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Optimal Power Dispatch of Photovoltaic Inverters in Residential Distribution Systems
Abstract
Power generated through residential Photovoltaic (Solar panels) and dispatched among residential depends on demand and supply accordingly. It is known that photovoltaic inverter controllers, which are designed to harvest maximum power at unity power factor, cannot address secondary performance objectives such as voltage regulation and network loss minimization. Optimal power flow techniques can be utilized to select which inverters will provide ancillary services and to compute their optimal real and reactive power set points according to well-defined performance criteria and economic objectives.
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