Alleviation of Power Quality Issues in MVF-DEANF-PLL Based Solar PV Systems under Polluted Grid Conditions

Balasubramanian Mohan (), Saravanan Siddhan and Nagarajan Chinnadurai
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Balasubramanian Mohan: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli 627007, Tamilnadu, India
Saravanan Siddhan: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Muthayammal Engineering College, Rasipuram 637408, Tamilnadu, India
Nagarajan Chinnadurai: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Muthayammal College of Engineering, Rasipuram 637408, Tamilnadu, India

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-25

Abstract: Solar energy is a sustainable and environmentally safe power source due to its widespread availability and cleanliness. Nowadays, the grid-integrated solar photovoltaic system (SPVS) has to work with a polluted grid, an imbalanced load, and changing solar irradiation. When the grid is polluted, it is also crucial to enhance power quality (PQ) at a common coupling point (CCP) while supplying significantly distorted and unreliable loads. For effective synchronization and the production of unit templates, it is necessary to retrieve positive sequence components (PSCs) from distorted/imbalanced grid voltages. In this study, a control algorithm for a grid-integrated SPVS is developed using a multi-variable filter dual-enhanced adaptive notch filter phase-locked loop (MVF-DEANF-PLL) which offers seamless grid synchronization and PQ issue alleviation. In a polluted grid environment, the proposed control approach aids in the reduction in current/voltage harmonics, DC offset, unity power factor (UPF) operation, and rapid estimation of sequence components. Even in unbalanced grid conditions, the proposed control approach efficiently extracts PSCs of both unbalanced load current and polluted CCP grid voltages. These PSCs are utilized to generate unit templates and reference source currents. By using a flexible step-size incremental conductance (FSSINC) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique, the highest available power of SPVS is gathered. MATLAB/Simulink is utilized for modelling a 7.22 kW SPV system, and results from simulations which depict that the proposed algorithm efficiently resolves PQ concerns in distribution networks with a polluted grid. Test observations of a 1 kW laboratory-developed SPVS prototype were recorded in compliance with the IEEE-519 standard. The suggested control technique complies with the aforementioned standards by providing a sinusoidal balanced source current that has a THD of 2.5%. Comparisons between the proposed control’s performance and that of a conventional SRF-PLL-based control technique were also performed.

Keywords: solar photovoltaic system; power quality; distribution static compensator; dual enhanced adaptive notch filter; multi-variable filter; voltage source converter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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