The wide variety of inverter control settings for solar photovoltaics (PV) causes the accurate
knowledge of these settings to be difficult to obtain in practice. This paper addresses the …

The importance of reactive power compensation for power factor (PF) correction will
significantly increase with the large-scale integration of distributed generation interfaced via …

This paper describes methods that a distribution engineer could use to determine advanced
inverter settings to improve distribution system performance. These settings are for fixed …

Voltage optimization and control becomes imperative with increased use of distributed
energy resources in distribution feeders. Smart inverters (SIs) can be used effectively for …

Photovoltaic (PV) system adoption is accelerating quickly, raising worries among electricity
network service providers about how to accommodate more PV while kee** system …

A control algorithm is designed to smooth the variability of PV power output using distributed
batteries. The tradeoff between smoothing and battery size is shown. It is also demonstrated …

The research presented in this paper compares five real-time control strategies for the power
output of a large number of distributed PV systems in a large distribution feeder circuit. Both …

The rapid growth of photovoltaic resources is an opportunity for reactive power management
of low voltage distribution grids. This study presents an optimal planning framework for …

A hierarchical control algorithm was developed to utilize photovoltaic system advanced
inverter volt-VAr functions to provide distribution system voltage regulation and to mitigate …

Fast deployment of renewable energy resources in distribution networks, especially solar
photovoltaic (PV) systems, have motivated the need for inverter-based voltage regulation …