Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Multistring PCS With PV Current Variation Reduction Control
Jung-Min Kwon
Bong-Hwan Kwon
Kwang-Hee Nam
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Pohang, South Korea;
This paper appears in: Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publication Date: Nov. 2009
Volume: 56,
Issue: 11
On page(s): 4381-4388
ISSN: 0278-0046
INSPEC Accession Number: 10916325
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2010293
First Published: 2008-12-02
Current Version Published: 2009-10-09
Abstract
In this paper, a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) multistring power conditioning system with PV input current reduction control is proposed. An improved maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method for the multistring converter is suggested. The suggested MPPT algorithm tracks the maximum power point even though measurement errors exist. To reduce the PV current variation introduced by the inverter, a PV current variation reduction control is suggested. This PV current variation reduction control reduces the PV current variation without additional components. The low current variation reduces the filter size and improves the MPPT efficiency. All algorithms and controllers are implemented on a single-chip microcontroller. Experimental results obtained on a 3-kW prototype show high performance such as a MPPT efficiency of 99.7%, an almost unity power factor, a power efficiency of 96.7%, and a total harmonic distortion of 2.0%.
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