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Area of Science:

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Power Systems Engineering
  • Renewable Energy Integration

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  • High penetration of photovoltaic (PV) power generation causes grid issues like reverse power flow, voltage instability, and power loss.
  • Existing grid management strategies struggle to effectively integrate large-scale PV systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a resource management strategy for grid-connected PV systems using smart inverters.
  • To minimize voltage deviations and power losses in distribution grids with high PV penetration.
  • To enhance grid stability and accommodate increased renewable energy sources.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized smart inverters with active and reactive power injection capabilities.
  • Proposed a kernel-based approach to learn optimal control policies for reactive power injection.
  • Implemented nonlinear control policies for inverter coordination based on anticipated load and generation scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated significant minimization of power losses in the grid.
  • Achieved effective voltage regulation, maintaining safe operating voltage limits.
  • Validated the approach through numerical simulations on a single-phase grid-connected PV system (IEEE bus system).

Conclusions:

  • The proposed kernel-based resource management strategy effectively mitigates challenges associated with high PV penetration.
  • Smart inverter coordination using learned policies enhances grid performance by reducing losses and improving voltage stability.
  • The approach offers a viable solution for stable and efficient integration of PV systems into distribution grids.