International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 7, No 2: April 2017

Development of Load Control Algorithm for PV Microgrid

Mohamad Haireen Bin Fatheli (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia)
Nur Izzati Zolkifri (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia)
Chin Kim Gan (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia)
Musa Bin Yusup Lada (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2017

Abstract

The variability of solar irradiance which is caused by the weather conditions could result in the mismatch between the solar PV generation and the demand particularly in the microgrid context. This may lead to the detrimental effects of over/under voltage or over/under frequency. In this regard, this paper presents the laboratory set-up of a grid-connected PV inverter operates in islanding condition. To achieve this, a load control algorithm is proposed to provide the autonomous real time demand control that follows the PV generation to maintain generation-demand equilibrium requirement. The laboratory results show that the proposed load control algorithm can successfully address the voltage and the frequency violation in islanding condition, regardless of the variation of irradiance and power generated by the PV sources.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...