scholarly journals A Modular Multilevel Converter with an Advanced PWM Control Technique for Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 331
Author(s):  
Safa Haq ◽  
Shuvra Prokash Biswas ◽  
Md. Kamal Hosain ◽  
Md. Ashib Rahman ◽  
Md. Rabiul Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Medium Voltage ◽  
Modulation Technique

Due to global warming and shortage of fossil fuels, the grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system has gained significant popularity all over the world. The modular multilevel cascaded (MMC) inverter is the natural choice for step-up transformer and line filter less direct medium voltage grid integration of solar PV systems. However, power quality and loss are the important issues while connecting the PV system to the medium voltage grid through MMC inverter. Modulation technique is the key to maintain output power quality, e.g., total harmonic distortion (THD) and to ensure low switching and conduction losses. In this paper, an advanced modulation technique named “triangle saturated common mode pulse width modulation (TSCMPWM)” control is proposed for a 3-phase 5-level MMC inverter-based grid-tied PV system. Compared to traditional modulation techniques, the proposed TSCMPWM control offers the lowest voltage THD as well as lower inverter power losses. Performance of the proposed modulation technique is evaluated in MATLAB/Simulink environment and tested with a reduced scale prototype test platform. Both simulation and experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed modulation technique.

scholarly journals An Advanced Control Technique for Power Quality Improvement of Grid-Tied Multilevel Inverter

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Sumaya Jahan ◽  
Shuvra Prokash Biswas ◽  
Md. Kamal Hosain ◽  
Md. Rabiul Islam ◽  
Safa Haq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Multilevel Inverter ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Reference Tracking ◽  
Proportional Integral ◽  
Lead Compensator ◽  
Power Quality Improvement

The use of different control techniques has become very popular for controlling the performance of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. Although the proportional-integral (PI) control technique is very popular, there are some difficulties such as less stability, slow dynamic response, low reference tracking capability, and lower output power quality in solar PV applications. In this paper, a robust, fast, and dynamic proportional-integral resonance controller with a harmonic and lead compensator (PIR + HC + LC) is proposed to control the current of a 15-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) multilevel inverter. The proposed controlled is basically a proportional-integral resonance (PIR) controller with the feedback of a harmonic compensator and a lead compensator. The performance of the proposed controller is analyzed in a MATLAB/Simulink environment. The simulation result represents admirable performance in terms of stability, sudden load change response, fault handling capability, reference tracking capability, and total harmonic distortion (THD) than those of the existing controllers. The responses of the inverter and grid outlets under different conditions are also analyzed. The harmonic compensator decreases the lower order harmonics of grid voltage and current, and the lead compensator provides the phase lead. It is expected that the proposed controller is a dynamic aspirant in the grid-connected PV system.

scholarly journals Power Quality and Performance Analysis of Grid-Connected Solar PV System Based on Recent Grid Integration Requirements

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Estifanos Abeje Sharew ◽  
Habtemariam Aberie Kefale ◽  
Yalew Gebru Werkie
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
High Harmonic ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Maximum Penetration ◽  
The Impact

The electrical energy demand is steadily growing, and hence, the integration of photovoltaic system to the distribution networks is also dramatically increasing though it has a significant effect on the network’s power quality. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of solar PV integration on the power quality of distribution networks. The study is conducted using ETAP software, taking one of the radial distribution networks available in Bahir Dar city during the peak of connected loads which has the least voltage profile. Furthermore, the optimal location of the PV in the network is done using particle swarm optimization. Accordingly, the appropriate location of the PV system is determined to be the farthest end bus (bus 34). Also, the impact in terms of voltage and current harmonic distortion on the distribution feeder network is comparatively discussed by comparing the distribution system parameters with different penetration levels of solar PV system. The simulation results obtained demonstrate that high harmonic distortion level is injected correspondingly as the penetration capacity of PV system increased which indicates that the solar PV system should be integrating only up to a maximum possible capacity the network can carry. The integration of the PV system beyond this maximum penetration level causes production of high harmonic distortion which adversely affects the system performance. At the maximum penetration level which allows the acceptable harmonic distortion limit, the total voltage harmonic distortion and current demand distortion are found to be 4.97% and 14.98%, respectively.

scholarly journals Hysteresis-based Voltage and Current Control Techniques for Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Comparative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2671 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Raja Mohamed ◽  
P. Aruna Jeyanthy ◽  
D. Devaraj
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Control Techniques ◽  
Hysteresis Controller

<p>Solar PV system development and integration with existing grid is very fast in recent years all over the world, as they require limited maintenance, pollution free and simple structure. When observing the factors affecting the performance of the grid connected solar photovoltaic system, the inverter output voltage with harmonics add with the harmonics generated due to the non-linear loads, retain a bigger challenge to maintain power quality in the grid. To maintain grid power quality, better inverter control technique should be developed. This paper presents the two control techniques for grid-tied inverters. This study developed the hysteresis controller for the inverter. Hysteresis controller used in this work two way (i) Voltage control mode (ii) Current control mode. Matlab/Simulink model is developed for the proposed system. Further the study presents the comparative evaluation of the performance of both control techniques based on the percentage of total harmonic distortion (THD) with the limits specified by the standards such as IEEE 1547 and IEC 61727 and IEEE Std 519-2014</p>

scholarly journals Power Quality Enhancement in Grid Connected PV Systems using High Step Up DC-DC Converter

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 720
Author(s):  
V S Prasadarao K ◽  
K V Krishna Rao ◽  
P Bala Koteswara Rao ◽  
T. Abishai
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Hysteresis Current Control ◽  
Switching Losses

Renewable energy sources (RES) are gaining more importance in the present scenario due to the depletion of fossil fuels and increasing power demand. Solar energy is the one of the most promising as it is clean and easily available source. The voltage obtained from the PV system is low. This voltage is increased by high step up dc-dc converter which uses only one switch leads to low switching losses and hence the efficiency of this converter is high. To get the good response this converter is operated in closed loop manner. Integration of PV system with existing grid has so many issues like distorted voltage, current and reactive power control etc. This paper presents a four leg inverter which works on hysteresis current control technique to address the power quality issues like reactive power compensation, balanced load currents and compensation of neutral current. The switching to the inverter is designed in such a way that it supplies the extra current to stabilise the current of the grid that is being supplied to the loads. Finally, the proposed technique is validated by using mat lab/Simulink software and corresponding results are presented in this paper.

scholarly journals Development of Photovoltaic Inverter for AC Load

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Nur Fairuz Mohamed Yusof ◽  
Mazwin Mazlan
Keyword(s):  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Software Simulation ◽  
Pv Panel ◽  
Ideal System ◽  
Power Switches

This project presents the development of Photovoltaic (PV) push-pull inverter for alternating current (AC) application. There are two main systems in this project which is the PV system and the inverter system. The photovoltaic system consists of the PV panel which is used to seep sunshine to recharge the battery and the solar charger controller circuit that prevent battery from surpluses voltage is connected between solar PV and battery. While the push-pull inverter play a pivotal role in switching from direct current (DC) voltage to AC voltage for the inverter system. Then the AC voltage rose to 230 V by using transformer. The push-pull inverter switching is controlled by a multi-vibrator driver circuit. This project used two light emitting diode (LED) light bulb as an AC load and Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFETs) as the power switches. This project had been analysed through software and hardware prototype for comparison purposed. The efficiency of ideal system that obtains from software simulation is 94.9% while for the hardware prototype is nearly to 95%. While the total harmonic distortion (THD) for both voltage and current is 48.32% from software simulation and 47.9% from hardware prototype analysis. The results have been found in good agreement with the analysis presented in this paper.

scholarly journals Transformer less 1Φ Inverter for Grid-Connected PV Systems with an Optimized Control

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.34) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Baldwin Immanuel ◽  
P Muthukumar ◽  
C Gnanavel ◽  
M Rajavelan ◽  
M Marimuthu
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Performance Simulation ◽  
Grid Voltage ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
One Stage ◽  
Single Phase Inverter ◽  
Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation

This paper investigates the transformerless single-phase inverter incorporates with the photovoltaic system along with the support of grid voltage. Solar Energy is a Non-Conventional Energy source which is mandatory for power generation due to their immeasurable parade and green pleasant nature. One-cycle control (OCC), Ruggedness and consistency which makes the interfacing with the grid easily. For grid interfacing, the inverter circuit does not need phase locked loop facility and are gradually being working for such solicitations. The strategy of the OCC inverter of one stage for solar PV applications is supported by means of a Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation to enhance inverter enactment at both low and high insolation levels. These factors allows the plan of a MPPT along P&O controller that pointedly progresses inverter playacting. Though, the OCC-based structures testified previous sensing of the grid voltage which slightly equalizers the strength of its characteristics, In order to dazed the restriction of prior researches, an One Cycle Control based grid-connected one-stage PV system is suggested. The sustainability of the suggested scheme is inveterate by performance simulation justification.

scholarly journals Power Quality Enhancement of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic System using ANN based Filter

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (03) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
P Hari Pallavi and P Ankineedu Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Nonlinear Load ◽  
Current Harmonics ◽  
Neural Network Controller

Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly attracting the attention of industry and academia as a means of providing an alternative to conventional fossil-fuel generation and pollution-free power. This project aims to improve the power quality level of a grid-tied PV distribution system using shunt active power filter (APF) along with adaptive current control technique. In this work Artificial Neural Network controller used to destroy the voltage and current harmonics in a grid-tied PV system. A reference current generation strategy is implemented to mitigate the current harmonics by extracting the fundamental constituents (FCs) from the nonlinear load currents. MCCF is employed to separate the FC from the distorted grid voltages and eliminates the voltage harmonics during extremely polluted grid voltage condition. The comparative analysis is analyzed to check the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid control scheme with existing and adaptive control techniques in respect of power quality, better dc offset rejection, better FC and frequency extraction, and grid synchronization.

scholarly journals Power Quality Enhancement of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic System Using ANN based Filter

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (03) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
B Anand Swaroop and K Jagadeesh
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Controller ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Nonlinear Load ◽  
Current Harmonics

Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly attracting the attention of industry and academia as a means of providing an alternative to conventional fossil-fuel generation and pollution-free power. This project aims to improve the power quality level of a grid-tied PV distribution system using shunt active power filter (APF) along with adaptive current control technique. In this work Fuzzy Logic controller used to destroy the voltage and current harmonics in a grid-tied PV system. A reference current generation strategy is implemented to mitigate the current harmonics by extracting the fundamental constituents (FCs) from the nonlinear load currents. MCCF is employed to separate the FC from the distorted grid voltages and eliminates the voltage harmonics during extremely polluted grid voltage condition. The comparative analysis is analyzed to check the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid control scheme with existing and adaptive control techniques in respect of power quality, better dc offset rejection, better FC and frequency extraction, and grid synchronization.

scholarly journals Power Quality Enhancement of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic System using ANN based Filter

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (03) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
P Hari Pallavi and P Ankineedu Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Nonlinear Load ◽  
Current Harmonics ◽  
Neural Network Controller

Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly attracting the attention of industry and academia as a means of providing an alternative to conventional fossil-fuel generation and pollution-free power. This project aims to improve the power quality level of a grid-tied PV distribution system using shunt active power filter (APF) along with adaptive current control technique. In this work Artificial Neural Network controller used to destroy the voltage and current harmonics in a grid-tied PV system. A reference current generation strategy is implemented to mitigate the current harmonics by extracting the fundamental constituents (FCs) from the nonlinear load currents. MCCF is employed to separate the FC from the distorted grid voltages and eliminates the voltage harmonics during extremely polluted grid voltage condition. The comparative analysis is analyzed to check the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid control scheme with existing and adaptive control techniques in respect of power quality, better dc offset rejection, better FC and frequency extraction, and grid synchronization.

scholarly journals Design and control technique for single phase bipolar H-bridge inverter connected to the grid

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 3057
Author(s):  
Linda Hassaine ◽  
Mohamed Rida Bengourina
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Pv System ◽  
System A ◽  
Digital Pulse ◽  
And Control ◽  
Xilinx Fpga

The power quality injected into the grid and the performance of the converter system depend on the quality of the inverter current control. This paper proposes a design and control technique for a photovoltaic inverter connected to the grid based on the digital pulse-width modulation (DSPWM) which can synchronise a sinusoidal output current with a grid voltage and control a power factor. The current injected must be sinusoidal with reduced harmonic distortion. The connected PV system is based on H-Bridge inverter controlled by bipolar PWM Switching. The current control technique and functional structure of this system are presented and simulated. Detailed analysis, Simulations results of output voltage and current waveform demonstrate the contribution of this approach to determinate the suitable control of the system. A digital design of a generator PWM using VHDL is proposed and implemented on an Xilinx FPGA and it has been validated with experimental results. As a result, the proposed inverter implementation is simple, and it becomes an attractive solution for low power grid connected applications.

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