Photovoltaic supplied grid-tie three-phase inverter with active power injection and reactive harmonic current compensation capability

Samet Biricik, Hasan Komurcugil, Malabika Basu

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Abstract

There has been increased attention in the industry to solve consumer related power quality problems using photovoltaic based grid-tie inverters. The main idea here is to integrate active power filter features on the control algorithm of conventional on-grid photo-voltaic (PV) inverters. However, such products have not yet matured broadly in the market and calls for more research. In this study, we show a simple and effective method to suppress grid current harmonics during pushing the harvested power from PVs to the grid. The proposed grid-tie inverter can also support reactive power requirement on the load side. Moreover, the performance of the proposed control strategy is compared with the conventional grid-tie PV inverter. The proposed system is modelled using MATLAB/Simulink and also tested in real-time environment. Results are then presented as a verification of the studied system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3087-3092
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509034741
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 2016
Event42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 24 Oct 201627 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Conference

Conference42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period24/10/1627/10/16

Keywords

  • Active power
  • Current harmonics
  • Reactive power
  • Renewable energy

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