Flyback Inverter Controlled by Sensorless Current MPPT for Photovoltaic Power System
Kasa, N.
Iida, T.
Chen, L.
This paper appears in: Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publication Date: Aug. 2005
Volume: 52,
Issue: 4
On page(s): 1145- 1152
ISSN: 0278-0046
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TIE.2005.851602
Current Version Published: 2005-08-01
Abstract
This paper presents a flyback inverter controlled by sensorless current maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for a small photovoltaic (PV) power system. Although the proposed system has small output power such as 300 W, a few sets of small PV power systems can be easily connected in parallel to yield higher output power. When a PV power system is constructed with a number of small power systems, the total system cost will increase and will be a matter of concern. To overcome this difficulty, this paper proposes a PV system that uses no expensive dc current sensor but utilizes the method of estimating the PV current from the PV voltage. The paper shows that the application of this novel sensorless current flyback inverter to an MPPT-operated PV system exhibits satisfactory MPPT performance similar to the one exhibited by the system with a dc current sensor as well. This paper also deals with the design method and the operation of the unique flyback inverter with center-tapped secondary winding.
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