Power quality measurements near DER and disturbing loads

M. van Lumig; S. Bhattacharyya; J.F.G. Cobben; W.L. Kling

doi:10.24084/repqj09.262

Power quality measurements near DER and disturbing loads

M. van Lumig, S. Bhattacharyya, J.F.G. Cobben, W.L. Kling

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Abstract

This paper describes the results of a four years (2006-2010) Power Quality (PQ) monitoring campaign conducted in the Dutch networks. Purpose is to get insight in the PQ at the point of connection (POC) of some connected customers with typical characteristics as for example distributed energy resources (DER) and to compare these results with the limits given in the EN50160. The results show however no specific problems near a large amount of photo voltaic (PV) panels. There was no correlation found between the harmonic distortion of the grid voltage and the production of solar energy. P_st levels are slightly higher on semi-cloudy days, but due to the low grid impedance never exceed the standard limits. Also near wind turbines no problems with the PQ are visible. The PQ near disturbing loads, like variable speed drives (VSDs), shows higher 5^th and 7^th order harmonics on MV level. Overall, because of the usually strong Dutch grids, no PQ problems were measured at the specific locations.

Original language	English
Article number	262
Pages (from-to)	124-129
Number of pages	6
Journal	Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal
Volume	1
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj09.262
Publication status	Published - May 2011

Funding

The work presented in this paper is part of the research project ‘Voltage quality in future infrastructures’-(‘Kwaliteit van de spanning in Toekomstige Infrastructuren (KTI)’ in Dutch), sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands.

Keywords

Distributed energy resources generation (DER)
EN50160
Point of connection (POC)
Power quality (PQ)
PQ monitoring

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