Advancement and Research in Instrumentation Engineering

For remote or localised places, a microgrid can provide electrical power through a combination of distributed generation and local loads. One of the most recent developments in Egypt is the integration of microgrids with the power grid. Power quality issues such as voltage drops, growing usage of distributed generation, deep energy, and power loss can be solved by integrating smart microgrids and utility systems. Some common and serious power quality concerns connected with the integration of smart microgrids and utility systems such as voltage fluctuation and total harmonic distortion (THD) at varied solar irradiance and load situations are being investigated in this study. A MATLAB and Simulink code built for this study was used to model and assess the integration of smart microgrids and utility systems and the power quality issue at varying loads. At various irradiance levels, this study examines five voltage analysis scenarios and two THD situations. While the voltage drop % decreases with high solar irradiance, it increases with low solar irradiance at all load levels, according to the results. In addition, at both high and low loads, THD reduces as solar irradiation increases, and the reverse is true.