TY - JOUR ID - 73438 TI - An Investigation to the Atmospheric Effects on Generating Harmonic Distortion in a Solar Farm JO - Journal of Solar Energy Research JA - JSER LA - en SN - 2588-3097 AU - Salehi, Seyed Mohsen AU - Hasanzadeh, Saeed AU - Dehghan, Seyed Mohammad AD - ECE, Qom university of Technology, Qom , Iran AD - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Qom University of Technology, Qom, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 200 EP - 208 KW - Solar systems KW - sun tracker system KW - power system harmonics KW - harmonic distortion KW - power quality DO - 10.22059/jser.2019.285734.1124 N2 - Due to the increasing penetration rate of solar systems in electrical power distribution networks, the technical studies are required on power quality standards of utility grid Caused by solar system effects. This paper investigates the solar system connected to the utility grid in the view of the harmonic effects. The effects of temperature and sunlight changes are discussed on the harmonics produced by solar cells and its effect on the distribution network and the performance of its various components. Furthermore, Analysis of the current THD is carried out for the two cases, using and without using sun tracker technology at the point of common coupling between the solar system and utility grid. Then, the results are compared with each other. The obtained harmonic distortion values are compared with the specified limits in the standard IEEE STD 519-1992. Finally, simulation results verify the environmental model of a photovoltaic system. UR - https://jser.ut.ac.ir/article_73438.html L1 - https://jser.ut.ac.ir/article_73438_7059c094632b41f35601d4ed0b3aafd6.pdf ER -