Nonlinear loads determination using harmonic information in photovoltaic generation systems

This paper contains a proposal to determine the kind of nonlinear load when different appliances are connected to the solar generation system. A database built with sampled signals from the photovoltaic systems of the National Learning Service (SENA) in Bogota was employed. The methodology used information from harmonic distortion extracted from nonlinear loads, which was used as input in an artificial neural network with supervised learning. Two proposals were implemented. First one was based on energy information and second one was worked with wave peaks information. Results show that a classification rate of 95% could be reached in a problem with eight classes.