Three-Phase Multilevel Grid Interactive Inverter for PV Systems with Reactive Power Support Capability


ÖZDEMİR Ş., Bayhan S., SEFA İ., ALTIN N.

First Workshop on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE), Doha, Qatar, 22 - 23 Mart 2015 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/sgre.2015.7208739
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Doha
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Qatar
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: PV, MPPT, NPC inverter, reactive power support
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents a novel photovoltaic (PV) based three-phase three-level grid-interactive inverter. The proposed system consist of a DC/DC converter, and a three-phase three-level inverter. In order to ensure maximum power point tracking, incremental conductance (IC) technique is used. In addition, to meet international standards for all operating modes, three-phase three-level inverter has been designed and controlled by PI plus grid voltage feed-forward control technique. The proposed system can also operate in various modes to meet smart grids requirements: (1) active power mode in a day time, (2) active and reactive power mode in a day time, (3) reactive power mode at night. To support grid voltage regulation during the day, Mode 1 and Mode 2 are used. These three operation modes bring some benefits such as efficient operation, and reactive power support capability. The proposed system is designed and simulated in Matlab&Simulink software. The simulation results show that the proposed system has an excellent performance under different operating modes.