An Experimental Study on Voltage Compensation Method using Autonomous Decentralized Control of Distributed Generators

Abstract

When many distributed generators (DGs) are connected to a distribution line, the upward power flow from DGs causes the difficulty in line voltage regulation. As the countermeasure, we propose several methods to control the line voltage by use of DGs' reactive power outputs. These methods using only DGs' reactive power are implemented in an autonomous decentralized way. DGs with the function to estimate the line impedance provide the power system with reactive power according to the estimated impedance value, and regulate the line voltage. We evaluate the effect of the proposed methods for voltage compensation by experimental studies using commercial grid-connected inverters for PV system.