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RESEARCH ARTICLE | MAY 16 2023

Effect of irradiance and temperature on

reactive power support of weak grid
based on constant and variable power
factor 
Shaka Kargbo  ; Susatyo Handoko; Hermawan; Trias Andromeda;
Iwan Setiawan

 Author & Article Information

AIP Conference Proceedings 2683, 020014 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0127964

The rapid increase of higher photovoltaic (PV) penetration has

prompted countries to specify fixed limits of percentage reactive
power and power factor contribution to the grid. This concept of
limiting the power factor and reactive power could also be good
for distribution lines in managing the voltage and reactive power
balance for inductive and non-inductive loads. However, the
variation of irradiance and temperature can fluctuate the power
at the weak grid. In this study, a three-phase Grid-connected PV
inverter simulation is made to investigate the effect of irradiance
and temperature on loads performance when reactive power
compensation regulates constant power factor and constant
reactive power to the weak grid. A 12 kW PV power is proposed
to inject reactive power in two cases. Case one maintains the
power factor constant at 0.95, while case two maintains the
reactive power constant of 3.945 kVAR. The simulation results
show that fluctuating irradiance subsequently fluctuated the
absorbed powers of an inductive load of 3 hp and a purely
resistive load of 4 kW.

Topics
Photovoltaics

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