Power Quality Enhancement for a Standalone Photovoltaic System
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2019-12
Authors
Oluseyi, P.O.
Akinbulire, P.O.
Ugherughe, J.
Oladoyinbo, O.
Babatunde, O.M.
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Faculty of Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Abstract
A distribution network connected to rural consumers is often quite
weak due to the long distance. Hence, an increase in power
demand over this network will result to power quality problems.
The main cause of this unacceptable situation is the inability of
the power system to meet the demand of reactive power. Inductive
loads are the main cause of power quality problems and they are
widely used in domestic and industrial sector, contributing to
inefficient use of energy. In this paper, a reactive power
compensator is proposed to give voltage stabilization, good
power quality and to control non-linear loads in a standalone
photovoltaic system. The results obtained show significant
enhancement in terms of power factor correction of 0.87, thereby
improving the power quality of the system.
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power factor compensator; power quality; power distribution; photovoltaic system; voltage stability