Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping

The grid connection of photovoltaic voltage source inverters depends on the dc-link voltage level that can be supplied by the maximum power tracking of the photovoltaic system. The inverter disconnects from the grid, if the minimum required dclink voltage level is violated, which leads to unwanted e...

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Main Authors: Bruske, Sebastian, De Carne, Giovanni, Buticchi, Giampaolo, Liserre, Marco, Zhang, He
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Language:English
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author Bruske, Sebastian
De Carne, Giovanni
Buticchi, Giampaolo
Liserre, Marco
Zhang, He
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De Carne, Giovanni
Buticchi, Giampaolo
Liserre, Marco
Zhang, He
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description The grid connection of photovoltaic voltage source inverters depends on the dc-link voltage level that can be supplied by the maximum power tracking of the photovoltaic system. The inverter disconnects from the grid, if the minimum required dclink voltage level is violated, which leads to unwanted energy curtailments implying losses to the system owner. This paper proposes to apply current waveform shaping to the inverter current in order to reduce the peak value of the voltage waveform at the point of common coupling by which the minimum required dc-link voltage level for power injection is reduced. This extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters is achieved through third harmonic current injection and can be applied to single-phase and three-phase, four-wire inverters without additional converter stages. A control structure for harmonic current injection and harmonic phase determination is presented and validated by simulations and the analysis is verified by experiments.
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spelling nottingham-637672020-11-04T01:08:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63767/ Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping Bruske, Sebastian De Carne, Giovanni Buticchi, Giampaolo Liserre, Marco Zhang, He The grid connection of photovoltaic voltage source inverters depends on the dc-link voltage level that can be supplied by the maximum power tracking of the photovoltaic system. The inverter disconnects from the grid, if the minimum required dclink voltage level is violated, which leads to unwanted energy curtailments implying losses to the system owner. This paper proposes to apply current waveform shaping to the inverter current in order to reduce the peak value of the voltage waveform at the point of common coupling by which the minimum required dc-link voltage level for power injection is reduced. This extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters is achieved through third harmonic current injection and can be applied to single-phase and three-phase, four-wire inverters without additional converter stages. A control structure for harmonic current injection and harmonic phase determination is presented and validated by simulations and the analysis is verified by experiments. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020-07-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63767/1/Extended%20Operation%20Range%20of%20Photovoltaic%20Inverters%20by%20Current%20Waveform%20Shaping.pdf Bruske, Sebastian, De Carne, Giovanni, Buticchi, Giampaolo, Liserre, Marco and Zhang, He (2020) Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36 (2). pp. 1693-1707. ISSN 0885-8993 photovoltaic inverter; harmonic injection; current waveform shaping; distributed generation http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2020.3006334 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2020.3006334 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2020.3006334
spellingShingle photovoltaic inverter; harmonic injection; current waveform shaping; distributed generation
Bruske, Sebastian
De Carne, Giovanni
Buticchi, Giampaolo
Liserre, Marco
Zhang, He
Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
title Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
title_full Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
title_fullStr Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
title_full_unstemmed Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
title_short Extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
title_sort extended operation range of photovoltaic inverters by current waveform shaping
topic photovoltaic inverter; harmonic injection; current waveform shaping; distributed generation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63767/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63767/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63767/