Grid-Connected PV Systems: Impact Evaluation & Optimal Allocation and Sizing for Losses Minimization and Voltage Improvement (Jordanian Case Study)

Abstract

Jordan became one of the countries which looking for integrating Photovoltaic energy systems (PV) into power distribution systems. In this study, simulations and analysis were implemented on Irbid District Electrical Company (IDECO) grid to investigate the impact of distributed PV system on the power flow and voltage profile of the distribution network. The impact of different PV generation penetrations on the power flow and voltage profile is compared. Moreover, the impact of the location where PV is installed is investigated. Various test scenarios corresponding to different weather conditions such as solar radiation and temperature are simulated. Finally, Sizing and allocation of the PV system in the tested feeder are optimized according to sensitive of nodes to power losses and voltage improvement. In this paper, CYME power flow software and MATLAB program are used to investigate the results.

Keywords

• photovoltaic systems
• power loss
• voltage profile
• optimal size and location
• cyme
• matlab