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Analysis and Power Quality Improvement in Hybrid Distributed Generation System with Utilization of Unified Power Quality Conditioner

by Noor Zanib¹, Munira Batool¹, Saleem Riaz², Farkhanda Afzal³, Sufian Munawar⁴, Ibtisam Daqqa⁵, Najma Saleem^5,*

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, 47050, Pakistan
2 School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 170072, Xi’an, China
3 National University Science & Technology, MCS, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
4 Department of Quantitative Methods, College of Business Administration, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Sciences and Human Studies, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Khobar, 31952, Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Author: Najma Saleem. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy and Storage Systems)

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2023, 134(2), 1105-1136. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2022.021676

Received 27 January 2022; Accepted 16 March 2022; Issue published 31 August 2022

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive study that includes the sizing and power flow by series and parallel inverters in a distributed generation system (DGs) that integrates the system of hybrid wind photovoltaic with a unified power quality conditioner (UPQC). In addition to supplying active power to the utility grid, the system of hybrid wind photovoltaic functions as a UPQC, compensating reactive power and suppressing the harmonic load currents. Additionally, the load is supplied with harmonic-free, balanced and regulated output voltages. Since PVWind-UPQC is established on a dual compensation scheme, the series inverter works like a sinusoidal current source, while the parallel inverter works like a sinusoidal voltage source. Consequently, a smooth alteration from interconnected operating modes to island operating modes and vice versa can be achieved without load voltage transients. Since PV-Wind-UPQC inverters handle the energy generated through the hybrid wind photovoltaic system and the energy demanded through the load, the converters should be sized cautiously. A detailed study of the flow of power via the PV-Wind-UPQC is imperative to gain a complete understanding of the system operation and the proper design of the converters. Thus, curves that allow the sizing of the power converters according to the power flow via the converters are presented and discussed. Simulation results are presented to assess both steady state and dynamic performances of the grid connected hybrid system of PV-Wind-UPQC. This investigation is verified by simulating and analyzing the results with Matlab/Simulink.

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