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Mitigation of Lightning Overvoltages Using STATCOM in Grid-Connected PV Systems

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Lightning strike causes a large lightning voltage injection into grid-connected PV systems at the point between inverter and transformer. The overvoltage resulting from the lightning-impulse voltage is a major concern for the multiple expensive electrical devices of the grid-connected PV system and to be studied in depth in order to decrease the damage caused by this overvoltage. In this paper, PSCAD/EMTDC software simulated the complete model of the system. In this work, the point which selected from grid-connected PV system to inject impulse lightning voltage is between transformer and inverter. In different locations of the grid-connected PV system, lightning overvoltage has been noted by injecting impulse lightning voltages. In this paper, the surge arrester is used to mitigate the lightning overvoltage on the PV array. STATCOM is used to improve voltage of the PV array. The results show that in case of using the surge arresters and STATCOM, the lightning overvoltage is mitigated.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2019.18451.1013

Keywords

PV, Overvoltage, STATCOM, Surge Arrester, PSCAD

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ibrahim

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hamdeen

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electrical engineering department, faculty of engineering, mansoura university, mansoura, Dakahlia, EGYPT

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ibrahim.hamdeen@yahoo.com

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mansoura

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Ebrahim

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Badran

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A.

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electrical engineering department,faculty of engineering,mansoura university, mansoura, Dakahlia, EGYPT

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ebadran@mans.edu.eg

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01111109383

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Mohammed

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Saeed

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A.

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electrical engineering department, faculty of engineering, mansoura university, mansoura, Dakahlia, EGYPT

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mohammedsaid@mans.edu.eg

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mansoura

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24

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1

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11516

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2020-03-01

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2019-10-21

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2020-03-01

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121

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127

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1110-6603

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2536-9377

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Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

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https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mitigation of Lightning Overvoltages Using STATCOM in Grid-Connected PV Systems

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22 Jan 2023