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Hybrid conjugate gradient backpropagation of GCPV based DSTATCOM for power conditioning
Technical and economic evaluation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) based distribution static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM)
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This paper studies the performance of a hybrid conjugate gradient backpropagation (HCGBP) grid-connected solar photovoltaic (GCPV) based DSTATCOM. This paper proposes a hybrid control algorithm of instantaneous reactive power theory and conjugate gradient backpropagation neural network for an application of a grid-connected solar PV (GCPV) based DSTATCOM for three-phase three-wire system. The fundamental weighted value of active power components of load currents, which is necessary for estimating reference source currents, is extracted using a conjugate gradient backpropagation control algorithm. The performance of the proposed control algorithm has reduced the THD of the line current up to 1.32%. It is proven that HCGBP has better efficiency, faster response and easy to implement. The steady-state performance of the three-phase GCPV-DSTATCOM under non-linear load has been analysed through simulation and Hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation based on real time DSP system using Texas Instrument TI C2000 32-bit microcontroller in MATLAB/Simulink. Furthermore, the simulation results have shown that the THD of the line current at the PCC has reduced less than 8%, according to the IEEE standard 519:2014.
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This paper presents a three-phase three-wire solar photovoltaic (PV) based DSTATCOM that can improve power quality problems. The solar PV system is designed based on peak-sun approach and simulated in HOMER (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable) software. The technical and economic feasibility of different combinations of the system sizing are evaluated based on cost of electricity (COE), the net present cost (NPC) and the percentage of excessive electricity produced. The optimum size of PV system the will be able to supply the load with improved power quality features without any additional hardware to the system. The cost of electricity (COE) of the proposed system is still lower than the feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme provided by the government. Thus, the results showed that the proposed system is viable to improve the power quality at the distribution network.