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    An approach for current balancing in distribution networks with rooftop PVs

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    Authors
    Shahnia, Farhad
    Ghosh, A.
    Ledwich, G.
    Zare, F.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Shahnia, Farhad and Ghosh, Arindam and Ledwich, Gerard and Zare, Firuz. 2012. An approach for current balancing in distribution networks with rooftop PVs, in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2012, Jul 22-26 2012, San Diego, USA: IEEE Power and Energy Society.
    Source Title
    Proceeding of IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2012
    Source Conference
    IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2012
    DOI
    10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345227
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    Copyright © 2012 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25655
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    Abstract

    Current unbalance is a significant power quality problem in distribution networks. This problem increases further with the increased penetration of single-phase photovoltaic cells. In this paper, a new approach is developed for current unbalance reduction in medium voltage distribution networks. The method is based on utilization of three single-phase voltage source converters connected in delta configuration between the phases. Each converter is controlled to function as a varying capacitor. The combination of the load and the compensator will result in a balanced load with unity power factor. The efficacy of the proposed current unbalance reduction concept is verified through dynamic simulations in PSCAD/EMTDC.

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