Trujillo, C.L., Velasco, D., Figueres, E., and Garcerá, G.
Subjects
*DISTRIBUTED power generation, *ELECTRIC inverters, *RENEWABLE energy sources, *SIMULATION methods & models, *ENERGY conservation, *POWER resources, *COMPARATIVE studies, *ELECTRONIC feedback
Abstract
Abstract: This paper presents the analysis and comparison of the main active techniques for islanding detection used in grid-connected microinverters for power processing of renewable energy sources. These techniques can be classified into two classes: techniques introducing positive feedback in the control of the inverter and techniques based on harmonics injection. Accurate PSIMTM simulations have been carried out in order to perform a comparative analysis of the techniques under study and to establish their advantages and disadvantages according to IEEE standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]