Islanding phenomenon of utility-connected PV power conditioning systems(PV PCS) can cause a variety of problems and must be prevented. If the real and reactive powers supplied by PV PCS are closely matched to those of load, islanding detection by pass...
Islanding phenomenon of utility-connected PV power conditioning systems(PV PCS) can cause a variety of problems and must be prevented. If the real and reactive powers supplied by PV PCS are closely matched to those of load, islanding detection by passive methods becomes difficult. The active frequency drift(AFD) method, called the frequency bias method, enables islanding detection by forcing the frequency of the voltage in the islanding to drift up or down. In this paper, non-detection zone(NDZ) of AFD is analyzed for the islanding detection method of utility-connected PV PCS by simulation tool PSIM.