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On the Injection of Sub/Inter-Harmonic Current Components for Active Anti-Islanding Purposes

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  • Dionisis Voglitsis

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, ECE Campus Kimmeria, 67132 Xanthi, Greece)

  • Fotis Valsamas

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, ECE Campus Kimmeria, 67132 Xanthi, Greece)

  • Nick Rigogiannis

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, ECE Campus Kimmeria, 67132 Xanthi, Greece)

  • Nick Papanikolaou

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, ECE Campus Kimmeria, 67132 Xanthi, Greece)

Abstract

Active anti-islanding schemes that are based on the injection of harmonic currents, such as the measurement of the impedance at a specific frequency or similar techniques, have been proposed for anti-islanding protection in photovoltaic (PV) systems due to their low impact on inverter active power, their fast detection response in island, and reduced non-detection zone (NDZ). Integer multiples of the fundamental frequency as well as sub/inter-harmonics have both been used for the implementation of those schemes. Although utilization of sub/inter-harmonics present significant advantages, they also present significant limitations. This work investigates those limitations, particularly the ones that are caused by the parallel operation of multiple inverters. In addition, the distortion effect that is caused in the output current of the widely used PV microinverters with pseudo dc-link (PV Pdc-MICs) is discussed and thoroughly analyzed. It is concluded that when the injection is performed asynchronously (without communication among the inverters) sub/inter-harmonics are unsuitable for utilization under the parallel operation of multiple inverters. It is worth noting that a strategy is proposed in the current work that retains the effectiveness of the harmonic injection scheme under the injection of integer multiples of fundamental frequency. On the other hand, the distortion effect that is caused by the sub/inter-harmonics on PV Pdc-MICs output current, has been evaluated as insignificant when harmonics are used for anti-islanding purposes. Finally, the theoretical/mathematical outcomes of this work are supported by simulation and experimental results.

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  • Dionisis Voglitsis & Fotis Valsamas & Nick Rigogiannis & Nick Papanikolaou, 2018. "On the Injection of Sub/Inter-Harmonic Current Components for Active Anti-Islanding Purposes," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:9:p:2183-:d:164965
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    1. Menghua Liu & Wei Zhao & Qing Wang & Songling Huang & Kunpeng Shi, 2019. "Compatibility Issues with Irregular Current Injection Islanding Detection Methods and a Solution," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-20, April.
    2. Aristotelis Tsimtsios & Dionisis Voglitsis & Ioannis Perpinias & Christos Korkas & Nick Papanikolaou, 2019. "On the Conflict between LVRT and Line Protection in LV Distribution Systems with PVs: A Current-Limitation-Based Solution," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-20, July.
    3. Min-Sung Kim & Raza Haider & Gyu-Jung Cho & Chul-Hwan Kim & Chung-Yuen Won & Jong-Seo Chai, 2019. "Comprehensive Review of Islanding Detection Methods for Distributed Generation Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-21, March.
    4. Mehdi Hosseinzadeh & Farzad Rajaei Salmasi, 2020. "Islanding Fault Detection in Microgrids—A Survey," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-28, July.
    5. Qiang Guo & Jing Wu & Haibin Jin & Cheng Peng, 2018. "An Innovative Calibration Scheme for Interharmonic Analyzers in Power Systems under Asynchronous Sampling," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, December.

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