A Review of Reactive Power Management in Distribution Network with PV System

Development of photovoltaic (PV) system in distribution network has increased rapidly in recent years. However, the high penetration of PV system may lead to voltage quality problems. Reactive power capability of inverter in PV system may be used to overcome these problems. However, there are several disadvantages that can arise due to reactive power existence in inverter PV such as an increase in internal loss of inverter, active power curtailment, and lifetime reduction of inverter. To compensate these problems, several reactive power incentive models are proposed. However, there is still no review about the current research about reactive power dispatch using inverter of PV system in distribution network as well as reactive power incentive model. Therefore, this paper contributes in providing an insight about the existing research about reactive power dispatch using inverter of PV system in distribution network as well as reactive power incentive model. This paper can be used as a guide to conduct future research about reactive power management using inverter in PV system.