Solar Lattice

Function

Watt-VAr

ID
func:watt-var
IRI
https://solarlattice.org/kb/func/watt-var
Status
active
Also known as
active power-reactive power mode, Q(P), DWVR, Power-Q
Category
Grid support
Function kind
grid-support

Watt-VAr makes the inverter or battery absorb or inject reactive power according to its own real power output, following a programmable curve. In the default IEEE 1547-2018 settings table, the Watt/VAR function is switched off by default. On Tesla commercial systems, Watt-Var is an open-loop response to real power measured at the POI meter. The reactive power it adds is summed with any Direct Reactive Power command. The Tesla curve has an enable flag, six per-unit real power points and six per-unit reactive power points, plus a response time constant for reaching 95% of the requested reactive power. A read-only output register shows the added reactive power. On Tesla systems, the real power points are scaled to the battery's nominal discharge power and the reactive power points to its nominal reactive power. The Yaskawa Solectria PVI 25TL-208, PVI-36TL-480-V2, PVI 50TL-480 and PVI 60TL-480 list Watt-VAr among their functions. The smart-grid feature list of the CPS SCA25KTL-DO-US-208 does not include it.

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c1 drafted · lead Modbus

In the Tesla commercial controls manuals the Watt-Var curve can be written in real time through Modbus points, with the enable flag starting at register 22001 and the output starting at register 22028. Setting the curve during commissioning is the alternative.

c2 drafted · lead DNP3

Tesla also lets the Watt-Var curve be set in real time through DNP3 points. This is an alternative to Modbus or to setting it at commissioning.

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