connected with the low-voltage distribution network is increasing. When the solar irradiance is high, the distribution network may suffer serious out-of-limit voltage. This paper analyzes the causes of out-of-limit voltage phenomenon in the distribution network, and an auxiliary voltage control strategy of distributed photovoltaic source is proposed for this problem. The purpose of the strategy is to ensure the economic benefits of each photovoltaic source while giving the best play to the voltage control ability of each photovoltaic source. The proposed control strategy reduces part of active power to control voltage based on reactive power control strategy. It uses the maximum power estimation method to realize the reduction control of active power of photovoltaic source, and realizes the communication and coordination between photovoltaic sources by injecting small AC voltage signal into the power grid. Finally, the validity of the proposed strategy is verified by case study results.

Key words: photovoltaic generation, low-voltage distribution network, out-of-limit voltage, maximum power estimation, small AC signal