Influence of Grid-connected Photovoltaic Systems on Power Quality

This paper reviews the power quality indicators and evaluation methods specified in the IEEE. Based on the experiments, the power quality problems caused by the switching of small-scale single-phase photovoltaic (PV) systems and large-scale three-phase PV power plants are analyzed. Meanwhile, under the state of PV systems input and cut-out, the influence of load switching of different properties on power quality is analyzed. Experiments show that the switching of PV systems will lead to voltage sags and impulsive transients, as well as current waveform distortion. However, the input of PV systems has a good restraint effect on voltage sags and impulsive transients caused by loads switching.