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On Grid-Interactive Smart Inverters: Features and Advancements [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2020
Traditionally, a grid-interactive inverter providing ancillary services is called a smart inverter. However, broader features will be required for the next generation of inverters that can be categorized as self-governing, self-adapting, self-security ...
Behrooz Mirafzal, Aswad Adib
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Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL): A Review to Advance Smart Inverter-Based Grid-Edge Solutions

Energies, 2023
Over the past decade, the world’s electrical grid infrastructure has experienced rapid growth in the integration of grid-edge inverter-based distributed energy resources (DERs).
Annette von Jouanne, Emmanuel Agamloh, Alex Yokochi   +2 more
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Characterization of Voltage Stabilization Functions of Residential PV Inverters in a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Environment

IEEE Access, 2022
The exponential growth of Photovoltaic (PV) technology is creating concerns for electric grid operators. As PV penetration increases, overvoltage in the distribution network can occur due to a mismatch between PV generation and load demand.
Thunchanok Kaewnukultorn, Sergio B. Sepulveda-Mora, Steven Hegedus   +2 more
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An Efficient Reactive Power Dispatch Method for Hybrid Photovoltaic and Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Inverters in Utility Grids

IEEE Access, 2020
The intermittent property and increased grid restrictions have become the most critical elements for increasing penetration levels of clean renewable energy sources (RESs).
Sayed M. Said, Mokhtar Aly, Hartmann Balint   +2 more
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Optimal Smart Inverter Control for PV and BESS to Improve PV Hosting Capacity of Distribution Networks Using Slime Mould Algorithm

IEEE Access, 2021
In this study, an optimal reactive power (Volt/VAr) control of smart inverters for photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESSs) to improve the PV hosting capacity (PVHC) of distribution networks is proposed.
Teke Gush, Chul-Hwan Kim, Samuel Admasie, Ji-Soo Kim, Jin-Sol Song   +4 more
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Smart PV Inverter Cyberattack Detection Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Facility

IEEE Access, 2023
This paper evaluates residential smart photovoltaic (PV) inverters’ responses to cyberattacks and assesses the performance of an intrusion detection strategy for smart grid devices by comparing time-series power flow results from a simulation ...
Thunchanok Kaewnukultorn, Sergio B. Sepulveda-Mora, Robert Broadwater, Dan Zhu, Nektarios G. Tsoutsos, Steven Hegedus   +5 more
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Developing a synthetic inertia function for smart inverters and studying its interaction with other functions with CHIL testing

Energy Reports, 2023
Due to the increasing burden on the traditional control systems, inverter-based resources (IBR) is required to take part in grid stability efforts. This is the key to increasing the share of IBRs in the power grid and ensuring that issues related to ...
Jun Hashimoto, Taha Selim Ustun, Dai Orihara, Hiroshi Kikusato, Kenji Otani, Kazuo Suekane, Takehiro Miyake, Hiroyuki Namari, Hajime Yamamoto, Takahiro Matsuura, Satoshi Miyazaki, Hiromu Hamada, Teru Miyazaki   +12 more
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E/D-Mode GaN Inverter on a 150-mm Si Wafer Based on p-GaN Gate E-Mode HEMT Technology

Micromachines, 2021
AlGaN/GaN E/D-mode GaN inverters are successfully fabricated on a 150-mm Si wafer. P-GaN gate technology is applied to be compatible with the commercial E-mode GaN power device technology platform and a systematic study of E/D-mode GaN inverters has been
Li-Fang Jia, Lian Zhang, Jin-Ping Xiao, Zhe Cheng, De-Feng Lin, Yu-Jie Ai, Jin-Chao Zhao, Yun Zhang   +7 more
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Impact of Smart Inverters on Feeder Hosting Capacity of Distribution Networks

IEEE Access, 2019
Penetration of renewable energy based distributed generators into power networks is limited. This is due to several reasons such as intermittency of the generation, low-inertia during disturbances and high variation of local voltage and frequency ...
Taha Selim Ustun, Jun Hashimoto, Kenji Otani   +2 more
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Review on high penetration of rooftop solar energy with secondary distribution networks using smart inverter

Energy Reports, 2022
The key downsides of rooftop solar photovoltaic energy systems in comparison to other renewable energy systems their impacts and distinct operating characteristics of rooftop solar PVs in the distribution system with low power utility networks, are ...
Kishor Shinde, P.B. Mane
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