Controller Design and Implementation of Solar Panel Companion Inverters

A solar panel companion inverter (SPCI) is a single-stage dc-ac power converter, installed with each solar panel. Each SPCI synthesizes an ac quasi-square wave voltage with variable pulsewidth. The width of ac output voltage of each SPCI is proportional to available power on the solar panel. Output...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industry applications 2020-03, Vol.56 (2), p.2001-2011
Main Authors: Sahu, Prasanth Kumar, Manjrekar, Madhav D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active power control
Algorithms
cascaded H- bridge inverter
Computer simulation
Control systems design
Controllers
current control
Dynamic response
Electric converters
Electric potential
Inverters
maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
Maximum power tracking
multilevel inverter
photovoltaic (PV) inverter
Photovoltaic cells
Power converters
PV power conversion
reactive power control
Solar panels
Square waves
Synthesis
Voltage
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Summary:A solar panel companion inverter (SPCI) is a single-stage dc-ac power converter, installed with each solar panel. Each SPCI synthesizes an ac quasi-square wave voltage with variable pulsewidth. The width of ac output voltage of each SPCI is proportional to available power on the solar panel. Output voltages of SPCIs are aggregated across multiple solar panels connected in series, and a sinusoidal ac voltage is synthesized. In this article, dynamic analysis and closed-loop current controller design of SPCI is presented. Simulation results demonstrating the dynamic response of the closed-loop SPCI are included. The closed-loop current control scheme is implemented on a hardware prototype to demonstrate the grid-tied operation of SPCI, and experimental results are presented. A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is implemented for sorted stair-case modulation (SSCM) in MATLAB Simulink. Experimental results demonstrating MPPT operation are presented.
ISSN:0093-9994
1939-9367
DOI:10.1109/TIA.2020.2965867