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Photovoltaic Inverter Dispatch Optimizer

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Power Grid Performance EnhancementA system using a combination of mathematical strategies, integrates residential rooftop solar cell installations and optimizes the performance of the power grid via dispatches (requests) from the grid to the solar cell installations. This optimization may provide a competitive advantage for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) providers interested in enhancing remote photovoltaic (PV) electric power input to a central grid. The technology, which can be implemented at both the utility level and the household level, manages power input from non-utility PV power sources and decentralizes the optimal dispatch of PV inverters, improving the power quality, efficiency and reliability of power grids. In addition, it computes optimal real and reactive power set points for PV inverters in residential systems as per specified performance criteria and economic objectives for the grid.Outperforms Reactive Power CompensationThe optimization algorithm performs better than existing reactive power compensation (RPC) or active power curtailment (APC) strategies, which are based on heuristics and do not guarantee systemwide optimality. RPC-only strategies yield low power factors as well as high network currents, which translate to power losses and possible lines overheating. APC-only strategies may severely underuse PV units during peak solar irradiation hours. This technology delivers system wide optimization of photovoltaic power input utilization using a combination of mathematical strategies representing a significant departure from other approaches.BENEFITS AND FEATURES:System wide optimization of photovoltaic power inputScalable to large distribution networksImproves utilization of photovoltaic units during peak solar irradiation hours compared to existing reactive power compensation (RPC) or active power curtailment (APC) strategiesDetermines optimal inverter set points for both real and reactive power and relays them in real timeShares computational burden among multiple devices, circumventing all-to-all communicationMay eliminate low power factors, high network currents, power losses and line overheating associated with RPC-only strategiesPotential applications in smart grid control systems that require managing photovoltaic power inputAPPLICATIONS:Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) providersResidential rooftop solar cell installationsRemote photovoltaic (PV) electric powerPower gridsPhotovoltaic power inputPhase of Development MATLAB simulations with real NREL data

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