Research Article

A Novel Coordinated Control System to Reactive Power Compensation of Photovoltaic Inverter Clusters

Table 1

VCC algorithm comparison description.

Reactive power compensation program of PVPSAdvantagesDisadvantages

Compensate with SVG/SVC at PCCResponse speed (+++++);
power quality at PCC (+++++);
simple control (+++);
night compensation;
High investment costs (+);
large power consumption (+);
damage rate (+);
no station topology optimization (+);

Compensate with SVG/SVC at distributed generation node and internal confluence pointResponse speed (+++);
power quality at PCC (+++);
station topology optimization (++ reduce line loss and improve stability margin);
Complex control (++);
no night compensation;
high investment costs (++);
large power consumption (++);
damage rate (++);

Compensate with SVG/SVC at PCC and inverters at distributed generation nodeResponse speed (++++);
power quality at PCC (++++);
night compensation;
station topology optimization (++)
Complex control (++);
high investment costs (++);
large power consumption (++);
damage rate (+);

Compensate with inverters actively by embedding PVPS model at generation nodeResponse speed (+++++);
no investment costs (+++);
no power consumption (+++);
damage rate (+++);
station topology optimization (+++)
Power quality at PCC (+ oscillation caused by over compensation);
complex control (+);
no night compensation;

Compensate with inverters by static allocation of station control system at generation nodePower quality at PCC (++);
no investment costs (++++);
no power consumption (+++);
damage rate (+++);
station topology optimization (+++);
Response speed (+);
complex control (++);
no night compensation;

Compensate with inverters by dynamic intelligent distribution of station control system at generation nodePower quality at PCC (+++);
no investment costs (++++);
no power consumption (+++);
damage rate (+++);
station topology optimization (++++);
Response speed (++);
complex control (+);
no night compensation;

(better performance with more +).